Acworth vs Powder Springs

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

Acworth and Powder Springs 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 17,414 in Powder Springs). Powder Springs has the higher median household income ($96,961 vs $80,703 in Acworth). Acworth has the higher median home value ($309,800 vs $283,700 in Powder Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Acworth	Powder Springs
Population	22,370	17,414
Median age	36.6 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$80,703	$96,961
Median home value	$309,800	$283,700
Median gross rent	$1,569	$1,778
Housing units	8,817	6,466
Homeownership rate	61.2%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	39.8%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Acworth	Powder Springs
Population	22,534 → 22,370 (-0.7%)	15,163 → 17,414 (+14.8%)
Median household income	$68,860 → $80,703 (+17.2%)	$69,807 → $96,961 (+38.9%)
Median home value	$182,900 → $309,800 (+69.4%)	$167,500 → $283,700 (+69.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,268 → $1,569 (+23.7%)	$1,244 → $1,778 (+42.9%)

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

Powder Springs

Population

15,16317,414

Median household income

$69,807$96,961

Median home value

$167,500$283,700

Median gross rent

$1,244$1,778

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Acworth	Powder Springs
Under 5	4.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	20.5%	20.1%
18 to 24	9.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	13.6%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.1%	15.1%
45 to 54	17.2%	14.1%
55 to 64	11.5%	13.2%
65 to 74	5.9%	8.1%
75 and over	6.3%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Acworth	Powder Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	53.9%	24.1%
Black or African American	20.3%	48.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	2.4%
Two or more races	5.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	16.9%	20.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Acworth	Powder Springs
No high school diploma	9.4%	9.6%
High school graduate	25.0%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Acworth	Powder Springs
Drove alone	75.3%	75.7%
Carpooled	8.8%	4.3%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	15.9%
Other means	1.6%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Acworth	Powder Springs
1-unit, detached	65.7%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	0.3%
20 or more units	12.2%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Acworth	Powder Springs
Poverty rate	8.3%	11.7%
Average household size	2.68	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	31	35
Median year structure built	1998	1995