Buchanan vs Tallapoosa

A side-by-side comparison of Buchanan and Tallapoosa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tallapoosa has the higher population (3,234 vs 1,324 in Buchanan). Tallapoosa has the higher median household income ($52,700 vs $49,271 in Buchanan). Buchanan has the higher median home value ($173,400 vs $170,200 in Tallapoosa).

Population, income & housing

	Buchanan	Tallapoosa
Population	1,324	3,234
Median age	38.1 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,271	$52,700
Median home value	$173,400	$170,200
Median gross rent	$914	$637
Housing units	481	1,281
Homeownership rate	48.5%	54.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buchanan	Tallapoosa
Population	1,281 → 1,324 (+3.4%)	3,162 → 3,234 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$28,636 → $49,271 (+72.1%)	$49,211 → $52,700 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$127,100 → $173,400 (+36.4%)	$100,000 → $170,200 (+70.2%)
Median gross rent	$632 → $914 (+44.6%)	$472 → $637 (+35.0%)

Buchanan

Population

1,2811,324

Median household income

$28,636$49,271

Median home value

$127,100$173,400

Median gross rent

$632$914

Tallapoosa

Population

3,1623,234

Median household income

$49,211$52,700

Median home value

$100,000$170,200

Median gross rent

$472$637

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buchanan	Tallapoosa
Under 5	4.5%	12.7%
5 to 17	14.4%	15.4%
18 to 24	14.6%	4.8%
25 to 34	13.8%	15.7%
35 to 44	15.3%	12.2%
45 to 54	8.1%	9.2%
55 to 64	19.2%	18.1%
65 to 74	4.2%	4.8%
75 and over	5.9%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buchanan	Tallapoosa
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	68.8%
Black or African American	7.3%	23.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buchanan	Tallapoosa
No high school diploma	31.2%	19.9%
High school graduate	40.2%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buchanan	Tallapoosa
Drove alone	85.9%	88.8%
Carpooled	3.8%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	2.1%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buchanan	Tallapoosa
1-unit, detached	66.7%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	16.2%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Buchanan	Tallapoosa
Poverty rate	16.8%	15.2%
Average household size	2.83	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1969	1980