Brooks County is home to 16,293 people in Georgia. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 16% of adults. Households here earn about 39% less than in Georgia as a whole. The poverty rate is 25.4%, above the 12.5% national rate. The typical home is worth $139,200, having more than doubled since 2000. The median age is 43.5, about 5 years above the US median.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $46,807, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 43.5
US median: 38.9
Less educated
16% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 38%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Brooks County
What changed most since 1990
White share56.4% → 53.4%(−3.1 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Black share41.5% → 32.8%(−8.7 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Median age32.3 → 43.5(+11.2 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)18%(181)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)25.2%(254)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era39.2%(394)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War2.1%(21)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,006 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Brooks County, decade by decade
Brooks County population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
15,398
$46,739
$102,483
9.1%
63.7
2000
16,450
$49,023
$100,920
11.3%
65.8
2010
16,243
$59,426
$133,787
15.8%
67.2
2020
16,301
$45,471
$114,174
16.5%
70.6
2024
16,293
$46,807
$139,200
15.8%
75.0
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
