Mitchell County vs Morgan County

A side-by-side comparison of Mitchell County and Morgan County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mitchell County has the higher population (21,441 vs 20,614 in Morgan County). Morgan County has the higher median household income ($85,692 vs $51,908 in Mitchell County). Morgan County has the higher median home value ($323,100 vs $105,500 in Mitchell County).

Population, income & housing

	Mitchell County	Morgan County
Population	21,441	20,614
Median age	39.9 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,908	$85,692
Median home value	$105,500	$323,100
Median gross rent	$776	$1,090
Housing units	9,042	8,699
Homeownership rate	65.4%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mitchell County	Morgan County
Population	22,244 → 21,441 (-3.6%)	18,507 → 20,614 (+11.4%)
Median household income	$38,116 → $51,908 (+36.2%)	$66,178 → $85,692 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$85,400 → $105,500 (+23.5%)	$229,000 → $323,100 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$637 → $776 (+21.8%)	$832 → $1,090 (+31.0%)

Mitchell County

Population

22,24421,441

Median household income

$38,116$51,908

Median home value

$85,400$105,500

Median gross rent

$637$776

Morgan County

Population

18,50720,614

Median household income

$66,178$85,692

Median home value

$229,000$323,100

Median gross rent

$832$1,090

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mitchell County	Morgan County
Under 5	5.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.2%	17.0%
18 to 24	9.6%	6.2%
25 to 34	10.9%	11.7%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.4%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.3%
65 to 74	11.2%	11.9%
75 and over	6.8%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mitchell County	Morgan County
White (non-Hispanic)	45.7%	73.2%
Black or African American	45.7%	21.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mitchell County	Morgan County
No high school diploma	15.5%	8.7%
High school graduate	37.1%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mitchell County	Morgan County
Drove alone	85.8%	81.8%
Carpooled	10.7%	8.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.9%
Walked	0.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	7.2%
Other means	0.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mitchell County	Morgan County
1-unit, detached	62.5%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	19.7%	13.5%

Poverty & households

	Mitchell County	Morgan County
Poverty rate	25.5%	7.4%
Average household size	2.47	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1979	1994