Turner County vs Wilcox County

A side-by-side comparison of Turner County and Wilcox County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Turner County has the higher population (8,915 vs 8,784 in Wilcox County). Wilcox County has the higher median household income ($48,036 vs $39,565 in Turner County). Turner County has the higher median home value ($95,200 vs $71,200 in Wilcox County).

Population, income & housing

	Turner County	Wilcox County
Population	8,915	8,784
Median age	37.4 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$39,565	$48,036
Median home value	$95,200	$71,200
Median gross rent	$655	$612
Housing units	3,921	3,457
Homeownership rate	63.9%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Turner County	Wilcox County
Population	7,943 → 8,915 (+12.2%)	8,824 → 8,784 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$37,039 → $39,565 (+6.8%)	$36,964 → $48,036 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$79,700 → $95,200 (+19.4%)	$61,800 → $71,200 (+15.2%)
Median gross rent	$538 → $655 (+21.7%)	$513 → $612 (+19.3%)

Turner County

Population

7,9438,915

Median household income

$37,039$39,565

Median home value

$79,700$95,200

Median gross rent

$538$655

Wilcox County

Population

8,8248,784

Median household income

$36,964$48,036

Median home value

$61,800$71,200

Median gross rent

$513$612

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Turner County	Wilcox County
Under 5	7.3%	4.6%
5 to 17	18.1%	14.1%
18 to 24	6.0%	8.8%
25 to 34	15.5%	13.4%
35 to 44	9.9%	14.4%
45 to 54	11.5%	13.3%
55 to 64	12.3%	12.0%
65 to 74	11.6%	11.0%
75 and over	7.7%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Turner County	Wilcox County
White (non-Hispanic)	54.2%	59.4%
Black or African American	37.6%	33.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Turner County	Wilcox County
No high school diploma	19.4%	21.1%
High school graduate	37.4%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Turner County	Wilcox County
Drove alone	74.0%	80.7%
Carpooled	14.0%	6.7%
Public transit	0.4%	0.6%
Walked	0.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	6.6%
Other means	1.6%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Turner County	Wilcox County
1-unit, detached	61.3%	61.0%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.1%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	23.4%	36.9%

Poverty & households

	Turner County	Wilcox County
Poverty rate	21.6%	23.1%
Average household size	2.59	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1977	1978