Marietta vs Powder Springs

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

Marietta and Powder Springs 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 17,414 in Powder Springs). Powder Springs has the higher median household income ($96,961 vs $70,086 in Marietta). Marietta has the higher median home value ($401,100 vs $283,700 in Powder Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Marietta	Powder Springs
Population	61,773	17,414
Median age	35.2 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$70,086	$96,961
Median home value	$401,100	$283,700
Median gross rent	$1,491	$1,778
Housing units	26,868	6,466
Homeownership rate	47.2%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.8%	39.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marietta	Powder Springs
Population	60,544 → 61,773 (+2.0%)	15,163 → 17,414 (+14.8%)
Median household income	$57,452 → $70,086 (+22.0%)	$69,807 → $96,961 (+38.9%)
Median home value	$287,600 → $401,100 (+39.5%)	$167,500 → $283,700 (+69.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,102 → $1,491 (+35.3%)	$1,244 → $1,778 (+42.9%)

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

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)

	Marietta	Powder Springs
Under 5	5.7%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.2%	20.1%
18 to 24	12.3%	7.9%
25 to 34	16.2%	10.9%
35 to 44	14.4%	15.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	14.1%
55 to 64	10.0%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.9%	8.1%
75 and over	5.9%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marietta	Powder Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	41.2%	24.1%
Black or African American	30.2%	48.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	2.4%
Two or more races	6.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	20.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marietta	Powder Springs
No high school diploma	10.9%	9.6%
High school graduate	17.6%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	31.5%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marietta	Powder Springs
Drove alone	64.9%	75.7%
Carpooled	10.0%	4.3%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.0%	15.9%
Other means	4.6%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marietta	Powder Springs
1-unit, detached	43.7%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	11.7%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	24.3%	0.3%
20 or more units	15.6%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Marietta	Powder Springs
Poverty rate	12.7%	11.7%
Average household size	2.39	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	28	35
Median year structure built	1986	1995