Randolph County vs Talbot County

A side-by-side comparison of Randolph County and Talbot County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Randolph County has the higher population (6,270 vs 5,753 in Talbot County). Talbot County has the higher median household income ($45,098 vs $25,425 in Randolph County). Talbot County has the higher median home value ($127,200 vs $90,900 in Randolph County).

Population, income & housing

	Randolph County	Talbot County
Population	6,270	5,753
Median age	37.6 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$25,425	$45,098
Median home value	$90,900	$127,200
Median gross rent	$554	$950
Housing units	3,573	3,069
Homeownership rate	49.5%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Randolph County	Talbot County
Population	6,973 → 6,270 (-10.1%)	6,321 → 5,753 (-9.0%)
Median household income	$31,699 → $25,425 (-19.8%)	$38,549 → $45,098 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$71,900 → $90,900 (+26.4%)	$86,400 → $127,200 (+47.2%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $554 (-5.0%)	$652 → $950 (+45.7%)

Randolph County

Population

6,9736,270

Median household income

$31,699$25,425

Median home value

$71,900$90,900

Median gross rent

$583$554

Talbot County

Population

6,3215,753

Median household income

$38,549$45,098

Median home value

$86,400$127,200

Median gross rent

$652$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Randolph County	Talbot County
Under 5	9.6%	3.3%
5 to 17	17.1%	13.1%
18 to 24	5.6%	7.7%
25 to 34	15.6%	8.9%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.1%
45 to 54	4.8%	11.2%
55 to 64	14.8%	17.9%
65 to 74	13.5%	17.0%
75 and over	7.4%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Randolph County	Talbot County
White (non-Hispanic)	27.3%	40.2%
Black or African American	67.7%	55.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Randolph County	Talbot County
No high school diploma	16.6%	17.1%
High school graduate	31.6%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Randolph County	Talbot County
Drove alone	75.0%	77.6%
Carpooled	15.8%	12.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Randolph County	Talbot County
1-unit, detached	57.5%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	17.5%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	1.3%
20 or more units	4.2%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	14.2%	32.9%

Poverty & households

	Randolph County	Talbot County
Poverty rate	26.8%	21.6%
Average household size	2.29	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	23	41
Median year structure built	1980	1989