Powder Springs vs Smyrna

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

Powder Springs 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 17,414 in Powder Springs). Powder Springs has the higher median household income ($96,961 vs $96,780 in Smyrna). Smyrna has the higher median home value ($409,000 vs $283,700 in Powder Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Powder Springs	Smyrna
Population	17,414	56,285
Median age	40.7 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$96,961	$96,780
Median home value	$283,700	$409,000
Median gross rent	$1,778	$1,682
Housing units	6,466	27,202
Homeownership rate	83.7%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	59.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Powder Springs	Smyrna
Population	15,163 → 17,414 (+14.8%)	56,268 → 56,285 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$69,807 → $96,961 (+38.9%)	$76,444 → $96,780 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$167,500 → $283,700 (+69.4%)	$284,000 → $409,000 (+44.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,244 → $1,778 (+42.9%)	$1,248 → $1,682 (+34.8%)

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

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)

	Powder Springs	Smyrna
Under 5	5.0%	7.5%
5 to 17	20.1%	14.2%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.8%
25 to 34	10.9%	20.0%
35 to 44	15.1%	17.9%
45 to 54	14.1%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.2%	10.1%
65 to 74	8.1%	6.2%
75 and over	5.5%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Powder Springs	Smyrna
White (non-Hispanic)	24.1%	42.4%
Black or African American	48.8%	31.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.1%	7.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	2.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.8%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	20.6%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Powder Springs	Smyrna
No high school diploma	9.6%	5.0%
High school graduate	26.5%	11.4%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	35.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	23.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Powder Springs	Smyrna
Drove alone	75.7%	61.4%
Carpooled	4.3%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.9%	28.5%
Other means	3.7%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Powder Springs	Smyrna
1-unit, detached	90.5%	44.6%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	17.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	21.5%
20 or more units	1.1%	12.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Powder Springs	Smyrna
Poverty rate	11.7%	9.6%
Average household size	2.77	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	35	29
Median year structure built	1995	1989