Tattnall County vs Union County

A side-by-side comparison of Tattnall County and Union County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Union County has the higher population (25,598 vs 24,215 in Tattnall County). Union County has the higher median household income ($65,697 vs $52,351 in Tattnall County). Union County has the higher median home value ($272,600 vs $122,400 in Tattnall County).

Population, income & housing

	Tattnall County	Union County
Population	24,215	25,598
Median age	38.1 yrs	55.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,351	$65,697
Median home value	$122,400	$272,600
Median gross rent	$660	$842
Housing units	9,378	14,952
Homeownership rate	72.4%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tattnall County	Union County
Population	25,382 → 24,215 (-4.6%)	23,288 → 25,598 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$40,730 → $52,351 (+28.5%)	$50,021 → $65,697 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$89,200 → $122,400 (+37.2%)	$196,500 → $272,600 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$543 → $660 (+21.5%)	$780 → $842 (+7.9%)

Tattnall County

Population

25,38224,215

Median household income

$40,730$52,351

Median home value

$89,200$122,400

Median gross rent

$543$660

Union County

Population

23,28825,598

Median household income

$50,021$65,697

Median home value

$196,500$272,600

Median gross rent

$780$842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Tattnall County	Union County
Under 5	4.4%	3.8%
5 to 17	15.8%	11.5%
18 to 24	9.6%	5.8%
25 to 34	14.7%	8.4%
35 to 44	14.8%	8.7%
45 to 54	13.0%	10.7%
55 to 64	12.4%	17.2%
65 to 74	8.8%	20.3%
75 and over	6.4%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tattnall County	Union County
White (non-Hispanic)	57.3%	92.8%
Black or African American	27.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tattnall County	Union County
No high school diploma	19.2%	11.2%
High school graduate	39.6%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tattnall County	Union County
Drove alone	76.3%	80.0%
Carpooled	12.4%	8.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.5%
Walked	3.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	9.9%
Other means	4.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tattnall County	Union County
1-unit, detached	57.1%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.3%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	35.2%	15.4%

Poverty & households

	Tattnall County	Union County
Poverty rate	22.7%	10.4%
Average household size	2.59	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1986	1994