Douglas County vs Paulding County

A side-by-side comparison of Douglas County and Paulding County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Paulding County has the higher population (174,292 vs 146,141 in Douglas County). Paulding County has the higher median household income ($94,557 vs $80,764 in Douglas County). Paulding County has the higher median home value ($289,000 vs $262,200 in Douglas County).

Population, income & housing

	Douglas County	Paulding County
Population	146,141	174,292
Median age	36.8 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$80,764	$94,557
Median home value	$262,200	$289,000
Median gross rent	$1,447	$1,622
Housing units	55,208	61,504
Homeownership rate	66.4%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Douglas County	Paulding County
Population	143,316 → 146,141 (+2.0%)	159,825 → 174,292 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$63,835 → $80,764 (+26.5%)	$68,370 → $94,557 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$161,600 → $262,200 (+62.3%)	$173,600 → $289,000 (+66.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,087 → $1,447 (+33.1%)	$1,163 → $1,622 (+39.5%)

Douglas County

Population

143,316146,141

Median household income

$63,835$80,764

Median home value

$161,600$262,200

Median gross rent

$1,087$1,447

Paulding County

Population

159,825174,292

Median household income

$68,370$94,557

Median home value

$173,600$289,000

Median gross rent

$1,163$1,622

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Douglas County	Paulding County
Under 5	5.9%	6.2%
5 to 17	19.7%	19.5%
18 to 24	9.3%	8.4%
25 to 34	12.9%	13.5%
35 to 44	13.3%	14.4%
45 to 54	14.5%	14.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	12.0%
65 to 74	7.6%	7.4%
75 and over	4.3%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Douglas County	Paulding County
White (non-Hispanic)	32.8%	63.6%
Black or African American	48.5%	21.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Douglas County	Paulding County
No high school diploma	8.6%	8.6%
High school graduate	30.5%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Douglas County	Paulding County
Drove alone	76.7%	75.7%
Carpooled	7.8%	8.6%
Public transit	0.8%	0.3%
Walked	0.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	14.4%
Other means	1.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Douglas County	Paulding County
1-unit, detached	76.6%	89.1%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	1.8%
20 or more units	4.7%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Douglas County	Paulding County
Poverty rate	11.3%	6.1%
Average household size	2.82	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	33	39
Median year structure built	1996	2001