Kennesaw vs Powder Springs

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

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

Kennesaw has the higher population (33,627 vs 17,414 in Powder Springs). Powder Springs has the higher median household income ($96,961 vs $79,759 in Kennesaw). Kennesaw has the higher median home value ($291,300 vs $283,700 in Powder Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Kennesaw	Powder Springs
Population	33,627	17,414
Median age	35.4 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$79,759	$96,961
Median home value	$291,300	$283,700
Median gross rent	$1,763	$1,778
Housing units	14,134	6,466
Homeownership rate	68.5%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.1%	39.8%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kennesaw	Powder Springs
Population	33,960 → 33,627 (-1.0%)	15,163 → 17,414 (+14.8%)
Median household income	$70,930 → $79,759 (+12.4%)	$69,807 → $96,961 (+38.9%)
Median home value	$194,800 → $291,300 (+49.5%)	$167,500 → $283,700 (+69.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,270 → $1,763 (+38.8%)	$1,244 → $1,778 (+42.9%)

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

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)

	Kennesaw	Powder Springs
Under 5	5.6%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.1%	20.1%
18 to 24	12.4%	7.9%
25 to 34	15.3%	10.9%
35 to 44	13.8%	15.1%
45 to 54	12.8%	14.1%
55 to 64	11.2%	13.2%
65 to 74	7.8%	8.1%
75 and over	5.0%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kennesaw	Powder Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	53.0%	24.1%
Black or African American	20.5%	48.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.1%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.1%	2.4%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	15.4%	20.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kennesaw	Powder Springs
No high school diploma	7.6%	9.6%
High school graduate	19.6%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	32.2%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kennesaw	Powder Springs
Drove alone	68.3%	75.7%
Carpooled	9.0%	4.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.7%	15.9%
Other means	1.8%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kennesaw	Powder Springs
1-unit, detached	60.2%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	16.8%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	0.3%
20 or more units	9.9%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Kennesaw	Powder Springs
Poverty rate	11.9%	11.7%
Average household size	2.50	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	28	35
Median year structure built	1997	1995