Mableton vs Powder Springs

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

Mableton and Powder Springs 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 17,414 in Powder Springs). Powder Springs has the higher median household income ($96,961 vs $84,662 in Mableton). Mableton has the higher median home value ($306,200 vs $283,700 in Powder Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Mableton	Powder Springs
Population	42,403	17,414
Median age	39.0 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$84,662	$96,961
Median home value	$306,200	$283,700
Median gross rent	$1,399	$1,778
Housing units	16,693	6,466
Homeownership rate	75.2%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.7%	39.8%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mableton	Powder Springs
Population	41,487 → 42,403 (+2.2%)	15,163 → 17,414 (+14.8%)
Median household income	$69,840 → $84,662 (+21.2%)	$69,807 → $96,961 (+38.9%)
Median home value	$182,800 → $306,200 (+67.5%)	$167,500 → $283,700 (+69.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,166 → $1,399 (+20.0%)	$1,244 → $1,778 (+42.9%)

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

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)

	Mableton	Powder Springs
Under 5	8.1%	5.0%
5 to 17	14.7%	20.1%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.9%	10.9%
35 to 44	15.6%	15.1%
45 to 54	15.1%	14.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	13.2%
65 to 74	10.1%	8.1%
75 and over	3.2%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mableton	Powder Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	29.7%	24.1%
Black or African American	42.9%	48.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	2.4%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	21.5%	20.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mableton	Powder Springs
No high school diploma	10.8%	9.6%
High school graduate	25.0%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mableton	Powder Springs
Drove alone	68.3%	75.7%
Carpooled	11.6%	4.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	15.9%
Other means	1.5%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mableton	Powder Springs
1-unit, detached	77.9%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.3%
20 or more units	1.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Mableton	Powder Springs
Poverty rate	8.2%	11.7%
Average household size	2.76	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	31	35
Median year structure built	1985	1995