Marion County vs Twiggs County

A side-by-side comparison of Marion County and Twiggs County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Twiggs County has the higher population (7,869 vs 7,474 in Marion County). Twiggs County has the higher median household income ($55,439 vs $50,484 in Marion County). Marion County has the higher median home value ($122,100 vs $104,500 in Twiggs County).

Population, income & housing

	Marion County	Twiggs County
Population	7,474	7,869
Median age	43.9 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,484	$55,439
Median home value	$122,100	$104,500
Median gross rent	$717	$618
Housing units	3,541	4,053
Homeownership rate	77.1%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marion County	Twiggs County
Population	8,432 → 7,474 (-11.4%)	8,229 → 7,869 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$44,643 → $50,484 (+13.1%)	$34,879 → $55,439 (+58.9%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $122,100 (+35.7%)	$65,100 → $104,500 (+60.5%)
Median gross rent	$536 → $717 (+33.8%)	$613 → $618 (+0.8%)

Marion County

Population

8,4327,474

Median household income

$44,643$50,484

Median home value

$90,000$122,100

Median gross rent

$536$717

Twiggs County

Population

8,2297,869

Median household income

$34,879$55,439

Median home value

$65,100$104,500

Median gross rent

$613$618

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marion County	Twiggs County
Under 5	4.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	15.6%	14.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	4.8%
25 to 34	11.7%	13.5%
35 to 44	11.7%	9.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.7%
55 to 64	17.0%	17.0%
65 to 74	12.8%	14.3%
75 and over	8.5%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marion County	Twiggs County
White (non-Hispanic)	57.8%	55.0%
Black or African American	28.5%	40.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.8%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marion County	Twiggs County
No high school diploma	23.8%	22.2%
High school graduate	33.9%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marion County	Twiggs County
Drove alone	75.4%	81.2%
Carpooled	17.0%	8.7%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	8.5%
Other means	0.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marion County	Twiggs County
1-unit, detached	52.5%	59.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	39.5%	37.2%

Poverty & households

	Marion County	Twiggs County
Poverty rate	16.9%	14.9%
Average household size	2.50	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1993	1985