Decatur County vs Jones County

A side-by-side comparison of Decatur County and Jones County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Decatur County has the higher population (29,118 vs 28,526 in Jones County). Jones County has the higher median household income ($68,259 vs $50,485 in Decatur County). Jones County has the higher median home value ($174,600 vs $146,200 in Decatur County).

Population, income & housing

	Decatur County	Jones County
Population	29,118	28,526
Median age	38.7 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,485	$68,259
Median home value	$146,200	$174,600
Median gross rent	$860	$917
Housing units	13,106	11,759
Homeownership rate	61.8%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decatur County	Jones County
Population	26,682 → 29,118 (+9.1%)	28,579 → 28,526 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$41,481 → $50,485 (+21.7%)	$56,020 → $68,259 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$110,900 → $146,200 (+31.8%)	$124,100 → $174,600 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	$677 → $860 (+27.0%)	$775 → $917 (+18.3%)

Decatur County

Population

26,68229,118

Median household income

$41,481$50,485

Median home value

$110,900$146,200

Median gross rent

$677$860

Jones County

Population

28,57928,526

Median household income

$56,020$68,259

Median home value

$124,100$174,600

Median gross rent

$775$917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decatur County	Jones County
Under 5	6.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.6%	17.6%
18 to 24	9.1%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	9.8%	11.0%
75 and over	7.0%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decatur County	Jones County
White (non-Hispanic)	49.0%	69.8%
Black or African American	41.7%	25.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decatur County	Jones County
No high school diploma	16.9%	8.3%
High school graduate	33.6%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decatur County	Jones County
Drove alone	82.0%	83.7%
Carpooled	10.6%	5.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	10.2%
Other means	2.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decatur County	Jones County
1-unit, detached	66.5%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	20.8%	25.8%

Poverty & households

	Decatur County	Jones County
Poverty rate	24.8%	13.5%
Average household size	2.67	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	20	30
Median year structure built	1987	1990