Lee County vs Pickens County

A side-by-side comparison of Lee County and Pickens County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pickens County has the higher population (34,197 vs 33,337 in Lee County). Lee County has the higher median household income ($88,024 vs $75,293 in Pickens County). Pickens County has the higher median home value ($289,600 vs $226,900 in Lee County).

Population, income & housing

	Lee County	Pickens County
Population	33,337	34,197
Median age	37.2 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$88,024	$75,293
Median home value	$226,900	$289,600
Median gross rent	$1,147	$1,079
Housing units	12,862	15,245
Homeownership rate	73.5%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lee County	Pickens County
Population	29,502 → 33,337 (+13.0%)	31,387 → 34,197 (+9.0%)
Median household income	$69,280 → $88,024 (+27.1%)	$67,631 → $75,293 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$152,800 → $226,900 (+48.5%)	$200,200 → $289,600 (+44.7%)
Median gross rent	$881 → $1,147 (+30.2%)	$856 → $1,079 (+26.1%)

Lee County

Population

29,50233,337

Median household income

$69,280$88,024

Median home value

$152,800$226,900

Median gross rent

$881$1,147

Pickens County

Population

31,38734,197

Median household income

$67,631$75,293

Median home value

$200,200$289,600

Median gross rent

$856$1,079

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lee County	Pickens County
Under 5	6.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	19.9%	14.0%
18 to 24	8.9%	6.8%
25 to 34	11.7%	11.7%
35 to 44	14.9%	11.1%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.9%
55 to 64	11.6%	16.0%
65 to 74	8.9%	14.1%
75 and over	4.9%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lee County	Pickens County
White (non-Hispanic)	67.7%	92.1%
Black or African American	23.2%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lee County	Pickens County
No high school diploma	8.4%	10.1%
High school graduate	26.7%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lee County	Pickens County
Drove alone	81.1%	73.1%
Carpooled	12.3%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	16.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lee County	Pickens County
1-unit, detached	80.0%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Lee County	Pickens County
Poverty rate	7.0%	13.3%
Average household size	2.70	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	23	31
Median year structure built	1998	1995