Elbert County vs Pierce County

A side-by-side comparison of Elbert County and Pierce County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pierce County has the higher population (19,996 vs 19,725 in Elbert County). Pierce County has the higher median household income ($56,691 vs $49,727 in Elbert County). Pierce County has the higher median home value ($132,100 vs $114,600 in Elbert County).

Population, income & housing

	Elbert County	Pierce County
Population	19,725	19,996
Median age	42.4 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,727	$56,691
Median home value	$114,600	$132,100
Median gross rent	$849	$794
Housing units	9,370	8,459
Homeownership rate	68.6%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elbert County	Pierce County
Population	19,166 → 19,725 (+2.9%)	19,250 → 19,996 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$38,678 → $49,727 (+28.6%)	$42,804 → $56,691 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$84,700 → $114,600 (+35.3%)	$104,400 → $132,100 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $849 (+23.9%)	$669 → $794 (+18.7%)

Elbert County

Population

19,16619,725

Median household income

$38,678$49,727

Median home value

$84,700$114,600

Median gross rent

$685$849

Pierce County

Population

19,25019,996

Median household income

$42,804$56,691

Median home value

$104,400$132,100

Median gross rent

$669$794

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elbert County	Pierce County
Under 5	6.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.2%	19.2%
18 to 24	7.1%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.7%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.4%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.9%	14.4%
55 to 64	13.7%	12.2%
65 to 74	13.0%	9.6%
75 and over	8.3%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elbert County	Pierce County
White (non-Hispanic)	62.8%	82.1%
Black or African American	25.6%	9.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.2%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elbert County	Pierce County
No high school diploma	15.1%	13.3%
High school graduate	40.2%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elbert County	Pierce County
Drove alone	81.0%	84.4%
Carpooled	8.8%	12.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	1.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	1.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elbert County	Pierce County
1-unit, detached	64.3%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	1.8%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	24.7%	30.6%

Poverty & households

	Elbert County	Pierce County
Poverty rate	20.6%	13.2%
Average household size	2.36	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1979	1989