Cave Spring vs Lindale

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

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

Lindale has the higher population (4,611 vs 1,148 in Cave Spring). Cave Spring has the higher median household income ($47,560 vs $40,283 in Lindale). Cave Spring has the higher median home value ($150,700 vs $132,600 in Lindale).

Population, income & housing

	Cave Spring	Lindale
Population	1,148	4,611
Median age	42.1 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,560	$40,283
Median home value	$150,700	$132,600
Median gross rent	$846	$1,065
Housing units	539	1,985
Homeownership rate	59.7%	53.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cave Spring	Lindale
Population	1,143 → 1,148 (+0.4%)	4,789 → 4,611 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$31,066 → $47,560 (+53.1%)	$40,476 → $40,283 (-0.5%)
Median home value	$117,400 → $150,700 (+28.4%)	$78,500 → $132,600 (+68.9%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $846 (+24.2%)	$810 → $1,065 (+31.5%)

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

Lindale

Population

4,7894,611

Median household income

$40,476$40,283

Median home value

$78,500$132,600

Median gross rent

$810$1,065

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cave Spring	Lindale
Under 5	3.8%	2.3%
5 to 17	19.7%	21.7%
18 to 24	10.6%	14.0%
25 to 34	10.3%	13.5%
35 to 44	9.7%	11.0%
45 to 54	9.3%	11.4%
55 to 64	15.8%	12.5%
65 to 74	9.9%	8.1%
75 and over	10.9%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cave Spring	Lindale
White (non-Hispanic)	82.7%	83.3%
Black or African American	10.8%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.5%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cave Spring	Lindale
No high school diploma	12.7%	21.1%
High school graduate	26.3%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	39.6%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cave Spring	Lindale
Drove alone	79.6%	75.9%
Carpooled	15.0%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	7.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cave Spring	Lindale
1-unit, detached	74.8%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	17.6%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	14.2%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Cave Spring	Lindale
Poverty rate	14.8%	30.3%
Average household size	2.64	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	1971	1963