Quitman County vs Taliaferro County

A side-by-side comparison of Quitman County and Taliaferro County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Quitman County has the higher population (2,092 vs 1,740 in Taliaferro County). Taliaferro County has the higher median household income ($48,036 vs $36,838 in Quitman County). Quitman County has the higher median home value ($103,000 vs $73,100 in Taliaferro County).

Population, income & housing

	Quitman County	Taliaferro County
Population	2,092	1,740
Median age	59.4 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$36,838	$48,036
Median home value	$103,000	$73,100
Median gross rent	$734	$715
Housing units	1,715	984
Homeownership rate	78.7%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	31.1%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Quitman County	Taliaferro County
Population	2,289 → 2,092 (-8.6%)	1,611 → 1,740 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$26,667 → $36,838 (+38.1%)	$37,446 → $48,036 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$59,900 → $103,000 (+72.0%)	$80,200 → $73,100 (-8.9%)
Median gross rent	$709 → $734 (+3.5%)	$547 → $715 (+30.7%)

Quitman County

Population

2,2892,092

Median household income

$26,667$36,838

Median home value

$59,900$103,000

Median gross rent

$709$734

Taliaferro County

Population

1,6111,740

Median household income

$37,446$48,036

Median home value

$80,200$73,100

Median gross rent

$547$715

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Quitman County	Taliaferro County
Under 5	1.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	8.3%	12.9%
18 to 24	15.1%	7.8%
25 to 34	2.9%	11.6%
35 to 44	4.1%	12.8%
45 to 54	14.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	20.7%	10.2%
65 to 74	17.4%	10.9%
75 and over	15.9%	16.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Quitman County	Taliaferro County
White (non-Hispanic)	47.8%	40.1%
Black or African American	49.9%	44.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	3.6%
Two or more races	1.1%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Quitman County	Taliaferro County
No high school diploma	17.8%	16.5%
High school graduate	49.2%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Quitman County	Taliaferro County
Drove alone	85.8%	78.0%
Carpooled	10.9%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	12.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Quitman County	Taliaferro County
1-unit, detached	53.1%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	46.4%	30.6%

Poverty & households

	Quitman County	Taliaferro County
Poverty rate	15.5%	21.4%
Average household size	2.24	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1988	1975