Kennesaw vs Marietta

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

Kennesaw 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 33,627 in Kennesaw). Kennesaw has the higher median household income ($79,759 vs $70,086 in Marietta). Marietta has the higher median home value ($401,100 vs $291,300 in Kennesaw).

Population, income & housing

	Kennesaw	Marietta
Population	33,627	61,773
Median age	35.4 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$79,759	$70,086
Median home value	$291,300	$401,100
Median gross rent	$1,763	$1,491
Housing units	14,134	26,868
Homeownership rate	68.5%	47.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.1%	46.8%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kennesaw	Marietta
Population	33,960 → 33,627 (-1.0%)	60,544 → 61,773 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$70,930 → $79,759 (+12.4%)	$57,452 → $70,086 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$194,800 → $291,300 (+49.5%)	$287,600 → $401,100 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,270 → $1,763 (+38.8%)	$1,102 → $1,491 (+35.3%)

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

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)

	Kennesaw	Marietta
Under 5	5.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.1%	15.2%
18 to 24	12.4%	12.3%
25 to 34	15.3%	16.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	14.4%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.2%	10.0%
65 to 74	7.8%	8.9%
75 and over	5.0%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kennesaw	Marietta
White (non-Hispanic)	53.0%	41.2%
Black or African American	20.5%	30.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	6.1%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.8%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	15.4%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kennesaw	Marietta
No high school diploma	7.6%	10.9%
High school graduate	19.6%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	32.2%	31.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kennesaw	Marietta
Drove alone	68.3%	64.9%
Carpooled	9.0%	10.0%
Public transit	0.1%	1.2%
Walked	1.1%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	19.7%	17.0%
Other means	1.8%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kennesaw	Marietta
1-unit, detached	60.2%	43.7%
1-unit, attached	16.8%	11.7%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	24.3%
20 or more units	9.9%	15.6%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Kennesaw	Marietta
Poverty rate	11.9%	12.7%
Average household size	2.50	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1997	1986