Roopville vs Whitesburg

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

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

Whitesburg has the higher population (439 vs 408 in Roopville). Roopville has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $64,861 in Whitesburg). Roopville has the higher median home value ($183,300 vs $128,600 in Whitesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Roopville	Whitesburg
Population	408	439
Median age	29.6 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$66,250	$64,861
Median home value	$183,300	$128,600
Median gross rent	$1,339	$752
Housing units	122	237
Homeownership rate	54.1%	60.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Roopville	Whitesburg
Population	264 → 408 (+54.5%)	727 → 439 (-39.6%)
Median household income	$54,875 → $66,250 (+20.7%)	$50,938 → $64,861 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $183,300 (+33.3%)	$92,200 → $128,600 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $1,339 (+72.8%)	$875 → $752 (-14.1%)

Roopville

Population

264408

Median household income

$54,875$66,250

Median home value

$137,500$183,300

Median gross rent

$775$1,339

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)

	Roopville	Whitesburg
Under 5	2.2%	2.3%
5 to 17	27.7%	13.7%
18 to 24	1.0%	15.5%
25 to 34	31.6%	7.1%
35 to 44	8.6%	12.8%
45 to 54	1.7%	20.3%
55 to 64	14.7%	13.4%
65 to 74	3.9%	10.0%
75 and over	8.6%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Roopville	Whitesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	85.9%
Black or African American	13.7%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Roopville	Whitesburg
No high school diploma	8.2%	20.3%
High school graduate	59.9%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	15.6%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Roopville	Whitesburg
Drove alone	79.5%	73.5%
Carpooled	18.9%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	7.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Roopville	Whitesburg
1-unit, detached	94.3%	82.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	5.7%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Roopville	Whitesburg
Poverty rate	6.4%	19.4%
Average household size	3.34	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	23	36
Median year structure built	1974	1967