Murray County vs Oconee County

A side-by-side comparison of Murray County and Oconee County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oconee County has the higher population (42,788 vs 40,282 in Murray County). Oconee County has the higher median household income ($115,925 vs $67,880 in Murray County). Oconee County has the higher median home value ($425,100 vs $173,300 in Murray County).

Population, income & housing

	Murray County	Oconee County
Population	40,282	42,788
Median age	39.3 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$67,880	$115,925
Median home value	$173,300	$425,100
Median gross rent	$828	$1,347
Housing units	16,163	15,384
Homeownership rate	73.3%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	54.9%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Murray County	Oconee County
Population	39,724 → 40,282 (+1.4%)	38,132 → 42,788 (+12.2%)
Median household income	$48,033 → $67,880 (+41.3%)	$90,751 → $115,925 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$108,300 → $173,300 (+60.0%)	$286,600 → $425,100 (+48.3%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $828 (+20.3%)	$1,001 → $1,347 (+34.6%)

Murray County

Population

39,72440,282

Median household income

$48,033$67,880

Median home value

$108,300$173,300

Median gross rent

$688$828

Oconee County

Population

38,13242,788

Median household income

$90,751$115,925

Median home value

$286,600$425,100

Median gross rent

$1,001$1,347

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Murray County	Oconee County
Under 5	5.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	18.0%	21.4%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.7%
25 to 34	12.8%	7.7%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.9%
45 to 54	13.9%	14.9%
55 to 64	13.6%	12.5%
65 to 74	9.2%	9.8%
75 and over	5.7%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Murray County	Oconee County
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	82.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.4%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	15.6%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Murray County	Oconee County
No high school diploma	21.3%	3.8%
High school graduate	35.1%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	27.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Murray County	Oconee County
Drove alone	85.4%	74.5%
Carpooled	8.0%	6.2%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	17.7%
Other means	0.9%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Murray County	Oconee County
1-unit, detached	61.4%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	1.6%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	29.0%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Murray County	Oconee County
Poverty rate	13.0%	6.1%
Average household size	2.62	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1993	1996