Hancock County vs Turner County

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

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

Turner County has the higher population (8,915 vs 8,630 in Hancock County). Turner County has the higher median household income ($39,565 vs $33,182 in Hancock County). Turner County has the higher median home value ($95,200 vs $87,400 in Hancock County).

Population, income & housing

	Hancock County	Turner County
Population	8,630	8,915
Median age	47.3 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$33,182	$39,565
Median home value	$87,400	$95,200
Median gross rent	$671	$655
Housing units	4,945	3,921
Homeownership rate	77.5%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	11.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hancock County	Turner County
Population	8,515 → 8,630 (+1.4%)	7,943 → 8,915 (+12.2%)
Median household income	$31,860 → $33,182 (+4.1%)	$37,039 → $39,565 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $87,400 (+2.8%)	$79,700 → $95,200 (+19.4%)
Median gross rent	$678 → $671 (-1.0%)	$538 → $655 (+21.7%)

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

Turner County

Population

7,9438,915

Median household income

$37,039$39,565

Median home value

$79,700$95,200

Median gross rent

$538$655

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hancock County	Turner County
Under 5	1.9%	7.3%
5 to 17	13.2%	18.1%
18 to 24	8.4%	6.0%
25 to 34	10.9%	15.5%
35 to 44	13.5%	9.9%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.5%
55 to 64	15.6%	12.3%
65 to 74	14.0%	11.6%
75 and over	10.6%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hancock County	Turner County
White (non-Hispanic)	26.4%	54.2%
Black or African American	71.4%	37.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hancock County	Turner County
No high school diploma	26.1%	19.4%
High school graduate	39.4%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hancock County	Turner County
Drove alone	87.4%	74.0%
Carpooled	5.3%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	9.1%
Other means	3.9%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hancock County	Turner County
1-unit, detached	50.5%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	2.8%
20 or more units	1.3%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	44.1%	23.4%

Poverty & households

	Hancock County	Turner County
Poverty rate	31.5%	21.6%
Average household size	2.48	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	35	25
Median year structure built	1989	1977