Johnson County vs Pulaski County

A side-by-side comparison of Johnson County and Pulaski County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pulaski County has the higher population (9,893 vs 9,192 in Johnson County). Johnson County has the higher median household income ($54,183 vs $47,688 in Pulaski County). Pulaski County has the higher median home value ($144,300 vs $91,200 in Johnson County).

Population, income & housing

	Johnson County	Pulaski County
Population	9,192	9,893
Median age	44.1 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,183	$47,688
Median home value	$91,200	$144,300
Median gross rent	$661	$789
Housing units	3,571	4,240
Homeownership rate	75.2%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Johnson County	Pulaski County
Population	9,691 → 9,192 (-5.1%)	11,216 → 9,893 (-11.8%)
Median household income	$42,446 → $54,183 (+27.7%)	$45,148 → $47,688 (+5.6%)
Median home value	$64,100 → $91,200 (+42.3%)	$120,100 → $144,300 (+20.1%)
Median gross rent	$533 → $661 (+24.0%)	$722 → $789 (+9.3%)

Johnson County

Population

9,6919,192

Median household income

$42,446$54,183

Median home value

$64,100$91,200

Median gross rent

$533$661

Pulaski County

Population

11,2169,893

Median household income

$45,148$47,688

Median home value

$120,100$144,300

Median gross rent

$722$789

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Johnson County	Pulaski County
Under 5	5.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	12.9%	13.0%
18 to 24	7.7%	4.7%
25 to 34	10.8%	16.4%
35 to 44	16.9%	11.4%
45 to 54	13.4%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.3%	13.1%
65 to 74	12.1%	12.7%
75 and over	7.9%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Johnson County	Pulaski County
White (non-Hispanic)	61.8%	57.4%
Black or African American	33.4%	33.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Johnson County	Pulaski County
No high school diploma	24.7%	19.9%
High school graduate	43.4%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Johnson County	Pulaski County
Drove alone	79.9%	88.2%
Carpooled	13.3%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	3.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Johnson County	Pulaski County
1-unit, detached	60.9%	62.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	2.8%
20 or more units	1.6%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	32.2%	24.2%

Poverty & households

	Johnson County	Pulaski County
Poverty rate	17.5%	18.3%
Average household size	2.39	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1984	1982