Cornelia vs Mount Airy

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

Cornelia and Mount Airy 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 1,475 in Mount Airy). Mount Airy has the higher median household income ($85,433 vs $40,192 in Cornelia). Cornelia has the higher median home value ($210,200 vs $203,300 in Mount Airy).

Population, income & housing

	Cornelia	Mount Airy
Population	4,813	1,475
Median age	31.2 yrs	27.5 yrs
Median household income	$40,192	$85,433
Median home value	$210,200	$203,300
Median gross rent	$949	$708
Housing units	1,995	410
Homeownership rate	58.1%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cornelia	Mount Airy
Population	4,375 → 4,813 (+10.0%)	1,379 → 1,475 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$40,989 → $40,192 (-1.9%)	$53,333 → $85,433 (+60.2%)
Median home value	$125,800 → $210,200 (+67.1%)	$121,100 → $203,300 (+67.9%)
Median gross rent	$785 → $949 (+20.9%)	$809 → $708 (-12.5%)

Cornelia

Population

4,3754,813

Median household income

$40,989$40,192

Median home value

$125,800$210,200

Median gross rent

$785$949

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)

	Cornelia	Mount Airy
Under 5	4.4%	9.8%
5 to 17	18.1%	24.4%
18 to 24	9.8%	11.6%
25 to 34	20.9%	10.5%
35 to 44	8.2%	16.5%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.0%
55 to 64	7.8%	5.8%
65 to 74	11.8%	5.8%
75 and over	6.0%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cornelia	Mount Airy
White (non-Hispanic)	54.5%	56.1%
Black or African American	7.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	29.3%	36.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cornelia	Mount Airy
No high school diploma	23.9%	27.2%
High school graduate	24.5%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cornelia	Mount Airy
Drove alone	78.9%	71.1%
Carpooled	16.6%	17.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	5.6%
Other means	0.3%	5.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cornelia	Mount Airy
1-unit, detached	60.6%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	18.3%

Poverty & households

	Cornelia	Mount Airy
Poverty rate	31.3%	10.7%
Average household size	2.64	3.87
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1985	1999