Kennesaw vs Mableton

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

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

Mableton has the higher population (42,403 vs 33,627 in Kennesaw). Mableton has the higher median household income ($84,662 vs $79,759 in Kennesaw). Mableton has the higher median home value ($306,200 vs $291,300 in Kennesaw).

Population, income & housing

	Kennesaw	Mableton
Population	33,627	42,403
Median age	35.4 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$79,759	$84,662
Median home value	$291,300	$306,200
Median gross rent	$1,763	$1,399
Housing units	14,134	16,693
Homeownership rate	68.5%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.1%	37.7%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kennesaw	Mableton
Population	33,960 → 33,627 (-1.0%)	41,487 → 42,403 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$70,930 → $79,759 (+12.4%)	$69,840 → $84,662 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$194,800 → $291,300 (+49.5%)	$182,800 → $306,200 (+67.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,270 → $1,763 (+38.8%)	$1,166 → $1,399 (+20.0%)

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

Mableton

Population

41,48742,403

Median household income

$69,840$84,662

Median home value

$182,800$306,200

Median gross rent

$1,166$1,399

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kennesaw	Mableton
Under 5	5.6%	8.1%
5 to 17	16.1%	14.7%
18 to 24	12.4%	7.2%
25 to 34	15.3%	12.9%
35 to 44	13.8%	15.6%
45 to 54	12.8%	15.1%
55 to 64	11.2%	13.1%
65 to 74	7.8%	10.1%
75 and over	5.0%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kennesaw	Mableton
White (non-Hispanic)	53.0%	29.7%
Black or African American	20.5%	42.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.1%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.4%	21.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kennesaw	Mableton
No high school diploma	7.6%	10.8%
High school graduate	19.6%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	32.2%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kennesaw	Mableton
Drove alone	68.3%	68.3%
Carpooled	9.0%	11.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.7%
Walked	1.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.7%	17.4%
Other means	1.8%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kennesaw	Mableton
1-unit, detached	60.2%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	16.8%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	4.3%
20 or more units	9.9%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Kennesaw	Mableton
Poverty rate	11.9%	8.2%
Average household size	2.50	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1997	1985