Acworth vs Austell

A side-by-side comparison of Acworth and Austell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Acworth has the higher population (22,370 vs 8,351 in Austell). Acworth has the higher median household income ($80,703 vs $67,500 in Austell). Acworth has the higher median home value ($309,800 vs $255,700 in Austell).

Population, income & housing

	Acworth	Austell
Population	22,370	8,351
Median age	36.6 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$80,703	$67,500
Median home value	$309,800	$255,700
Median gross rent	$1,569	$1,426
Housing units	8,817	3,175
Homeownership rate	61.2%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Acworth	Austell
Population	22,534 → 22,370 (-0.7%)	7,205 → 8,351 (+15.9%)
Median household income	$68,860 → $80,703 (+17.2%)	$53,551 → $67,500 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$182,900 → $309,800 (+69.4%)	$133,200 → $255,700 (+92.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,268 → $1,569 (+23.7%)	$1,074 → $1,426 (+32.8%)

Acworth

Population

22,53422,370

Median household income

$68,860$80,703

Median home value

$182,900$309,800

Median gross rent

$1,268$1,569

Austell

Population

7,2058,351

Median household income

$53,551$67,500

Median home value

$133,200$255,700

Median gross rent

$1,074$1,426

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Acworth	Austell
Under 5	4.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	20.5%	20.0%
18 to 24	9.0%	10.1%
25 to 34	13.6%	17.1%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.4%
45 to 54	17.2%	19.6%
55 to 64	11.5%	9.3%
65 to 74	5.9%	5.8%
75 and over	6.3%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Acworth	Austell
White (non-Hispanic)	53.9%	16.5%
Black or African American	20.3%	63.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.3%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	16.9%	14.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Acworth	Austell
No high school diploma	9.4%	14.1%
High school graduate	25.0%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Acworth	Austell
Drove alone	75.3%	71.7%
Carpooled	8.8%	15.3%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	10.9%
Other means	1.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Acworth	Austell
1-unit, detached	65.7%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	4.8%
20 or more units	12.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Acworth	Austell
Poverty rate	8.3%	9.3%
Average household size	2.68	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1998	1988