Toombs County vs Upson County

A side-by-side comparison of Toombs County and Upson County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Upson County has the higher population (27,856 vs 26,943 in Toombs County). Toombs County has the higher median household income ($54,130 vs $50,904 in Upson County). Upson County has the higher median home value ($149,500 vs $127,100 in Toombs County).

Population, income & housing

	Toombs County	Upson County
Population	26,943	27,856
Median age	37.2 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$54,130	$50,904
Median home value	$127,100	$149,500
Median gross rent	$714	$779
Housing units	12,081	12,373
Homeownership rate	65.7%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Toombs County	Upson County
Population	26,972 → 26,943 (-0.1%)	26,236 → 27,856 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$40,175 → $54,130 (+34.7%)	$37,640 → $50,904 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$95,300 → $127,100 (+33.4%)	$93,300 → $149,500 (+60.2%)
Median gross rent	$598 → $714 (+19.4%)	$639 → $779 (+21.9%)

Toombs County

Population

26,97226,943

Median household income

$40,175$54,130

Median home value

$95,300$127,100

Median gross rent

$598$714

Upson County

Population

26,23627,856

Median household income

$37,640$50,904

Median home value

$93,300$149,500

Median gross rent

$639$779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Toombs County	Upson County
Under 5	7.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	19.5%	16.9%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.3%	13.0%
35 to 44	12.8%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.8%	14.3%
65 to 74	9.6%	11.0%
75 and over	7.4%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Toombs County	Upson County
White (non-Hispanic)	58.1%	66.3%
Black or African American	23.7%	26.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	0.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.1%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Toombs County	Upson County
No high school diploma	16.1%	14.5%
High school graduate	35.7%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Toombs County	Upson County
Drove alone	78.0%	85.5%
Carpooled	13.1%	7.3%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	3.0%
Other means	0.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Toombs County	Upson County
1-unit, detached	59.7%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.7%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	26.4%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Toombs County	Upson County
Poverty rate	19.7%	21.3%
Average household size	2.61	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1984	1976