Berry College vs Cave Spring

A side-by-side comparison of Berry College and Cave Spring: population, income, housing, and more.

Berry College and Cave Spring are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Berry College has the higher population (1,712 vs 1,148 in Cave Spring). Since 2019, Cave Spring's population has grown faster (+0.4% vs -8.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Berry College	Cave Spring
Population	1,712	1,148
Median age	19.7 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$47,560
Median home value	—	$150,700
Median gross rent	—	$846
Housing units	23	539
Homeownership rate	0.0%	59.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	88.9%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berry College	Cave Spring
Population	1,876 → 1,712 (-8.7%)	1,143 → 1,148 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$123,750 → $181,136 (+46.4%)	$31,066 → $47,560 (+53.1%)
Median home value	—	$117,400 → $150,700 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$681 → $846 (+24.2%)

Berry College

Population

1,8761,712

Median household income

$123,750$181,136

Cave Spring

Population

1,1431,148

Median household income

$31,066$47,560

Median home value

$117,400$150,700

Median gross rent

$681$846

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berry College	Cave Spring
Under 5	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	0.6%	19.7%
18 to 24	96.2%	10.6%
25 to 34	0.4%	10.3%
35 to 44	1.1%	9.7%
45 to 54	0.4%	9.3%
55 to 64	0.0%	15.8%
65 to 74	1.3%	9.9%
75 and over	0.0%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berry College	Cave Spring
White (non-Hispanic)	70.1%	82.7%
Black or African American	15.0%	10.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berry College	Cave Spring
No high school diploma	0.0%	12.7%
High school graduate	11.1%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	33.3%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	55.6%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berry College	Cave Spring
Drove alone	40.0%	79.6%
Carpooled	0.3%	15.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	38.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.3%	4.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berry College	Cave Spring
1-unit, detached	100.0%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Berry College	Cave Spring
Poverty rate	0.0%	14.8%
Average household size	1.78	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	9	30
Median year structure built	—	1971