Calhoun vs Resaca

A side-by-side comparison of Calhoun and Resaca: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Calhoun has the higher population (17,611 vs 1,247 in Resaca). Resaca has the higher median household income ($54,750 vs $51,439 in Calhoun). Calhoun has the higher median home value ($240,700 vs $152,200 in Resaca).

Population, income & housing

	Calhoun	Resaca
Population	17,611	1,247
Median age	34.9 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$51,439	$54,750
Median home value	$240,700	$152,200
Median gross rent	$785	$1,100
Housing units	7,248	261
Homeownership rate	52.5%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	4.9%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calhoun	Resaca
Population	16,940 → 17,611 (+4.0%)	974 → 1,247 (+28.0%)
Median household income	$35,761 → $51,439 (+43.8%)	$52,031 → $54,750 (+5.2%)
Median home value	$150,800 → $240,700 (+59.6%)	$98,900 → $152,200 (+53.9%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $785 (+14.1%)	$715 → $1,100 (+53.8%)

Calhoun

Population

16,94017,611

Median household income

$35,761$51,439

Median home value

$150,800$240,700

Median gross rent

$688$785

Resaca

Population

9741,247

Median household income

$52,031$54,750

Median home value

$98,900$152,200

Median gross rent

$715$1,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calhoun	Resaca
Under 5	7.5%	3.3%
5 to 17	18.1%	17.0%
18 to 24	9.7%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.9%	14.4%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	15.5%
55 to 64	10.3%	11.4%
65 to 74	6.6%	11.1%
75 and over	7.7%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calhoun	Resaca
White (non-Hispanic)	61.5%	60.8%
Black or African American	7.1%	8.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	26.6%	28.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calhoun	Resaca
No high school diploma	22.2%	27.8%
High school graduate	31.7%	49.3%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	18.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calhoun	Resaca
Drove alone	80.2%	90.6%
Carpooled	9.9%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	0.9%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calhoun	Resaca
1-unit, detached	62.4%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	12.8%	4.2%
20 or more units	10.3%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Calhoun	Resaca
Poverty rate	18.7%	6.9%
Average household size	2.66	4.05
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1984	1981