Blue Ridge vs Morganton

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

Blue Ridge and Morganton 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 266 in Morganton). Morganton has the higher median household income ($68,125 vs $45,938 in Blue Ridge). Blue Ridge has the higher median home value ($258,700 vs $225,000 in Morganton).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Ridge	Morganton
Population	1,688	266
Median age	42.5 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$45,938	$68,125
Median home value	$258,700	$225,000
Median gross rent	$837	$614
Housing units	886	134
Homeownership rate	37.1%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Ridge	Morganton
Population	1,157 → 1,688 (+45.9%)	295 → 266 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$30,192 → $45,938 (+52.2%)	$31,750 → $68,125 (+114.6%)
Median home value	$167,900 → $258,700 (+54.1%)	$131,300 → $225,000 (+71.4%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $837 (+24.9%)	$1,018 → $614 (-39.7%)

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

Morganton

Population

295266

Median household income

$31,750$68,125

Median home value

$131,300$225,000

Median gross rent

$1,018$614

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Ridge	Morganton
Under 5	5.6%	1.1%
5 to 17	14.8%	15.8%
18 to 24	5.7%	5.6%
25 to 34	16.0%	7.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	15.0%
45 to 54	13.9%	21.1%
55 to 64	6.2%	13.9%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.2%
75 and over	14.5%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Ridge	Morganton
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	87.2%
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%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Ridge	Morganton
No high school diploma	17.6%	8.7%
High school graduate	31.6%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Ridge	Morganton
Drove alone	76.5%	59.9%
Carpooled	7.5%	27.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	8.0%
Other means	1.4%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Ridge	Morganton
1-unit, detached	52.4%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.2%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.3%	24.6%

Poverty & households

	Blue Ridge	Morganton
Poverty rate	19.8%	17.3%
Average household size	2.04	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1986	1972