Meriwether County vs Worth County

A side-by-side comparison of Meriwether County and Worth County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Meriwether County has the higher population (20,757 vs 20,575 in Worth County). Worth County has the higher median household income ($57,201 vs $56,458 in Meriwether County). Meriwether County has the higher median home value ($154,600 vs $112,400 in Worth County).

Population, income & housing

	Meriwether County	Worth County
Population	20,757	20,575
Median age	43.6 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,458	$57,201
Median home value	$154,600	$112,400
Median gross rent	$899	$855
Housing units	9,642	9,296
Homeownership rate	70.5%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meriwether County	Worth County
Population	21,106 → 20,757 (-1.7%)	20,494 → 20,575 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$37,121 → $56,458 (+52.1%)	$45,398 → $57,201 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$103,300 → $154,600 (+49.7%)	$98,700 → $112,400 (+13.9%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $899 (+25.9%)	$722 → $855 (+18.4%)

Meriwether County

Population

21,10620,757

Median household income

$37,121$56,458

Median home value

$103,300$154,600

Median gross rent

$714$899

Worth County

Population

20,49420,575

Median household income

$45,398$57,201

Median home value

$98,700$112,400

Median gross rent

$722$855

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meriwether County	Worth County
Under 5	5.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.1%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.2%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.2%
55 to 64	14.9%	14.7%
65 to 74	12.4%	11.9%
75 and over	8.4%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meriwether County	Worth County
White (non-Hispanic)	56.6%	66.7%
Black or African American	38.2%	24.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	0.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.8%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meriwether County	Worth County
No high school diploma	17.8%	13.5%
High school graduate	43.2%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meriwether County	Worth County
Drove alone	86.4%	82.1%
Carpooled	7.7%	7.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.7%
Walked	0.9%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	5.1%
Other means	0.4%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meriwether County	Worth County
1-unit, detached	69.3%	58.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	2.5%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	24.3%	34.4%

Poverty & households

	Meriwether County	Worth County
Poverty rate	19.7%	20.2%
Average household size	2.51	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	34	29
Median year structure built	1984	1986