Gilmer County vs Pickens County

A side-by-side comparison of Gilmer County and Pickens County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pickens County has the higher population (34,197 vs 31,976 in Gilmer County). Pickens County has the higher median household income ($75,293 vs $72,542 in Gilmer County). Pickens County has the higher median home value ($289,600 vs $278,900 in Gilmer County).

Population, income & housing

	Gilmer County	Pickens County
Population	31,976	34,197
Median age	50.0 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,542	$75,293
Median home value	$278,900	$289,600
Median gross rent	$955	$1,079
Housing units	18,159	15,245
Homeownership rate	80.7%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gilmer County	Pickens County
Population	30,414 → 31,976 (+5.1%)	31,387 → 34,197 (+9.0%)
Median household income	$52,625 → $72,542 (+37.8%)	$67,631 → $75,293 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$177,500 → $278,900 (+57.1%)	$200,200 → $289,600 (+44.7%)
Median gross rent	$765 → $955 (+24.8%)	$856 → $1,079 (+26.1%)

Gilmer County

Population

30,41431,976

Median household income

$52,625$72,542

Median home value

$177,500$278,900

Median gross rent

$765$955

Pickens County

Population

31,38734,197

Median household income

$67,631$75,293

Median home value

$200,200$289,600

Median gross rent

$856$1,079

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gilmer County	Pickens County
Under 5	4.9%	5.0%
5 to 17	13.7%	14.0%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.8%
25 to 34	9.6%	11.7%
35 to 44	9.8%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.9%
55 to 64	16.6%	16.0%
65 to 74	16.6%	14.1%
75 and over	9.8%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gilmer County	Pickens County
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gilmer County	Pickens County
No high school diploma	14.1%	10.1%
High school graduate	34.9%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gilmer County	Pickens County
Drove alone	75.8%	73.1%
Carpooled	13.4%	9.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	16.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gilmer County	Pickens County
1-unit, detached	78.8%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	2.3%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Gilmer County	Pickens County
Poverty rate	14.7%	13.3%
Average household size	2.52	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1997	1995