Dougherty County vs Glynn County

A side-by-side comparison of Dougherty County and Glynn County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Glynn County has the higher population (84,987 vs 83,915 in Dougherty County). Glynn County has the higher median household income ($68,546 vs $46,784 in Dougherty County). Glynn County has the higher median home value ($268,300 vs $129,200 in Dougherty County).

Population, income & housing

	Dougherty County	Glynn County
Population	83,915	84,987
Median age	36.6 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$46,784	$68,546
Median home value	$129,200	$268,300
Median gross rent	$905	$1,060
Housing units	40,631	42,928
Homeownership rate	46.5%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dougherty County	Glynn County
Population	89,703 → 83,915 (-6.5%)	84,470 → 84,987 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$39,584 → $46,784 (+18.2%)	$52,977 → $68,546 (+29.4%)
Median home value	$103,500 → $129,200 (+24.8%)	$179,000 → $268,300 (+49.9%)
Median gross rent	$746 → $905 (+21.3%)	$890 → $1,060 (+19.1%)

Dougherty County

Population

89,70383,915

Median household income

$39,584$46,784

Median home value

$103,500$129,200

Median gross rent

$746$905

Glynn County

Population

84,47084,987

Median household income

$52,977$68,546

Median home value

$179,000$268,300

Median gross rent

$890$1,060

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dougherty County	Glynn County
Under 5	6.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.6%	15.9%
18 to 24	10.4%	7.7%
25 to 34	13.4%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.5%	12.9%
75 and over	6.5%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dougherty County	Glynn County
White (non-Hispanic)	23.3%	62.1%
Black or African American	70.2%	24.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dougherty County	Glynn County
No high school diploma	14.6%	10.4%
High school graduate	30.8%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dougherty County	Glynn County
Drove alone	77.6%	77.3%
Carpooled	10.2%	10.3%
Public transit	1.3%	0.2%
Walked	1.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.9%	8.6%
Other means	1.3%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dougherty County	Glynn County
1-unit, detached	60.0%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	20.5%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	8.4%
20 or more units	2.4%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Dougherty County	Glynn County
Poverty rate	26.4%	16.3%
Average household size	2.32	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1975	1987