Blue Ridge vs McCaysville

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

Blue Ridge and McCaysville 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 1,571 in McCaysville). Blue Ridge has the higher median household income ($45,938 vs $45,625 in McCaysville). Blue Ridge has the higher median home value ($258,700 vs $112,500 in McCaysville).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Ridge	McCaysville
Population	1,688	1,571
Median age	42.5 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,938	$45,625
Median home value	$258,700	$112,500
Median gross rent	$837	$776
Housing units	886	865
Homeownership rate	37.1%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	2.6%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Ridge	McCaysville
Population	1,157 → 1,688 (+45.9%)	1,388 → 1,571 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$30,192 → $45,938 (+52.2%)	$28,321 → $45,625 (+61.1%)
Median home value	$167,900 → $258,700 (+54.1%)	$116,900 → $112,500 (-3.8%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $837 (+24.9%)	$383 → $776 (+102.6%)

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

McCaysville

Population

1,3881,571

Median household income

$28,321$45,625

Median home value

$116,900$112,500

Median gross rent

$383$776

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Ridge	McCaysville
Under 5	5.6%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.8%	18.3%
18 to 24	5.7%	5.9%
25 to 34	16.0%	15.4%
35 to 44	11.8%	16.0%
45 to 54	13.9%	17.3%
55 to 64	6.2%	7.6%
65 to 74	11.6%	6.3%
75 and over	14.5%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Ridge	McCaysville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	84.5%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Ridge	McCaysville
No high school diploma	17.6%	18.9%
High school graduate	31.6%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	44.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Ridge	McCaysville
Drove alone	76.5%	79.7%
Carpooled	7.5%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	4.3%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Ridge	McCaysville
1-unit, detached	52.4%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	17.2%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	11.7%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	20.3%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Blue Ridge	McCaysville
Poverty rate	19.8%	19.8%
Average household size	2.04	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1986	1963