Cave Spring vs Rome

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

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

Rome has the higher population (37,754 vs 1,148 in Cave Spring). Rome has the higher median household income ($51,106 vs $47,560 in Cave Spring). Rome has the higher median home value ($214,700 vs $150,700 in Cave Spring).

Population, income & housing

	Cave Spring	Rome
Population	1,148	37,754
Median age	42.1 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$47,560	$51,106
Median home value	$150,700	$214,700
Median gross rent	$846	$976
Housing units	539	16,371
Homeownership rate	59.7%	48.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cave Spring	Rome
Population	1,143 → 1,148 (+0.4%)	36,332 → 37,754 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$31,066 → $47,560 (+53.1%)	$38,443 → $51,106 (+32.9%)
Median home value	$117,400 → $150,700 (+28.4%)	$151,200 → $214,700 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $846 (+24.2%)	$724 → $976 (+34.8%)

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

Rome

Population

36,33237,754

Median household income

$38,443$51,106

Median home value

$151,200$214,700

Median gross rent

$724$976

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cave Spring	Rome
Under 5	3.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	19.7%	18.9%
18 to 24	10.6%	10.1%
25 to 34	10.3%	12.7%
35 to 44	9.7%	13.9%
45 to 54	9.3%	11.4%
55 to 64	15.8%	11.6%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.3%
75 and over	10.9%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cave Spring	Rome
White (non-Hispanic)	82.7%	48.9%
Black or African American	10.8%	24.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.5%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	20.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cave Spring	Rome
No high school diploma	12.7%	18.5%
High school graduate	26.3%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	39.6%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cave Spring	Rome
Drove alone	79.6%	72.1%
Carpooled	15.0%	14.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	7.0%
Other means	0.8%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cave Spring	Rome
1-unit, detached	74.8%	63.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	17.6%	14.9%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	9.1%
20 or more units	1.1%	10.3%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Cave Spring	Rome
Poverty rate	14.8%	20.5%
Average household size	2.64	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1971	1975