Austell vs Powder Springs

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

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

Powder Springs has the higher population (17,414 vs 8,351 in Austell). Powder Springs has the higher median household income ($96,961 vs $67,500 in Austell). Powder Springs has the higher median home value ($283,700 vs $255,700 in Austell).

Population, income & housing

	Austell	Powder Springs
Population	8,351	17,414
Median age	34.0 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$67,500	$96,961
Median home value	$255,700	$283,700
Median gross rent	$1,426	$1,778
Housing units	3,175	6,466
Homeownership rate	63.0%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	39.8%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Austell	Powder Springs
Population	7,205 → 8,351 (+15.9%)	15,163 → 17,414 (+14.8%)
Median household income	$53,551 → $67,500 (+26.0%)	$69,807 → $96,961 (+38.9%)
Median home value	$133,200 → $255,700 (+92.0%)	$167,500 → $283,700 (+69.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,074 → $1,426 (+32.8%)	$1,244 → $1,778 (+42.9%)

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

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)

	Austell	Powder Springs
Under 5	4.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	20.0%	20.1%
18 to 24	10.1%	7.9%
25 to 34	17.1%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	15.1%
45 to 54	19.6%	14.1%
55 to 64	9.3%	13.2%
65 to 74	5.8%	8.1%
75 and over	2.2%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Austell	Powder Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	16.5%	24.1%
Black or African American	63.2%	48.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	2.4%
Two or more races	5.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	20.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Austell	Powder Springs
No high school diploma	14.1%	9.6%
High school graduate	30.7%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Austell	Powder Springs
Drove alone	71.7%	75.7%
Carpooled	15.3%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	15.9%
Other means	1.4%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Austell	Powder Springs
1-unit, detached	76.4%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Austell	Powder Springs
Poverty rate	9.3%	11.7%
Average household size	2.77	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	29	35
Median year structure built	1988	1995