Dade County vs Rabun County

A side-by-side comparison of Dade County and Rabun County: population, income, housing, and more.

Dade County and Rabun County are counties in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rabun County has the higher population (17,107 vs 16,196 in Dade County). Rabun County has the higher median household income ($61,466 vs $58,936 in Dade County). Rabun County has the higher median home value ($272,600 vs $166,600 in Dade County).

Population, income & housing

	Dade County	Rabun County
Population	16,196	17,107
Median age	42.2 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,936	$61,466
Median home value	$166,600	$272,600
Median gross rent	$843	$1,016
Housing units	7,413	12,142
Homeownership rate	77.9%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dade County	Rabun County
Population	16,197 → 16,196 (-0.0%)	16,645 → 17,107 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$42,581 → $58,936 (+38.4%)	$42,500 → $61,466 (+44.6%)
Median home value	$123,500 → $166,600 (+34.9%)	$174,500 → $272,600 (+56.2%)
Median gross rent	$724 → $843 (+16.4%)	$738 → $1,016 (+37.7%)

Dade County

Population

16,19716,196

Median household income

$42,581$58,936

Median home value

$123,500$166,600

Median gross rent

$724$843

Rabun County

Population

16,64517,107

Median household income

$42,500$61,466

Median home value

$174,500$272,600

Median gross rent

$738$1,016

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dade County	Rabun County
Under 5	5.4%	4.3%
5 to 17	14.2%	12.0%
18 to 24	9.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.9%	10.8%
35 to 44	12.3%	10.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.4%
65 to 74	12.9%	16.8%
75 and over	7.5%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dade County	Rabun County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	87.2%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dade County	Rabun County
No high school diploma	11.6%	9.9%
High school graduate	37.7%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dade County	Rabun County
Drove alone	76.5%	70.5%
Carpooled	5.9%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	3.4%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.0%	14.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dade County	Rabun County
1-unit, detached	74.0%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	4.4%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	17.8%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Dade County	Rabun County
Poverty rate	8.5%	14.8%
Average household size	2.43	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1988	1987