Cartersville vs White

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

Cartersville and White 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 755 in White). Cartersville has the higher median household income ($78,640 vs $71,705 in White). Cartersville has the higher median home value ($298,000 vs $161,000 in White).

Population, income & housing

	Cartersville	White
Population	23,617	755
Median age	37.1 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$78,640	$71,705
Median home value	$298,000	$161,000
Median gross rent	$1,194	$848
Housing units	9,761	307
Homeownership rate	61.2%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cartersville	White
Population	20,870 → 23,617 (+13.2%)	820 → 755 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$51,351 → $78,640 (+53.1%)	$46,420 → $71,705 (+54.5%)
Median home value	$188,900 → $298,000 (+57.8%)	$94,800 → $161,000 (+69.8%)
Median gross rent	$886 → $1,194 (+34.8%)	$776 → $848 (+9.3%)

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

White

Population

820755

Median household income

$46,420$71,705

Median home value

$94,800$161,000

Median gross rent

$776$848

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cartersville	White
Under 5	7.7%	9.9%
5 to 17	16.5%	15.9%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.2%
25 to 34	15.0%	19.3%
35 to 44	16.6%	13.8%
45 to 54	12.7%	13.1%
55 to 64	11.5%	13.6%
65 to 74	8.5%	6.1%
75 and over	5.5%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cartersville	White
White (non-Hispanic)	66.7%	87.7%
Black or African American	14.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cartersville	White
No high school diploma	10.2%	24.1%
High school graduate	34.1%	50.6%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cartersville	White
Drove alone	77.6%	87.0%
Carpooled	9.3%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	4.3%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cartersville	White
1-unit, detached	73.7%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	20.2%

Poverty & households

	Cartersville	White
Poverty rate	13.6%	2.8%
Average household size	2.55	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1988	1988