Kennesaw vs Smyrna

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

Kennesaw 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 33,627 in Kennesaw). Smyrna has the higher median household income ($96,780 vs $79,759 in Kennesaw). Smyrna has the higher median home value ($409,000 vs $291,300 in Kennesaw).

Population, income & housing

	Kennesaw	Smyrna
Population	33,627	56,285
Median age	35.4 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$79,759	$96,780
Median home value	$291,300	$409,000
Median gross rent	$1,763	$1,682
Housing units	14,134	27,202
Homeownership rate	68.5%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.1%	59.0%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kennesaw	Smyrna
Population	33,960 → 33,627 (-1.0%)	56,268 → 56,285 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$70,930 → $79,759 (+12.4%)	$76,444 → $96,780 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$194,800 → $291,300 (+49.5%)	$284,000 → $409,000 (+44.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,270 → $1,763 (+38.8%)	$1,248 → $1,682 (+34.8%)

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

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)

	Kennesaw	Smyrna
Under 5	5.6%	7.5%
5 to 17	16.1%	14.2%
18 to 24	12.4%	6.8%
25 to 34	15.3%	20.0%
35 to 44	13.8%	17.9%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.9%
55 to 64	11.2%	10.1%
65 to 74	7.8%	6.2%
75 and over	5.0%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kennesaw	Smyrna
White (non-Hispanic)	53.0%	42.4%
Black or African American	20.5%	31.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	6.1%	7.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.8%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.4%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kennesaw	Smyrna
No high school diploma	7.6%	5.0%
High school graduate	19.6%	11.4%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	32.2%	35.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	23.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kennesaw	Smyrna
Drove alone	68.3%	61.4%
Carpooled	9.0%	6.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.4%
Walked	1.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.7%	28.5%
Other means	1.8%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kennesaw	Smyrna
1-unit, detached	60.2%	44.6%
1-unit, attached	16.8%	17.0%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	21.5%
20 or more units	9.9%	12.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Kennesaw	Smyrna
Poverty rate	11.9%	9.6%
Average household size	2.50	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1997	1989