Grady County vs Stephens County

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

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

Stephens County has the higher population (26,842 vs 26,056 in Grady County). Grady County has the higher median household income ($54,312 vs $52,264 in Stephens County). Stephens County has the higher median home value ($168,200 vs $136,500 in Grady County).

Population, income & housing

	Grady County	Stephens County
Population	26,056	26,842
Median age	39.4 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,312	$52,264
Median home value	$136,500	$168,200
Median gross rent	$789	$817
Housing units	11,601	12,344
Homeownership rate	64.1%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grady County	Stephens County
Population	24,828 → 26,056 (+4.9%)	25,750 → 26,842 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$43,531 → $54,312 (+24.8%)	$47,164 → $52,264 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$119,800 → $136,500 (+13.9%)	$105,300 → $168,200 (+59.7%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $789 (+1.4%)	$750 → $817 (+8.9%)

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

Stephens County

Population

25,75026,842

Median household income

$47,164$52,264

Median home value

$105,300$168,200

Median gross rent

$750$817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grady County	Stephens County
Under 5	6.2%	6.3%
5 to 17	18.6%	15.8%
18 to 24	7.5%	9.4%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.8%	10.7%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.7%
65 to 74	11.4%	12.4%
75 and over	7.4%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grady County	Stephens County
White (non-Hispanic)	56.4%	81.0%
Black or African American	29.3%	10.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grady County	Stephens County
No high school diploma	19.6%	16.2%
High school graduate	35.6%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grady County	Stephens County
Drove alone	78.2%	84.7%
Carpooled	17.4%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	3.5%	6.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grady County	Stephens County
1-unit, detached	60.9%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.2%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	30.8%	19.8%

Poverty & households

	Grady County	Stephens County
Poverty rate	20.6%	13.9%
Average household size	2.57	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1990	1983