Taliaferro County vs Webster County

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

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

Webster County has the higher population (2,348 vs 1,740 in Taliaferro County). Taliaferro County has the higher median household income ($48,036 vs $40,764 in Webster County). Webster County has the higher median home value ($92,200 vs $73,100 in Taliaferro County).

Population, income & housing

	Taliaferro County	Webster County
Population	1,740	2,348
Median age	44.8 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,036	$40,764
Median home value	$73,100	$92,200
Median gross rent	$715	$663
Housing units	984	1,163
Homeownership rate	79.0%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Taliaferro County	Webster County
Population	1,611 → 1,740 (+8.0%)	2,610 → 2,348 (-10.0%)
Median household income	$37,446 → $48,036 (+28.3%)	$37,297 → $40,764 (+9.3%)
Median home value	$80,200 → $73,100 (-8.9%)	$65,700 → $92,200 (+40.3%)
Median gross rent	$547 → $715 (+30.7%)	$381 → $663 (+74.0%)

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

Webster County

Population

2,6102,348

Median household income

$37,297$40,764

Median home value

$65,700$92,200

Median gross rent

$381$663

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Taliaferro County	Webster County
Under 5	5.1%	4.2%
5 to 17	12.9%	9.8%
18 to 24	7.8%	12.4%
25 to 34	11.6%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.8%	16.1%
45 to 54	12.5%	15.7%
55 to 64	10.2%	10.9%
65 to 74	10.9%	9.9%
75 and over	16.1%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Taliaferro County	Webster County
White (non-Hispanic)	40.1%	41.6%
Black or African American	44.7%	49.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	3.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Taliaferro County	Webster County
No high school diploma	16.5%	15.9%
High school graduate	44.4%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Taliaferro County	Webster County
Drove alone	78.0%	86.3%
Carpooled	8.1%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	2.8%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Taliaferro County	Webster County
1-unit, detached	66.1%	45.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	30.6%	47.2%

Poverty & households

	Taliaferro County	Webster County
Poverty rate	21.4%	26.4%
Average household size	2.69	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	33	33
Median year structure built	1975	1989