Hancock County vs Jenkins County

A side-by-side comparison of Hancock County and Jenkins County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jenkins County has the higher population (8,674 vs 8,630 in Hancock County). Jenkins County has the higher median household income ($36,906 vs $33,182 in Hancock County). Hancock County has the higher median home value ($87,400 vs $81,100 in Jenkins County).

Population, income & housing

	Hancock County	Jenkins County
Population	8,630	8,674
Median age	47.3 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$33,182	$36,906
Median home value	$87,400	$81,100
Median gross rent	$671	$544
Housing units	4,945	4,427
Homeownership rate	77.5%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hancock County	Jenkins County
Population	8,515 → 8,630 (+1.4%)	8,793 → 8,674 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$31,860 → $33,182 (+4.1%)	$27,375 → $36,906 (+34.8%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $87,400 (+2.8%)	$74,500 → $81,100 (+8.9%)
Median gross rent	$678 → $671 (-1.0%)	$548 → $544 (-0.7%)

Hancock County

Population

8,5158,630

Median household income

$31,860$33,182

Median home value

$85,000$87,400

Median gross rent

$678$671

Jenkins County

Population

8,7938,674

Median household income

$27,375$36,906

Median home value

$74,500$81,100

Median gross rent

$548$544

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hancock County	Jenkins County
Under 5	1.9%	2.9%
5 to 17	13.2%	15.6%
18 to 24	8.4%	5.5%
25 to 34	10.9%	11.2%
35 to 44	13.5%	16.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	10.8%
55 to 64	15.6%	17.1%
65 to 74	14.0%	12.3%
75 and over	10.6%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hancock County	Jenkins County
White (non-Hispanic)	26.4%	56.7%
Black or African American	71.4%	38.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hancock County	Jenkins County
No high school diploma	26.1%	18.9%
High school graduate	39.4%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hancock County	Jenkins County
Drove alone	87.4%	75.5%
Carpooled	5.3%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	12.5%
Other means	3.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hancock County	Jenkins County
1-unit, detached	50.5%	63.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	1.2%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	44.1%	28.9%

Poverty & households

	Hancock County	Jenkins County
Poverty rate	31.5%	23.6%
Average household size	2.48	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	35	25
Median year structure built	1989	1979