Grady County vs Hart County

A side-by-side comparison of Grady County and Hart County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hart County has the higher population (26,484 vs 26,056 in Grady County). Hart County has the higher median household income ($57,241 vs $54,312 in Grady County). Hart County has the higher median home value ($206,500 vs $136,500 in Grady County).

Population, income & housing

	Grady County	Hart County
Population	26,056	26,484
Median age	39.4 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,312	$57,241
Median home value	$136,500	$206,500
Median gross rent	$789	$814
Housing units	11,601	13,019
Homeownership rate	64.1%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grady County	Hart County
Population	24,828 → 26,056 (+4.9%)	25,773 → 26,484 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$43,531 → $54,312 (+24.8%)	$43,204 → $57,241 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$119,800 → $136,500 (+13.9%)	$137,700 → $206,500 (+50.0%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $789 (+1.4%)	$720 → $814 (+13.1%)

Grady County

Population

24,82826,056

Median household income

$43,531$54,312

Median home value

$119,800$136,500

Median gross rent

$778$789

Hart County

Population

25,77326,484

Median household income

$43,204$57,241

Median home value

$137,700$206,500

Median gross rent

$720$814

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grady County	Hart County
Under 5	6.2%	5.0%
5 to 17	18.6%	15.6%
18 to 24	7.5%	6.3%
25 to 34	11.9%	12.4%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.4%
65 to 74	11.4%	12.9%
75 and over	7.4%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grady County	Hart County
White (non-Hispanic)	56.4%	73.9%
Black or African American	29.3%	17.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grady County	Hart County
No high school diploma	19.6%	15.0%
High school graduate	35.6%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grady County	Hart County
Drove alone	78.2%	79.6%
Carpooled	17.4%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.5%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	3.5%	8.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grady County	Hart County
1-unit, detached	60.9%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.2%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	30.8%	24.3%

Poverty & households

	Grady County	Hart County
Poverty rate	20.6%	11.5%
Average household size	2.57	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1990	1986