Matthews vs Stapleton

A side-by-side comparison of Matthews and Stapleton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Stapleton has the higher population (333 vs 201 in Matthews). Stapleton has the higher median household income ($44,792 vs $44,079 in Matthews). Since 2019, Matthews's population has grown faster (+70.3% vs -20.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Matthews	Stapleton
Population	201	333
Median age	40.0 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$44,079	$44,792
Median home value	—	$96,700
Median gross rent	—	$742
Housing units	52	150
Homeownership rate	100.0%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Matthews	Stapleton
Population	118 → 201 (+70.3%)	418 → 333 (-20.3%)
Median household income	$41,397 → $44,079 (+6.5%)	$36,563 → $44,792 (+22.5%)
Median home value	—	$78,000 → $96,700 (+24.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$488 → $742 (+52.0%)

Matthews

Population

118201

Median household income

$41,397$44,079

Stapleton

Population

418333

Median household income

$36,563$44,792

Median home value

$78,000$96,700

Median gross rent

$488$742

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Matthews	Stapleton
Under 5	0.0%	6.0%
5 to 17	22.9%	13.5%
18 to 24	13.9%	14.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.5%
35 to 44	22.4%	6.6%
45 to 54	0.0%	12.3%
55 to 64	12.4%	6.9%
65 to 74	11.9%	11.7%
75 and over	16.4%	18.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Matthews	Stapleton
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	86.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	9.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Matthews	Stapleton
No high school diploma	11.0%	12.2%
High school graduate	74.0%	50.2%
Some college or associate's	15.0%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Matthews	Stapleton
Drove alone	100.0%	85.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	6.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Matthews	Stapleton
1-unit, detached	100.0%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	16.0%

Poverty & households

	Matthews	Stapleton
Poverty rate	33.3%	29.1%
Average household size	3.87	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	—	38
Median year structure built	1972	1976