Cornelia vs Demorest

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

Cornelia and Demorest 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 2,335 in Demorest). Demorest has the higher median household income ($69,583 vs $40,192 in Cornelia). Demorest has the higher median home value ($216,800 vs $210,200 in Cornelia).

Population, income & housing

	Cornelia	Demorest
Population	4,813	2,335
Median age	31.2 yrs	26.3 yrs
Median household income	$40,192	$69,583
Median home value	$210,200	$216,800
Median gross rent	$949	$1,244
Housing units	1,995	787
Homeownership rate	58.1%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	31.5%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cornelia	Demorest
Population	4,375 → 4,813 (+10.0%)	1,973 → 2,335 (+18.3%)
Median household income	$40,989 → $40,192 (-1.9%)	$34,865 → $69,583 (+99.6%)
Median home value	$125,800 → $210,200 (+67.1%)	$117,900 → $216,800 (+83.9%)
Median gross rent	$785 → $949 (+20.9%)	$779 → $1,244 (+59.7%)

Cornelia

Population

4,3754,813

Median household income

$40,989$40,192

Median home value

$125,800$210,200

Median gross rent

$785$949

Demorest

Population

1,9732,335

Median household income

$34,865$69,583

Median home value

$117,900$216,800

Median gross rent

$779$1,244

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cornelia	Demorest
Under 5	4.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	18.1%	12.5%
18 to 24	9.8%	30.3%
25 to 34	20.9%	8.4%
35 to 44	8.2%	10.2%
45 to 54	12.9%	8.1%
55 to 64	7.8%	11.2%
65 to 74	11.8%	7.3%
75 and over	6.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cornelia	Demorest
White (non-Hispanic)	54.5%	80.4%
Black or African American	7.5%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	29.3%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cornelia	Demorest
No high school diploma	23.9%	7.9%
High school graduate	24.5%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cornelia	Demorest
Drove alone	78.9%	67.3%
Carpooled	16.6%	17.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	11.2%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cornelia	Demorest
1-unit, detached	60.6%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	8.5%
20 or more units	5.4%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Cornelia	Demorest
Poverty rate	31.3%	11.0%
Average household size	2.64	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	29	20
Median year structure built	1985	1985