Blue Ridge vs Epworth

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Ridge and Epworth: population, income, housing, and more.

Blue Ridge and Epworth are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Blue Ridge has the higher population (1,688 vs 1,509 in Epworth). Epworth has the higher median household income ($71,332 vs $45,938 in Blue Ridge). Blue Ridge has the higher median home value ($258,700 vs $137,900 in Epworth).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Ridge	Epworth
Population	1,688	1,509
Median age	42.5 yrs	27.4 yrs
Median household income	$45,938	$71,332
Median home value	$258,700	$137,900
Median gross rent	$837	$1,376
Housing units	886	565
Homeownership rate	37.1%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Ridge	Epworth
Population	1,157 → 1,688 (+45.9%)	195 → 1,509 (+673.8%)
Median household income	$30,192 → $45,938 (+52.2%)	$61,786 → $71,332 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$167,900 → $258,700 (+54.1%)	$117,900 → $137,900 (+17.0%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $837 (+24.9%)	$1,321 → $1,376 (+4.2%)

Blue Ridge

Population

1,1571,688

Median household income

$30,192$45,938

Median home value

$167,900$258,700

Median gross rent

$670$837

Epworth

Population

1951,509

Median household income

$61,786$71,332

Median home value

$117,900$137,900

Median gross rent

$1,321$1,376

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Ridge	Epworth
Under 5	5.6%	8.9%
5 to 17	14.8%	23.3%
18 to 24	5.7%	12.0%
25 to 34	16.0%	13.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	16.9%
45 to 54	13.9%	11.3%
55 to 64	6.2%	4.9%
65 to 74	11.6%	1.4%
75 and over	14.5%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Ridge	Epworth
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	85.6%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	12.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Ridge	Epworth
No high school diploma	17.6%	14.4%
High school graduate	31.6%	17.1%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	59.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Ridge	Epworth
Drove alone	76.5%	65.1%
Carpooled	7.5%	34.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	0.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Ridge	Epworth
1-unit, detached	52.4%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.2%	24.8%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	20.3%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Blue Ridge	Epworth
Poverty rate	19.8%	30.6%
Average household size	2.04	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1986	1975