Mount Zion vs Villa Rica

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

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

Villa Rica has the higher population (17,798 vs 2,284 in Mount Zion). Villa Rica has the higher median household income ($86,052 vs $53,657 in Mount Zion). Villa Rica has the higher median home value ($250,700 vs $217,200 in Mount Zion).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Zion	Villa Rica
Population	2,284	17,798
Median age	45.5 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,657	$86,052
Median home value	$217,200	$250,700
Median gross rent	$1,298	$1,462
Housing units	784	6,725
Homeownership rate	77.8%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Zion	Villa Rica
Population	2,005 → 2,284 (+13.9%)	15,392 → 17,798 (+15.6%)
Median household income	$54,556 → $53,657 (-1.6%)	$63,241 → $86,052 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$112,600 → $217,200 (+92.9%)	$162,800 → $250,700 (+54.0%)
Median gross rent	$929 → $1,298 (+39.7%)	$1,071 → $1,462 (+36.5%)

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

Villa Rica

Population

15,39217,798

Median household income

$63,241$86,052

Median home value

$162,800$250,700

Median gross rent

$1,071$1,462

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Zion	Villa Rica
Under 5	3.0%	7.1%
5 to 17	20.2%	22.0%
18 to 24	9.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	7.2%	15.6%
35 to 44	9.5%	16.5%
45 to 54	14.0%	12.3%
55 to 64	15.7%	9.7%
65 to 74	17.4%	6.4%
75 and over	2.9%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Zion	Villa Rica
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	38.6%
Black or African American	5.8%	42.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.6%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Zion	Villa Rica
No high school diploma	9.8%	9.4%
High school graduate	51.0%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Zion	Villa Rica
Drove alone	84.2%	76.6%
Carpooled	8.6%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	12.2%
Other means	0.2%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Zion	Villa Rica
1-unit, detached	83.2%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	14.8%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Mount Zion	Villa Rica
Poverty rate	15.2%	8.8%
Average household size	3.00	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1992	2003