Clarkesville vs Mount Airy

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

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

Clarkesville has the higher population (1,827 vs 1,475 in Mount Airy). Mount Airy has the higher median household income ($85,433 vs $66,316 in Clarkesville). Mount Airy has the higher median home value ($203,300 vs $198,900 in Clarkesville).

Population, income & housing

	Clarkesville	Mount Airy
Population	1,827	1,475
Median age	52.1 yrs	27.5 yrs
Median household income	$66,316	$85,433
Median home value	$198,900	$203,300
Median gross rent	$1,037	$708
Housing units	849	410
Homeownership rate	64.5%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.5%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarkesville	Mount Airy
Population	1,754 → 1,827 (+4.2%)	1,379 → 1,475 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$44,293 → $66,316 (+49.7%)	$53,333 → $85,433 (+60.2%)
Median home value	$142,900 → $198,900 (+39.2%)	$121,100 → $203,300 (+67.9%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $1,037 (+49.4%)	$809 → $708 (-12.5%)

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

Mount Airy

Population

1,3791,475

Median household income

$53,333$85,433

Median home value

$121,100$203,300

Median gross rent

$809$708

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarkesville	Mount Airy
Under 5	5.7%	9.8%
5 to 17	13.0%	24.4%
18 to 24	4.1%	11.6%
25 to 34	11.3%	10.5%
35 to 44	11.7%	16.5%
45 to 54	7.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	11.3%	5.8%
65 to 74	20.0%	5.8%
75 and over	15.4%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarkesville	Mount Airy
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	56.1%
Black or African American	8.4%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	36.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarkesville	Mount Airy
No high school diploma	11.8%	27.2%
High school graduate	27.9%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	18.4%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarkesville	Mount Airy
Drove alone	75.1%	71.1%
Carpooled	17.2%	17.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	5.6%
Other means	0.7%	5.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarkesville	Mount Airy
1-unit, detached	71.1%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	18.3%

Poverty & households

	Clarkesville	Mount Airy
Poverty rate	12.3%	10.7%
Average household size	2.21	3.87
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1971	1999