Mount Zion vs Temple

A side-by-side comparison of Mount Zion and Temple: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Temple has the higher population (5,655 vs 2,284 in Mount Zion). Temple has the higher median household income ($89,269 vs $53,657 in Mount Zion). Mount Zion has the higher median home value ($217,200 vs $210,800 in Temple).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Zion	Temple
Population	2,284	5,655
Median age	45.5 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,657	$89,269
Median home value	$217,200	$210,800
Median gross rent	$1,298	$1,482
Housing units	784	1,974
Homeownership rate	77.8%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Zion	Temple
Population	2,005 → 2,284 (+13.9%)	4,549 → 5,655 (+24.3%)
Median household income	$54,556 → $53,657 (-1.6%)	$58,594 → $89,269 (+52.4%)
Median home value	$112,600 → $217,200 (+92.9%)	$122,100 → $210,800 (+72.6%)
Median gross rent	$929 → $1,298 (+39.7%)	$881 → $1,482 (+68.2%)

Mount Zion

Population

2,0052,284

Median household income

$54,556$53,657

Median home value

$112,600$217,200

Median gross rent

$929$1,298

Temple

Population

4,5495,655

Median household income

$58,594$89,269

Median home value

$122,100$210,800

Median gross rent

$881$1,482

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Zion	Temple
Under 5	3.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	20.2%	25.3%
18 to 24	9.9%	6.4%
25 to 34	7.2%	20.0%
35 to 44	9.5%	14.9%
45 to 54	14.0%	8.9%
55 to 64	15.7%	7.0%
65 to 74	17.4%	4.9%
75 and over	2.9%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Zion	Temple
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	73.5%
Black or African American	5.8%	24.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Zion	Temple
No high school diploma	9.8%	10.2%
High school graduate	51.0%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Zion	Temple
Drove alone	84.2%	67.8%
Carpooled	8.6%	20.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	12.0%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Zion	Temple
1-unit, detached	83.2%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	14.8%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Mount Zion	Temple
Poverty rate	15.2%	2.1%
Average household size	3.00	3.33
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1992	2002