Lindale vs Rome

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

Lindale 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 4,611 in Lindale). Rome has the higher median household income ($51,106 vs $40,283 in Lindale). Rome has the higher median home value ($214,700 vs $132,600 in Lindale).

Population, income & housing

	Lindale	Rome
Population	4,611	37,754
Median age	34.5 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$40,283	$51,106
Median home value	$132,600	$214,700
Median gross rent	$1,065	$976
Housing units	1,985	16,371
Homeownership rate	53.2%	48.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lindale	Rome
Population	4,789 → 4,611 (-3.7%)	36,332 → 37,754 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$40,476 → $40,283 (-0.5%)	$38,443 → $51,106 (+32.9%)
Median home value	$78,500 → $132,600 (+68.9%)	$151,200 → $214,700 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$810 → $1,065 (+31.5%)	$724 → $976 (+34.8%)

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

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)

	Lindale	Rome
Under 5	2.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	21.7%	18.9%
18 to 24	14.0%	10.1%
25 to 34	13.5%	12.7%
35 to 44	11.0%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	12.5%	11.6%
65 to 74	8.1%	9.3%
75 and over	5.4%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lindale	Rome
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	48.9%
Black or African American	3.3%	24.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	7.1%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	20.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lindale	Rome
No high school diploma	21.1%	18.5%
High school graduate	32.0%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lindale	Rome
Drove alone	75.9%	72.1%
Carpooled	14.2%	14.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	2.7%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lindale	Rome
1-unit, detached	67.1%	63.0%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	14.9%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	9.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.3%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Lindale	Rome
Poverty rate	30.3%	20.5%
Average household size	2.60	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1963	1975