Adairsville vs Emerson

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

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

Adairsville has the higher population (4,960 vs 1,716 in Emerson). Adairsville has the higher median household income ($93,854 vs $76,424 in Emerson). Adairsville has the higher median home value ($221,600 vs $209,700 in Emerson).

Population, income & housing

	Adairsville	Emerson
Population	4,960	1,716
Median age	40.0 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$93,854	$76,424
Median home value	$221,600	$209,700
Median gross rent	$1,304	$1,410
Housing units	1,682	662
Homeownership rate	73.8%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	34.0%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adairsville	Emerson
Population	4,856 → 4,960 (+2.1%)	1,754 → 1,716 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$48,397 → $93,854 (+93.9%)	$55,625 → $76,424 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$146,700 → $221,600 (+51.1%)	$158,100 → $209,700 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$940 → $1,304 (+38.7%)	$853 → $1,410 (+65.3%)

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

Emerson

Population

1,7541,716

Median household income

$55,625$76,424

Median home value

$158,100$209,700

Median gross rent

$853$1,410

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adairsville	Emerson
Under 5	6.8%	7.4%
5 to 17	20.8%	20.0%
18 to 24	3.7%	8.6%
25 to 34	7.9%	10.5%
35 to 44	18.5%	10.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.9%
55 to 64	6.0%	14.6%
65 to 74	22.2%	11.1%
75 and over	2.1%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adairsville	Emerson
White (non-Hispanic)	60.9%	70.5%
Black or African American	12.2%	19.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	17.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adairsville	Emerson
No high school diploma	8.4%	14.0%
High school graduate	42.7%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adairsville	Emerson
Drove alone	59.4%	72.6%
Carpooled	25.3%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	14.6%
Other means	2.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adairsville	Emerson
1-unit, detached	81.3%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.5%
20 or more units	6.2%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Adairsville	Emerson
Poverty rate	5.1%	11.1%
Average household size	3.50	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	21	31
Median year structure built	2001	1984