Acworth vs Smyrna

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

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

Smyrna has the higher population (56,285 vs 22,370 in Acworth). Smyrna has the higher median household income ($96,780 vs $80,703 in Acworth). Smyrna has the higher median home value ($409,000 vs $309,800 in Acworth).

Population, income & housing

	Acworth	Smyrna
Population	22,370	56,285
Median age	36.6 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$80,703	$96,780
Median home value	$309,800	$409,000
Median gross rent	$1,569	$1,682
Housing units	8,817	27,202
Homeownership rate	61.2%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	59.0%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Acworth	Smyrna
Population	22,534 → 22,370 (-0.7%)	56,268 → 56,285 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$68,860 → $80,703 (+17.2%)	$76,444 → $96,780 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$182,900 → $309,800 (+69.4%)	$284,000 → $409,000 (+44.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,268 → $1,569 (+23.7%)	$1,248 → $1,682 (+34.8%)

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

Smyrna

Population

56,26856,285

Median household income

$76,444$96,780

Median home value

$284,000$409,000

Median gross rent

$1,248$1,682

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Acworth	Smyrna
Under 5	4.8%	7.5%
5 to 17	20.5%	14.2%
18 to 24	9.0%	6.8%
25 to 34	13.6%	20.0%
35 to 44	11.1%	17.9%
45 to 54	17.2%	12.9%
55 to 64	11.5%	10.1%
65 to 74	5.9%	6.2%
75 and over	6.3%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Acworth	Smyrna
White (non-Hispanic)	53.9%	42.4%
Black or African American	20.3%	31.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.7%	7.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.3%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.9%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Acworth	Smyrna
No high school diploma	9.4%	5.0%
High school graduate	25.0%	11.4%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	35.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	23.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Acworth	Smyrna
Drove alone	75.3%	61.4%
Carpooled	8.8%	6.5%
Public transit	0.9%	0.4%
Walked	0.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	28.5%
Other means	1.6%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Acworth	Smyrna
1-unit, detached	65.7%	44.6%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	17.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	21.5%
20 or more units	12.2%	12.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Acworth	Smyrna
Poverty rate	8.3%	9.6%
Average household size	2.68	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1998	1989