Jenkins County vs Wilcox County

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

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

Wilcox County has the higher population (8,784 vs 8,674 in Jenkins County). Wilcox County has the higher median household income ($48,036 vs $36,906 in Jenkins County). Jenkins County has the higher median home value ($81,100 vs $71,200 in Wilcox County).

Population, income & housing

	Jenkins County	Wilcox County
Population	8,674	8,784
Median age	42.3 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$36,906	$48,036
Median home value	$81,100	$71,200
Median gross rent	$544	$612
Housing units	4,427	3,457
Homeownership rate	87.4%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jenkins County	Wilcox County
Population	8,793 → 8,674 (-1.4%)	8,824 → 8,784 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$27,375 → $36,906 (+34.8%)	$36,964 → $48,036 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$74,500 → $81,100 (+8.9%)	$61,800 → $71,200 (+15.2%)
Median gross rent	$548 → $544 (-0.7%)	$513 → $612 (+19.3%)

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

Wilcox County

Population

8,8248,784

Median household income

$36,964$48,036

Median home value

$61,800$71,200

Median gross rent

$513$612

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jenkins County	Wilcox County
Under 5	2.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	15.6%	14.1%
18 to 24	5.5%	8.8%
25 to 34	11.2%	13.4%
35 to 44	16.0%	14.4%
45 to 54	10.8%	13.3%
55 to 64	17.1%	12.0%
65 to 74	12.3%	11.0%
75 and over	8.4%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jenkins County	Wilcox County
White (non-Hispanic)	56.7%	59.4%
Black or African American	38.0%	33.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jenkins County	Wilcox County
No high school diploma	18.9%	21.1%
High school graduate	43.9%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jenkins County	Wilcox County
Drove alone	75.5%	80.7%
Carpooled	10.8%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	6.6%
Other means	1.3%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jenkins County	Wilcox County
1-unit, detached	63.0%	61.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.1%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	28.9%	36.9%

Poverty & households

	Jenkins County	Wilcox County
Poverty rate	23.6%	23.1%
Average household size	2.50	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1979	1978