Mountain Park vs Palmetto

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

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

Palmetto has the higher population (4,681 vs 823 in Mountain Park). Mountain Park has the higher median household income ($135,000 vs $54,745 in Palmetto). Mountain Park has the higher median home value ($321,500 vs $203,600 in Palmetto).

Population, income & housing

	Mountain Park	Palmetto
Population	823	4,681
Median age	52.8 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$135,000	$54,745
Median home value	$321,500	$203,600
Median gross rent	$1,841	$1,223
Housing units	365	2,247
Homeownership rate	90.7%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.5%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountain Park	Palmetto
Population	649 → 823 (+26.8%)	5,095 → 4,681 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$89,375 → $135,000 (+51.0%)	$47,019 → $54,745 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$285,000 → $321,500 (+12.8%)	$129,200 → $203,600 (+57.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,250 → $1,841 (+47.3%)	$1,018 → $1,223 (+20.1%)

Mountain Park

Population

649823

Median household income

$89,375$135,000

Median home value

$285,000$321,500

Median gross rent

$1,250$1,841

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)

	Mountain Park	Palmetto
Under 5	3.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.6%	15.5%
18 to 24	5.3%	11.7%
25 to 34	3.9%	8.2%
35 to 44	11.1%	10.4%
45 to 54	20.7%	14.4%
55 to 64	20.8%	17.6%
65 to 74	13.2%	11.5%
75 and over	6.1%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountain Park	Palmetto
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	23.3%
Black or African American	2.3%	51.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.8%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	19.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountain Park	Palmetto
No high school diploma	3.0%	9.9%
High school graduate	9.6%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	41.6%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountain Park	Palmetto
Drove alone	34.9%	71.3%
Carpooled	12.4%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	51.8%	15.6%
Other means	0.4%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountain Park	Palmetto
1-unit, detached	100.0%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mountain Park	Palmetto
Poverty rate	3.6%	11.0%
Average household size	2.31	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1984	1989