Lake City vs Morrow

A side-by-side comparison of Lake City and Morrow: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Morrow has the higher population (6,519 vs 2,911 in Lake City). Morrow has the higher median household income ($61,215 vs $57,300 in Lake City). Morrow has the higher median home value ($221,900 vs $168,500 in Lake City).

Population, income & housing

	Lake City	Morrow
Population	2,911	6,519
Median age	42.9 yrs	29.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,300	$61,215
Median home value	$168,500	$221,900
Median gross rent	$1,130	$1,401
Housing units	1,102	1,834
Homeownership rate	51.8%	47.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake City	Morrow
Population	2,777 → 2,911 (+4.8%)	6,965 → 6,519 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$49,539 → $57,300 (+15.7%)	$52,372 → $61,215 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$88,200 → $168,500 (+91.0%)	$112,100 → $221,900 (+97.9%)
Median gross rent	$939 → $1,130 (+20.3%)	$885 → $1,401 (+58.3%)

Lake City

Population

2,7772,911

Median household income

$49,539$57,300

Median home value

$88,200$168,500

Median gross rent

$939$1,130

Morrow

Population

6,9656,519

Median household income

$52,372$61,215

Median home value

$112,100$221,900

Median gross rent

$885$1,401

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake City	Morrow
Under 5	4.0%	7.6%
5 to 17	13.5%	23.7%
18 to 24	10.8%	12.1%
25 to 34	13.1%	14.7%
35 to 44	11.0%	9.8%
45 to 54	17.5%	13.7%
55 to 64	14.1%	8.9%
65 to 74	6.2%	5.5%
75 and over	9.9%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake City	Morrow
White (non-Hispanic)	10.5%	9.2%
Black or African American	35.6%	29.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.1%	0.0%
Asian	32.9%	29.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	31.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake City	Morrow
No high school diploma	36.9%	22.2%
High school graduate	34.7%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	16.6%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake City	Morrow
Drove alone	59.9%	50.4%
Carpooled	24.6%	35.7%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	11.3%
Other means	3.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake City	Morrow
1-unit, detached	75.2%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	10.4%
20 or more units	9.0%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake City	Morrow
Poverty rate	15.8%	20.4%
Average household size	2.60	3.47
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1971	1974