Taylor County vs Wheeler County

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

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

Taylor County has the higher population (7,786 vs 7,434 in Wheeler County). Wheeler County has the higher median household income ($45,262 vs $41,743 in Taylor County). Taylor County has the higher median home value ($82,900 vs $74,600 in Wheeler County).

Population, income & housing

	Taylor County	Wheeler County
Population	7,786	7,434
Median age	42.9 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$41,743	$45,262
Median home value	$82,900	$74,600
Median gross rent	$665	$551
Housing units	3,932	2,434
Homeownership rate	61.6%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Taylor County	Wheeler County
Population	8,116 → 7,786 (-4.1%)	7,928 → 7,434 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$33,832 → $41,743 (+23.4%)	$30,192 → $45,262 (+49.9%)
Median home value	$83,600 → $82,900 (-0.8%)	$58,800 → $74,600 (+26.9%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $665 (+7.4%)	$450 → $551 (+22.4%)

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

Wheeler County

Population

7,9287,434

Median household income

$30,192$45,262

Median home value

$58,800$74,600

Median gross rent

$450$551

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Taylor County	Wheeler County
Under 5	5.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	15.0%	12.6%
18 to 24	8.3%	14.7%
25 to 34	12.2%	16.2%
35 to 44	11.0%	14.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.5%
55 to 64	15.3%	12.0%
65 to 74	12.8%	8.3%
75 and over	8.7%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Taylor County	Wheeler County
White (non-Hispanic)	58.4%	56.5%
Black or African American	38.7%	38.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Taylor County	Wheeler County
No high school diploma	22.3%	23.3%
High school graduate	38.1%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	19.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Taylor County	Wheeler County
Drove alone	82.2%	89.9%
Carpooled	10.5%	1.3%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	7.2%
Other means	0.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Taylor County	Wheeler County
1-unit, detached	56.6%	56.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	35.8%	33.2%

Poverty & households

	Taylor County	Wheeler County
Poverty rate	29.4%	21.5%
Average household size	2.47	4.24
Mean commute (minutes)	32	35
Median year structure built	1986	1982