Clarkesville vs Cornelia

A side-by-side comparison of Clarkesville and Cornelia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cornelia has the higher population (4,813 vs 1,827 in Clarkesville). Clarkesville has the higher median household income ($66,316 vs $40,192 in Cornelia). Cornelia has the higher median home value ($210,200 vs $198,900 in Clarkesville).

Population, income & housing

	Clarkesville	Cornelia
Population	1,827	4,813
Median age	52.1 yrs	31.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,316	$40,192
Median home value	$198,900	$210,200
Median gross rent	$1,037	$949
Housing units	849	1,995
Homeownership rate	64.5%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.5%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarkesville	Cornelia
Population	1,754 → 1,827 (+4.2%)	4,375 → 4,813 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$44,293 → $66,316 (+49.7%)	$40,989 → $40,192 (-1.9%)
Median home value	$142,900 → $198,900 (+39.2%)	$125,800 → $210,200 (+67.1%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $1,037 (+49.4%)	$785 → $949 (+20.9%)

Clarkesville

Population

1,7541,827

Median household income

$44,293$66,316

Median home value

$142,900$198,900

Median gross rent

$694$1,037

Cornelia

Population

4,3754,813

Median household income

$40,989$40,192

Median home value

$125,800$210,200

Median gross rent

$785$949

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarkesville	Cornelia
Under 5	5.7%	4.4%
5 to 17	13.0%	18.1%
18 to 24	4.1%	9.8%
25 to 34	11.3%	20.9%
35 to 44	11.7%	8.2%
45 to 54	7.4%	12.9%
55 to 64	11.3%	7.8%
65 to 74	20.0%	11.8%
75 and over	15.4%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarkesville	Cornelia
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	54.5%
Black or African American	8.4%	7.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	29.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarkesville	Cornelia
No high school diploma	11.8%	23.9%
High school graduate	27.9%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	18.4%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarkesville	Cornelia
Drove alone	75.1%	78.9%
Carpooled	17.2%	16.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	4.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarkesville	Cornelia
1-unit, detached	71.1%	60.6%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	9.6%
20 or more units	2.4%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Clarkesville	Cornelia
Poverty rate	12.3%	31.3%
Average household size	2.21	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	19	29
Median year structure built	1971	1985