College Park vs Palmetto

A side-by-side comparison of College Park and Palmetto: population, income, housing, and more.

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

College Park has the higher population (13,969 vs 4,681 in Palmetto). Palmetto has the higher median household income ($54,745 vs $48,505 in College Park). College Park has the higher median home value ($314,500 vs $203,600 in Palmetto).

Population, income & housing

	College Park	Palmetto
Population	13,969	4,681
Median age	31.3 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,505	$54,745
Median home value	$314,500	$203,600
Median gross rent	$1,131	$1,223
Housing units	7,160	2,247
Homeownership rate	22.1%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	14.7%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	College Park	Palmetto
Population	14,501 → 13,969 (-3.7%)	5,095 → 4,681 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$35,470 → $48,505 (+36.7%)	$47,019 → $54,745 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$183,700 → $314,500 (+71.2%)	$129,200 → $203,600 (+57.6%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $1,131 (+27.4%)	$1,018 → $1,223 (+20.1%)

College Park

Population

14,50113,969

Median household income

$35,470$48,505

Median home value

$183,700$314,500

Median gross rent

$888$1,131

Palmetto

Population

5,0954,681

Median household income

$47,019$54,745

Median home value

$129,200$203,600

Median gross rent

$1,018$1,223

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	College Park	Palmetto
Under 5	6.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	21.0%	15.5%
18 to 24	10.9%	11.7%
25 to 34	18.0%	8.2%
35 to 44	12.6%	10.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	14.4%
55 to 64	10.2%	17.6%
65 to 74	5.8%	11.5%
75 and over	2.8%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	College Park	Palmetto
White (non-Hispanic)	8.8%	23.3%
Black or African American	82.3%	51.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.7%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	19.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	College Park	Palmetto
No high school diploma	10.4%	9.9%
High school graduate	31.9%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	College Park	Palmetto
Drove alone	62.4%	71.3%
Carpooled	9.5%	9.2%
Public transit	10.3%	0.8%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	15.6%
Other means	3.7%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	College Park	Palmetto
1-unit, detached	30.4%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	8.4%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	47.4%	2.1%
20 or more units	11.5%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	College Park	Palmetto
Poverty rate	20.6%	11.0%
Average household size	2.34	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1972	1989