Jenkins County vs Wilkinson County

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

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

Wilkinson County has the higher population (8,795 vs 8,674 in Jenkins County). Wilkinson County has the higher median household income ($46,673 vs $36,906 in Jenkins County). Wilkinson County has the higher median home value ($90,800 vs $81,100 in Jenkins County).

Population, income & housing

	Jenkins County	Wilkinson County
Population	8,674	8,795
Median age	42.3 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$36,906	$46,673
Median home value	$81,100	$90,800
Median gross rent	$544	$766
Housing units	4,427	4,298
Homeownership rate	87.4%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jenkins County	Wilkinson County
Population	8,793 → 8,674 (-1.4%)	9,010 → 8,795 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$27,375 → $36,906 (+34.8%)	$38,996 → $46,673 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$74,500 → $81,100 (+8.9%)	$70,700 → $90,800 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$548 → $544 (-0.7%)	$635 → $766 (+20.6%)

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

Wilkinson County

Population

9,0108,795

Median household income

$38,996$46,673

Median home value

$70,700$90,800

Median gross rent

$635$766

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jenkins County	Wilkinson County
Under 5	2.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.6%	16.3%
18 to 24	5.5%	8.4%
25 to 34	11.2%	10.7%
35 to 44	16.0%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.3%
55 to 64	17.1%	15.9%
65 to 74	12.3%	11.8%
75 and over	8.4%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jenkins County	Wilkinson County
White (non-Hispanic)	56.7%	55.3%
Black or African American	38.0%	38.2%
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%	1.5%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jenkins County	Wilkinson County
No high school diploma	18.9%	10.4%
High school graduate	43.9%	47.0%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jenkins County	Wilkinson County
Drove alone	75.5%	83.9%
Carpooled	10.8%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	4.4%
Other means	1.3%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jenkins County	Wilkinson County
1-unit, detached	63.0%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.9%	32.5%

Poverty & households

	Jenkins County	Wilkinson County
Poverty rate	23.6%	20.3%
Average household size	2.50	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1979	1983