Lamar County vs Pike County

A side-by-side comparison of Lamar County and Pike County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pike County has the higher population (19,540 vs 19,098 in Lamar County). Pike County has the higher median household income ($84,184 vs $68,457 in Lamar County). Pike County has the higher median home value ($265,700 vs $201,400 in Lamar County).

Population, income & housing

	Lamar County	Pike County
Population	19,098	19,540
Median age	38.7 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$68,457	$84,184
Median home value	$201,400	$265,700
Median gross rent	$913	$1,056
Housing units	7,738	7,262
Homeownership rate	76.2%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lamar County	Pike County
Population	18,672 → 19,098 (+2.3%)	18,327 → 19,540 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$44,846 → $68,457 (+52.6%)	$64,878 → $84,184 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$145,600 → $201,400 (+38.3%)	$173,000 → $265,700 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	$706 → $913 (+29.3%)	$828 → $1,056 (+27.5%)

Lamar County

Population

18,67219,098

Median household income

$44,846$68,457

Median home value

$145,600$201,400

Median gross rent

$706$913

Pike County

Population

18,32719,540

Median household income

$64,878$84,184

Median home value

$173,000$265,700

Median gross rent

$828$1,056

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lamar County	Pike County
Under 5	5.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.1%	18.1%
18 to 24	11.2%	8.4%
25 to 34	12.2%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.9%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.8%	14.0%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.5%
65 to 74	10.6%	9.4%
75 and over	6.4%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lamar County	Pike County
White (non-Hispanic)	66.2%	86.4%
Black or African American	28.5%	8.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lamar County	Pike County
No high school diploma	10.3%	10.0%
High school graduate	35.2%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lamar County	Pike County
Drove alone	85.0%	81.4%
Carpooled	7.9%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.4%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	5.9%
Other means	1.6%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lamar County	Pike County
1-unit, detached	74.4%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	1.2%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	15.5%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Lamar County	Pike County
Poverty rate	10.5%	9.6%
Average household size	2.57	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	32	35
Median year structure built	1987	1993