Cartersville vs Emerson

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

Cartersville and Emerson 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 1,716 in Emerson). Cartersville has the higher median household income ($78,640 vs $76,424 in Emerson). Cartersville has the higher median home value ($298,000 vs $209,700 in Emerson).

Population, income & housing

	Cartersville	Emerson
Population	23,617	1,716
Median age	37.1 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$78,640	$76,424
Median home value	$298,000	$209,700
Median gross rent	$1,194	$1,410
Housing units	9,761	662
Homeownership rate	61.2%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	34.0%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cartersville	Emerson
Population	20,870 → 23,617 (+13.2%)	1,754 → 1,716 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$51,351 → $78,640 (+53.1%)	$55,625 → $76,424 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$188,900 → $298,000 (+57.8%)	$158,100 → $209,700 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$886 → $1,194 (+34.8%)	$853 → $1,410 (+65.3%)

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

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)

	Cartersville	Emerson
Under 5	7.7%	7.4%
5 to 17	16.5%	20.0%
18 to 24	6.0%	8.6%
25 to 34	15.0%	10.5%
35 to 44	16.6%	10.7%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.9%
55 to 64	11.5%	14.6%
65 to 74	8.5%	11.1%
75 and over	5.5%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cartersville	Emerson
White (non-Hispanic)	66.7%	70.5%
Black or African American	14.3%	19.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cartersville	Emerson
No high school diploma	10.2%	14.0%
High school graduate	34.1%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cartersville	Emerson
Drove alone	77.6%	72.6%
Carpooled	9.3%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	14.6%
Other means	1.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cartersville	Emerson
1-unit, detached	73.7%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	0.5%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Cartersville	Emerson
Poverty rate	13.6%	11.1%
Average household size	2.55	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1988	1984