Canon vs Carnesville

A side-by-side comparison of Canon and Carnesville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Canon has the higher population (888 vs 717 in Carnesville). Carnesville has the higher median household income ($65,000 vs $38,500 in Canon). Carnesville has the higher median home value ($158,100 vs $113,200 in Canon).

Population, income & housing

	Canon	Carnesville
Population	888	717
Median age	32.5 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$38,500	$65,000
Median home value	$113,200	$158,100
Median gross rent	$831	$870
Housing units	336	248
Homeownership rate	67.3%	60.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canon	Carnesville
Population	1,003 → 888 (-11.5%)	755 → 717 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$24,911 → $38,500 (+54.6%)	$39,107 → $65,000 (+66.2%)
Median home value	$76,300 → $113,200 (+48.4%)	$79,500 → $158,100 (+98.9%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $831 (+58.3%)	$657 → $870 (+32.4%)

Canon

Population

1,003888

Median household income

$24,911$38,500

Median home value

$76,300$113,200

Median gross rent

$525$831

Carnesville

Population

755717

Median household income

$39,107$65,000

Median home value

$79,500$158,100

Median gross rent

$657$870

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canon	Carnesville
Under 5	5.6%	8.4%
5 to 17	32.2%	9.8%
18 to 24	3.7%	6.6%
25 to 34	17.1%	21.6%
35 to 44	12.2%	19.2%
45 to 54	7.9%	15.3%
55 to 64	8.2%	5.9%
65 to 74	8.1%	8.1%
75 and over	5.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canon	Carnesville
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	83.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	9.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canon	Carnesville
No high school diploma	27.4%	9.4%
High school graduate	33.1%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canon	Carnesville
Drove alone	84.7%	90.6%
Carpooled	9.0%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canon	Carnesville
1-unit, detached	57.4%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	36.6%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Canon	Carnesville
Poverty rate	41.5%	10.3%
Average household size	3.58	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1979	1974