Acworth vs Marietta

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

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

Marietta has the higher population (61,773 vs 22,370 in Acworth). Acworth has the higher median household income ($80,703 vs $70,086 in Marietta). Marietta has the higher median home value ($401,100 vs $309,800 in Acworth).

Population, income & housing

	Acworth	Marietta
Population	22,370	61,773
Median age	36.6 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$80,703	$70,086
Median home value	$309,800	$401,100
Median gross rent	$1,569	$1,491
Housing units	8,817	26,868
Homeownership rate	61.2%	47.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	46.8%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Acworth	Marietta
Population	22,534 → 22,370 (-0.7%)	60,544 → 61,773 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$68,860 → $80,703 (+17.2%)	$57,452 → $70,086 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$182,900 → $309,800 (+69.4%)	$287,600 → $401,100 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,268 → $1,569 (+23.7%)	$1,102 → $1,491 (+35.3%)

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

Marietta

Population

60,54461,773

Median household income

$57,452$70,086

Median home value

$287,600$401,100

Median gross rent

$1,102$1,491

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Acworth	Marietta
Under 5	4.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	20.5%	15.2%
18 to 24	9.0%	12.3%
25 to 34	13.6%	16.2%
35 to 44	11.1%	14.4%
45 to 54	17.2%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.5%	10.0%
65 to 74	5.9%	8.9%
75 and over	6.3%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Acworth	Marietta
White (non-Hispanic)	53.9%	41.2%
Black or African American	20.3%	30.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.7%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.3%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.9%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Acworth	Marietta
No high school diploma	9.4%	10.9%
High school graduate	25.0%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	31.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Acworth	Marietta
Drove alone	75.3%	64.9%
Carpooled	8.8%	10.0%
Public transit	0.9%	1.2%
Walked	0.7%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	12.6%	17.0%
Other means	1.6%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Acworth	Marietta
1-unit, detached	65.7%	43.7%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	11.7%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	24.3%
20 or more units	12.2%	15.6%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Acworth	Marietta
Poverty rate	8.3%	12.7%
Average household size	2.68	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1998	1986