Mount Zion vs Whitesburg

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

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

Mount Zion has the higher population (2,284 vs 439 in Whitesburg). Whitesburg has the higher median household income ($64,861 vs $53,657 in Mount Zion). Mount Zion has the higher median home value ($217,200 vs $128,600 in Whitesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Zion	Whitesburg
Population	2,284	439
Median age	45.5 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,657	$64,861
Median home value	$217,200	$128,600
Median gross rent	$1,298	$752
Housing units	784	237
Homeownership rate	77.8%	60.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Zion	Whitesburg
Population	2,005 → 2,284 (+13.9%)	727 → 439 (-39.6%)
Median household income	$54,556 → $53,657 (-1.6%)	$50,938 → $64,861 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$112,600 → $217,200 (+92.9%)	$92,200 → $128,600 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$929 → $1,298 (+39.7%)	$875 → $752 (-14.1%)

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

Whitesburg

Population

727439

Median household income

$50,938$64,861

Median home value

$92,200$128,600

Median gross rent

$875$752

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Zion	Whitesburg
Under 5	3.0%	2.3%
5 to 17	20.2%	13.7%
18 to 24	9.9%	15.5%
25 to 34	7.2%	7.1%
35 to 44	9.5%	12.8%
45 to 54	14.0%	20.3%
55 to 64	15.7%	13.4%
65 to 74	17.4%	10.0%
75 and over	2.9%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Zion	Whitesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	85.9%
Black or African American	5.8%	7.7%
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%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Zion	Whitesburg
No high school diploma	9.8%	20.3%
High school graduate	51.0%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Zion	Whitesburg
Drove alone	84.2%	73.5%
Carpooled	8.6%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	6.7%
Other means	0.2%	7.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Zion	Whitesburg
1-unit, detached	83.2%	82.3%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.8%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Mount Zion	Whitesburg
Poverty rate	15.2%	19.4%
Average household size	3.00	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	31	36
Median year structure built	1992	1967