Matthews vs Wadley

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

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

Wadley has the higher population (1,991 vs 201 in Matthews). Matthews has the higher median household income ($44,079 vs $32,458 in Wadley). Since 2019, Matthews's population has grown faster (+70.3% vs +5.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Matthews	Wadley
Population	201	1,991
Median age	40.0 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$44,079	$32,458
Median home value	—	$60,400
Median gross rent	—	$594
Housing units	52	835
Homeownership rate	100.0%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	3.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Matthews	Wadley
Population	118 → 201 (+70.3%)	1,897 → 1,991 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$41,397 → $44,079 (+6.5%)	$27,500 → $32,458 (+18.0%)
Median home value	—	$65,400 → $60,400 (-7.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$450 → $594 (+32.0%)

Matthews

Population

118201

Median household income

$41,397$44,079

Wadley

Population

1,8971,991

Median household income

$27,500$32,458

Median home value

$65,400$60,400

Median gross rent

$450$594

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Matthews	Wadley
Under 5	0.0%	9.5%
5 to 17	22.9%	13.5%
18 to 24	13.9%	17.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	7.9%
35 to 44	22.4%	11.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	12.4%	9.3%
65 to 74	11.9%	9.9%
75 and over	16.4%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Matthews	Wadley
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	6.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	82.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Matthews	Wadley
No high school diploma	11.0%	26.8%
High school graduate	74.0%	47.7%
Some college or associate's	15.0%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	2.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Matthews	Wadley
Drove alone	100.0%	82.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Matthews	Wadley
1-unit, detached	100.0%	55.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	30.9%

Poverty & households

	Matthews	Wadley
Poverty rate	33.3%	26.2%
Average household size	3.87	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	—	28
Median year structure built	1972	1985