Marietta vs Smyrna

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

Marietta and Smyrna 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 56,285 in Smyrna). Smyrna has the higher median household income ($96,780 vs $70,086 in Marietta). Smyrna has the higher median home value ($409,000 vs $401,100 in Marietta).

Population, income & housing

	Marietta	Smyrna
Population	61,773	56,285
Median age	35.2 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,086	$96,780
Median home value	$401,100	$409,000
Median gross rent	$1,491	$1,682
Housing units	26,868	27,202
Homeownership rate	47.2%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.8%	59.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marietta	Smyrna
Population	60,544 → 61,773 (+2.0%)	56,268 → 56,285 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$57,452 → $70,086 (+22.0%)	$76,444 → $96,780 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$287,600 → $401,100 (+39.5%)	$284,000 → $409,000 (+44.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,102 → $1,491 (+35.3%)	$1,248 → $1,682 (+34.8%)

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

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)

	Marietta	Smyrna
Under 5	5.7%	7.5%
5 to 17	15.2%	14.2%
18 to 24	12.3%	6.8%
25 to 34	16.2%	20.0%
35 to 44	14.4%	17.9%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.9%
55 to 64	10.0%	10.1%
65 to 74	8.9%	6.2%
75 and over	5.9%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marietta	Smyrna
White (non-Hispanic)	41.2%	42.4%
Black or African American	30.2%	31.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	7.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.4%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marietta	Smyrna
No high school diploma	10.9%	5.0%
High school graduate	17.6%	11.4%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	31.5%	35.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	23.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marietta	Smyrna
Drove alone	64.9%	61.4%
Carpooled	10.0%	6.5%
Public transit	1.2%	0.4%
Walked	2.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.0%	28.5%
Other means	4.6%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marietta	Smyrna
1-unit, detached	43.7%	44.6%
1-unit, attached	11.7%	17.0%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	24.3%	21.5%
20 or more units	15.6%	12.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Marietta	Smyrna
Poverty rate	12.7%	9.6%
Average household size	2.39	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1986	1989