Mineral Bluff vs Morganton

A side-by-side comparison of Mineral Bluff and Morganton: population, income, housing, and more.

Mineral Bluff and Morganton are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mineral Bluff has the higher population (332 vs 266 in Morganton). Morganton has the higher median home value ($225,000 vs $109,400 in Mineral Bluff). Since 2019, Morganton's population has grown faster (-9.8% vs -12.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Mineral Bluff	Morganton
Population	332	266
Median age	21.9 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$68,125
Median home value	$109,400	$225,000
Median gross rent	—	$614
Housing units	133	134
Homeownership rate	58.1%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mineral Bluff	Morganton
Population	380 → 332 (-12.6%)	295 → 266 (-9.8%)
Median household income	—	$31,750 → $68,125 (+114.6%)
Median home value	$220,900 → $109,400 (-50.5%)	$131,300 → $225,000 (+71.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,018 → $614 (-39.7%)

Mineral Bluff

Population

380332

Median home value

$220,900$109,400

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)

	Mineral Bluff	Morganton
Under 5	7.5%	1.1%
5 to 17	7.8%	15.8%
18 to 24	47.6%	5.6%
25 to 34	3.6%	7.5%
35 to 44	9.0%	15.0%
45 to 54	3.9%	21.1%
55 to 64	5.7%	13.9%
65 to 74	10.5%	10.2%
75 and over	4.2%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mineral Bluff	Morganton
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	3.3%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mineral Bluff	Morganton
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.7%
High school graduate	49.6%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	42.3%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mineral Bluff	Morganton
Drove alone	66.0%	59.9%
Carpooled	25.0%	27.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mineral Bluff	Morganton
1-unit, detached	100.0%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	24.6%

Poverty & households

	Mineral Bluff	Morganton
Poverty rate	31.6%	17.3%
Average household size	3.16	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1972	1972