Adairsville vs Cartersville

A side-by-side comparison of Adairsville and Cartersville: population, income, housing, and more.

Adairsville and Cartersville are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cartersville has the higher population (23,617 vs 4,960 in Adairsville). Adairsville has the higher median household income ($93,854 vs $78,640 in Cartersville). Cartersville has the higher median home value ($298,000 vs $221,600 in Adairsville).

Population, income & housing

	Adairsville	Cartersville
Population	4,960	23,617
Median age	40.0 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$93,854	$78,640
Median home value	$221,600	$298,000
Median gross rent	$1,304	$1,194
Housing units	1,682	9,761
Homeownership rate	73.8%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adairsville	Cartersville
Population	4,856 → 4,960 (+2.1%)	20,870 → 23,617 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$48,397 → $93,854 (+93.9%)	$51,351 → $78,640 (+53.1%)
Median home value	$146,700 → $221,600 (+51.1%)	$188,900 → $298,000 (+57.8%)
Median gross rent	$940 → $1,304 (+38.7%)	$886 → $1,194 (+34.8%)

Adairsville

Population

4,8564,960

Median household income

$48,397$93,854

Median home value

$146,700$221,600

Median gross rent

$940$1,304

Cartersville

Population

20,87023,617

Median household income

$51,351$78,640

Median home value

$188,900$298,000

Median gross rent

$886$1,194

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adairsville	Cartersville
Under 5	6.8%	7.7%
5 to 17	20.8%	16.5%
18 to 24	3.7%	6.0%
25 to 34	7.9%	15.0%
35 to 44	18.5%	16.6%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.7%
55 to 64	6.0%	11.5%
65 to 74	22.2%	8.5%
75 and over	2.1%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adairsville	Cartersville
White (non-Hispanic)	60.9%	66.7%
Black or African American	12.2%	14.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	17.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adairsville	Cartersville
No high school diploma	8.4%	10.2%
High school graduate	42.7%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adairsville	Cartersville
Drove alone	59.4%	77.6%
Carpooled	25.3%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	9.4%
Other means	2.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adairsville	Cartersville
1-unit, detached	81.3%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	7.4%
20 or more units	6.2%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Adairsville	Cartersville
Poverty rate	5.1%	13.6%
Average household size	3.50	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	2001	1988