Candler-McAfee vs Tucker

A side-by-side comparison of Candler-McAfee and Tucker: population, income, housing, and more.

Candler-McAfee and Tucker are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Tucker has the higher population (37,022 vs 21,316 in Candler-McAfee). Tucker has the higher median household income ($81,141 vs $62,299 in Candler-McAfee). Tucker has the higher median home value ($359,300 vs $239,400 in Candler-McAfee).

Population, income & housing

	Candler-McAfee	Tucker
Population	21,316	37,022
Median age	42.8 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$62,299	$81,141
Median home value	$239,400	$359,300
Median gross rent	$1,408	$1,458
Housing units	10,097	16,305
Homeownership rate	66.6%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.1%	44.0%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Candler-McAfee	Tucker
Population	24,011 → 21,316 (-11.2%)	35,965 → 37,022 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$41,673 → $62,299 (+49.5%)	$70,522 → $81,141 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$114,400 → $239,400 (+109.3%)	$256,200 → $359,300 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,031 → $1,408 (+36.6%)	$1,075 → $1,458 (+35.6%)

Candler-McAfee

Population

24,01121,316

Median household income

$41,673$62,299

Median home value

$114,400$239,400

Median gross rent

$1,031$1,408

Tucker

Population

35,96537,022

Median household income

$70,522$81,141

Median home value

$256,200$359,300

Median gross rent

$1,075$1,458

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Candler-McAfee	Tucker
Under 5	5.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	10.8%	12.6%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.0%
25 to 34	16.8%	13.0%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.6%	15.9%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.1%
65 to 74	11.8%	10.3%
75 and over	10.5%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Candler-McAfee	Tucker
White (non-Hispanic)	13.9%	37.2%
Black or African American	76.9%	40.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	6.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Candler-McAfee	Tucker
No high school diploma	11.5%	9.0%
High school graduate	29.6%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	20.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Candler-McAfee	Tucker
Drove alone	61.7%	64.8%
Carpooled	8.8%	9.0%
Public transit	5.7%	1.3%
Walked	0.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.9%	22.3%
Other means	4.5%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Candler-McAfee	Tucker
1-unit, detached	67.6%	59.9%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	17.4%
20 or more units	8.2%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Candler-McAfee	Tucker
Poverty rate	14.1%	11.8%
Average household size	2.74	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	35	30
Median year structure built	1963	1980