With 26,108 people, Grady County is a county in Georgia. 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $152,400. Median rent is $779 a month. Households here earn about 24% less than in Georgia as a whole. The poverty rate is 20.3%, above the 12.5% national rate.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $58,980, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 39.4
US median: 38.9
Less educated
16% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 31%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Grady County
What changed most since 1990
Homes owned by their occupants73.0% → 66.1%(−6.9 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
White share66.9% → 56.0%(−10.9 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree7.7% → 16.4%(+8.7 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
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)5.7%(93)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)32.1%(522)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era39.4%(641)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War3.6%(58)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,628 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
Grady County, decade by decade
Grady 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
20,279
$46,818
$102,243
7.7%
56.9
2000
23,659
$52,201
$116,768
10.6%
63.5
2010
25,011
$46,390
$130,622
10.1%
69.3
2020
26,236
$58,235
$147,505
15.3%
74.1
2024
26,108
$58,980
$152,400
16.4%
73.1
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.
