Nashville vs Ray City

A side-by-side comparison of Nashville and Ray City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nashville has the higher population (4,918 vs 906 in Ray City). Ray City has the higher median household income ($42,344 vs $41,090 in Nashville). Ray City has the higher median home value ($118,800 vs $97,000 in Nashville).

Population, income & housing

	Nashville	Ray City
Population	4,918	906
Median age	36.3 yrs	30.4 yrs
Median household income	$41,090	$42,344
Median home value	$97,000	$118,800
Median gross rent	$684	$848
Housing units	2,208	334
Homeownership rate	49.3%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nashville	Ray City
Population	4,830 → 4,918 (+1.8%)	1,227 → 906 (-26.2%)
Median household income	$35,530 → $41,090 (+15.6%)	$38,250 → $42,344 (+10.7%)
Median home value	$81,300 → $97,000 (+19.3%)	$105,400 → $118,800 (+12.7%)
Median gross rent	$590 → $684 (+15.9%)	$740 → $848 (+14.6%)

Nashville

Population

4,8304,918

Median household income

$35,530$41,090

Median home value

$81,300$97,000

Median gross rent

$590$684

Ray City

Population

1,227906

Median household income

$38,250$42,344

Median home value

$105,400$118,800

Median gross rent

$740$848

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nashville	Ray City
Under 5	7.5%	9.9%
5 to 17	16.3%	20.5%
18 to 24	6.0%	11.5%
25 to 34	17.8%	11.7%
35 to 44	13.2%	10.3%
45 to 54	8.7%	14.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	12.8%
65 to 74	10.1%	6.6%
75 and over	5.9%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nashville	Ray City
White (non-Hispanic)	63.5%	52.6%
Black or African American	24.3%	22.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.6%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	14.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nashville	Ray City
No high school diploma	25.2%	10.3%
High school graduate	41.1%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nashville	Ray City
Drove alone	84.8%	90.9%
Carpooled	4.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	9.1%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nashville	Ray City
1-unit, detached	68.2%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	27.5%

Poverty & households

	Nashville	Ray City
Poverty rate	21.0%	25.1%
Average household size	2.60	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1977	1988