Turner County vs Wilkinson County

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

Turner County and Wilkinson 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 8,795 in Wilkinson County). Wilkinson County has the higher median household income ($46,673 vs $39,565 in Turner County). Turner County has the higher median home value ($95,200 vs $90,800 in Wilkinson County).

Population, income & housing

	Turner County	Wilkinson County
Population	8,915	8,795
Median age	37.4 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$39,565	$46,673
Median home value	$95,200	$90,800
Median gross rent	$655	$766
Housing units	3,921	4,298
Homeownership rate	63.9%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Turner County	Wilkinson County
Population	7,943 → 8,915 (+12.2%)	9,010 → 8,795 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$37,039 → $39,565 (+6.8%)	$38,996 → $46,673 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$79,700 → $95,200 (+19.4%)	$70,700 → $90,800 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$538 → $655 (+21.7%)	$635 → $766 (+20.6%)

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

Wilkinson County

Population

9,0108,795

Median household income

$38,996$46,673

Median home value

$70,700$90,800

Median gross rent

$635$766

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Turner County	Wilkinson County
Under 5	7.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	18.1%	16.3%
18 to 24	6.0%	8.4%
25 to 34	15.5%	10.7%
35 to 44	9.9%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.3%
55 to 64	12.3%	15.9%
65 to 74	11.6%	11.8%
75 and over	7.7%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Turner County	Wilkinson County
White (non-Hispanic)	54.2%	55.3%
Black or African American	37.6%	38.2%
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%	1.5%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Turner County	Wilkinson County
No high school diploma	19.4%	10.4%
High school graduate	37.4%	47.0%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Turner County	Wilkinson County
Drove alone	74.0%	83.9%
Carpooled	14.0%	9.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.1%
Walked	0.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	4.4%
Other means	1.6%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Turner County	Wilkinson County
1-unit, detached	61.3%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	2.8%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.4%	32.5%

Poverty & households

	Turner County	Wilkinson County
Poverty rate	21.6%	20.3%
Average household size	2.59	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1977	1983