Early County vs Evans County

A side-by-side comparison of Early County and Evans County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Evans County has the higher population (10,740 vs 10,683 in Early County). Evans County has the higher median household income ($53,908 vs $53,750 in Early County). Evans County has the higher median home value ($139,700 vs $130,100 in Early County).

Population, income & housing

	Early County	Evans County
Population	10,683	10,740
Median age	40.7 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$53,908
Median home value	$130,100	$139,700
Median gross rent	$774	$720
Housing units	4,933	4,676
Homeownership rate	70.3%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Early County	Evans County
Population	10,312 → 10,683 (+3.6%)	10,687 → 10,740 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$30,640 → $53,750 (+75.4%)	$42,607 → $53,908 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$86,900 → $130,100 (+49.7%)	$87,900 → $139,700 (+58.9%)
Median gross rent	$709 → $774 (+9.2%)	$662 → $720 (+8.8%)

Early County

Population

10,31210,683

Median household income

$30,640$53,750

Median home value

$86,900$130,100

Median gross rent

$709$774

Evans County

Population

10,68710,740

Median household income

$42,607$53,908

Median home value

$87,900$139,700

Median gross rent

$662$720

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Early County	Evans County
Under 5	6.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	18.5%	20.2%
18 to 24	9.9%	9.1%
25 to 34	9.5%	11.5%
35 to 44	10.7%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.7%	11.4%
65 to 74	11.0%	10.5%
75 and over	8.3%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Early County	Evans County
White (non-Hispanic)	43.3%	55.2%
Black or African American	51.6%	27.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Early County	Evans County
No high school diploma	19.0%	17.6%
High school graduate	38.4%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Early County	Evans County
Drove alone	78.0%	74.0%
Carpooled	15.6%	14.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	2.5%
Other means	1.1%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Early County	Evans County
1-unit, detached	67.3%	59.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	3.9%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	27.5%	27.2%

Poverty & households

	Early County	Evans County
Poverty rate	21.1%	18.4%
Average household size	2.61	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1984	1986