Acworth vs Kennesaw

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

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

Kennesaw has the higher population (33,627 vs 22,370 in Acworth). Acworth has the higher median household income ($80,703 vs $79,759 in Kennesaw). Acworth has the higher median home value ($309,800 vs $291,300 in Kennesaw).

Population, income & housing

	Acworth	Kennesaw
Population	22,370	33,627
Median age	36.6 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$80,703	$79,759
Median home value	$309,800	$291,300
Median gross rent	$1,569	$1,763
Housing units	8,817	14,134
Homeownership rate	61.2%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	47.1%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Acworth	Kennesaw
Population	22,534 → 22,370 (-0.7%)	33,960 → 33,627 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$68,860 → $80,703 (+17.2%)	$70,930 → $79,759 (+12.4%)
Median home value	$182,900 → $309,800 (+69.4%)	$194,800 → $291,300 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,268 → $1,569 (+23.7%)	$1,270 → $1,763 (+38.8%)

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

Kennesaw

Population

33,96033,627

Median household income

$70,930$79,759

Median home value

$194,800$291,300

Median gross rent

$1,270$1,763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Acworth	Kennesaw
Under 5	4.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	20.5%	16.1%
18 to 24	9.0%	12.4%
25 to 34	13.6%	15.3%
35 to 44	11.1%	13.8%
45 to 54	17.2%	12.8%
55 to 64	11.5%	11.2%
65 to 74	5.9%	7.8%
75 and over	6.3%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Acworth	Kennesaw
White (non-Hispanic)	53.9%	53.0%
Black or African American	20.3%	20.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.1%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	16.9%	15.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Acworth	Kennesaw
No high school diploma	9.4%	7.6%
High school graduate	25.0%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	32.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Acworth	Kennesaw
Drove alone	75.3%	68.3%
Carpooled	8.8%	9.0%
Public transit	0.9%	0.1%
Walked	0.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	19.7%
Other means	1.6%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Acworth	Kennesaw
1-unit, detached	65.7%	60.2%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	16.8%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	7.1%
20 or more units	12.2%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Acworth	Kennesaw
Poverty rate	8.3%	11.9%
Average household size	2.68	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1998	1997