Dooly County vs McIntosh County

A side-by-side comparison of Dooly County and McIntosh County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

McIntosh County has the higher population (11,187 vs 11,026 in Dooly County). Dooly County has the higher median household income ($56,545 vs $50,348 in McIntosh County). McIntosh County has the higher median home value ($173,900 vs $96,400 in Dooly County).

Population, income & housing

	Dooly County	McIntosh County
Population	11,026	11,187
Median age	45.9 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$56,545	$50,348
Median home value	$96,400	$173,900
Median gross rent	$761	$781
Housing units	4,796	6,796
Homeownership rate	66.6%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dooly County	McIntosh County
Population	13,736 → 11,026 (-19.7%)	14,174 → 11,187 (-21.1%)
Median household income	$37,340 → $56,545 (+51.4%)	$49,504 → $50,348 (+1.7%)
Median home value	$83,300 → $96,400 (+15.7%)	$128,000 → $173,900 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$543 → $761 (+40.1%)	$813 → $781 (-3.9%)

Dooly County

Population

13,73611,026

Median household income

$37,340$56,545

Median home value

$83,300$96,400

Median gross rent

$543$761

McIntosh County

Population

14,17411,187

Median household income

$49,504$50,348

Median home value

$128,000$173,900

Median gross rent

$813$781

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dooly County	McIntosh County
Under 5	4.0%	2.7%
5 to 17	11.9%	12.5%
18 to 24	6.6%	5.9%
25 to 34	10.7%	12.1%
35 to 44	15.0%	9.4%
45 to 54	14.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	15.1%	16.4%
65 to 74	13.2%	18.5%
75 and over	8.8%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dooly County	McIntosh County
White (non-Hispanic)	40.9%	62.8%
Black or African American	47.7%	29.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dooly County	McIntosh County
No high school diploma	17.0%	18.4%
High school graduate	42.4%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dooly County	McIntosh County
Drove alone	79.4%	78.3%
Carpooled	10.9%	6.3%
Public transit	2.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	13.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dooly County	McIntosh County
1-unit, detached	60.9%	56.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	30.4%	38.9%

Poverty & households

	Dooly County	McIntosh County
Poverty rate	19.7%	22.4%
Average household size	2.31	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	22	34
Median year structure built	1980	1997