Stewart County vs Talbot County

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

Stewart 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.

Talbot County has the higher population (5,753 vs 4,978 in Stewart County). Talbot County has the higher median household income ($45,098 vs $35,000 in Stewart County). Talbot County has the higher median home value ($127,200 vs $53,000 in Stewart County).

Population, income & housing

	Stewart County	Talbot County
Population	4,978	5,753
Median age	36.7 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$35,000	$45,098
Median home value	$53,000	$127,200
Median gross rent	$588	$950
Housing units	2,113	3,069
Homeownership rate	58.4%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Stewart County	Talbot County
Population	6,293 → 4,978 (-20.9%)	6,321 → 5,753 (-9.0%)
Median household income	$29,732 → $35,000 (+17.7%)	$38,549 → $45,098 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$49,200 → $53,000 (+7.7%)	$86,400 → $127,200 (+47.2%)
Median gross rent	$529 → $588 (+11.2%)	$652 → $950 (+45.7%)

Stewart County

Population

6,2934,978

Median household income

$29,732$35,000

Median home value

$49,200$53,000

Median gross rent

$529$588

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)

	Stewart County	Talbot County
Under 5	1.5%	3.3%
5 to 17	10.4%	13.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.7%
25 to 34	26.3%	8.9%
35 to 44	15.3%	11.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.2%
55 to 64	10.8%	17.9%
65 to 74	8.5%	17.0%
75 and over	7.3%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Stewart County	Talbot County
White (non-Hispanic)	24.6%	40.2%
Black or African American	59.7%	55.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.8%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Stewart County	Talbot County
No high school diploma	27.1%	17.1%
High school graduate	38.9%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Stewart County	Talbot County
Drove alone	88.5%	77.6%
Carpooled	10.3%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Stewart County	Talbot County
1-unit, detached	51.1%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	35.6%	32.9%

Poverty & households

	Stewart County	Talbot County
Poverty rate	27.8%	21.6%
Average household size	2.09	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	28	41
Median year structure built	1984	1989