Flowery Branch vs Oakwood

A side-by-side comparison of Flowery Branch and Oakwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Flowery Branch has the higher population (10,286 vs 5,499 in Oakwood). Flowery Branch has the higher median household income ($88,185 vs $61,191 in Oakwood). Flowery Branch has the higher median home value ($422,900 vs $255,400 in Oakwood).

Population, income & housing

	Flowery Branch	Oakwood
Population	10,286	5,499
Median age	37.6 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$88,185	$61,191
Median home value	$422,900	$255,400
Median gross rent	$1,739	$1,269
Housing units	4,379	2,478
Homeownership rate	63.9%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.0%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flowery Branch	Oakwood
Population	7,497 → 10,286 (+37.2%)	4,143 → 5,499 (+32.7%)
Median household income	$75,599 → $88,185 (+16.6%)	$47,250 → $61,191 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$240,100 → $422,900 (+76.1%)	$142,800 → $255,400 (+78.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,167 → $1,739 (+49.0%)	$1,068 → $1,269 (+18.8%)

Flowery Branch

Population

7,49710,286

Median household income

$75,599$88,185

Median home value

$240,100$422,900

Median gross rent

$1,167$1,739

Oakwood

Population

4,1435,499

Median household income

$47,250$61,191

Median home value

$142,800$255,400

Median gross rent

$1,068$1,269

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flowery Branch	Oakwood
Under 5	7.4%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.2%	18.5%
18 to 24	8.4%	10.6%
25 to 34	15.0%	20.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	16.5%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.4%
55 to 64	16.5%	6.2%
65 to 74	8.6%	6.5%
75 and over	2.6%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flowery Branch	Oakwood
White (non-Hispanic)	74.9%	51.6%
Black or African American	6.2%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	31.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flowery Branch	Oakwood
No high school diploma	5.7%	23.5%
High school graduate	18.7%	23.0%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flowery Branch	Oakwood
Drove alone	68.9%	79.8%
Carpooled	8.3%	11.9%
Public transit	0.4%	0.7%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.1%	6.9%
Other means	0.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flowery Branch	Oakwood
1-unit, detached	62.8%	29.3%
1-unit, attached	15.0%	21.5%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	21.5%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	17.2%
20 or more units	4.6%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Flowery Branch	Oakwood
Poverty rate	6.3%	11.5%
Average household size	2.56	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	2008	2001