Taylor County vs Twiggs County

A side-by-side comparison of Taylor County and Twiggs County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Twiggs County has the higher population (7,869 vs 7,786 in Taylor County). Twiggs County has the higher median household income ($55,439 vs $41,743 in Taylor County). Twiggs County has the higher median home value ($104,500 vs $82,900 in Taylor County).

Population, income & housing

	Taylor County	Twiggs County
Population	7,786	7,869
Median age	42.9 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$41,743	$55,439
Median home value	$82,900	$104,500
Median gross rent	$665	$618
Housing units	3,932	4,053
Homeownership rate	61.6%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Taylor County	Twiggs County
Population	8,116 → 7,786 (-4.1%)	8,229 → 7,869 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$33,832 → $41,743 (+23.4%)	$34,879 → $55,439 (+58.9%)
Median home value	$83,600 → $82,900 (-0.8%)	$65,100 → $104,500 (+60.5%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $665 (+7.4%)	$613 → $618 (+0.8%)

Taylor County

Population

8,1167,786

Median household income

$33,832$41,743

Median home value

$83,600$82,900

Median gross rent

$619$665

Twiggs County

Population

8,2297,869

Median household income

$34,879$55,439

Median home value

$65,100$104,500

Median gross rent

$613$618

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Taylor County	Twiggs County
Under 5	5.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	15.0%	14.4%
18 to 24	8.3%	4.8%
25 to 34	12.2%	13.5%
35 to 44	11.0%	9.9%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.7%
55 to 64	15.3%	17.0%
65 to 74	12.8%	14.3%
75 and over	8.7%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Taylor County	Twiggs County
White (non-Hispanic)	58.4%	55.0%
Black or African American	38.7%	40.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.7%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Taylor County	Twiggs County
No high school diploma	22.3%	22.2%
High school graduate	38.1%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Taylor County	Twiggs County
Drove alone	82.2%	81.2%
Carpooled	10.5%	8.7%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	8.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Taylor County	Twiggs County
1-unit, detached	56.6%	59.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	35.8%	37.2%

Poverty & households

	Taylor County	Twiggs County
Poverty rate	29.4%	14.9%
Average household size	2.47	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1986	1985