Demorest vs Mount Airy

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

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

Demorest has the higher population (2,335 vs 1,475 in Mount Airy). Mount Airy has the higher median household income ($85,433 vs $69,583 in Demorest). Demorest has the higher median home value ($216,800 vs $203,300 in Mount Airy).

Population, income & housing

	Demorest	Mount Airy
Population	2,335	1,475
Median age	26.3 yrs	27.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,583	$85,433
Median home value	$216,800	$203,300
Median gross rent	$1,244	$708
Housing units	787	410
Homeownership rate	51.1%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.5%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Demorest	Mount Airy
Population	1,973 → 2,335 (+18.3%)	1,379 → 1,475 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$34,865 → $69,583 (+99.6%)	$53,333 → $85,433 (+60.2%)
Median home value	$117,900 → $216,800 (+83.9%)	$121,100 → $203,300 (+67.9%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $1,244 (+59.7%)	$809 → $708 (-12.5%)

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

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)

	Demorest	Mount Airy
Under 5	6.0%	9.8%
5 to 17	12.5%	24.4%
18 to 24	30.3%	11.6%
25 to 34	8.4%	10.5%
35 to 44	10.2%	16.5%
45 to 54	8.1%	12.0%
55 to 64	11.2%	5.8%
65 to 74	7.3%	5.8%
75 and over	6.0%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Demorest	Mount Airy
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	56.1%
Black or African American	6.4%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	36.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Demorest	Mount Airy
No high school diploma	7.9%	27.2%
High school graduate	37.6%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Demorest	Mount Airy
Drove alone	67.3%	71.1%
Carpooled	17.9%	17.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	5.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Demorest	Mount Airy
1-unit, detached	69.9%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	18.3%

Poverty & households

	Demorest	Mount Airy
Poverty rate	11.0%	10.7%
Average household size	2.79	3.87
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1985	1999