Stapleton vs Wadley

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

Stapleton 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 333 in Stapleton). Stapleton has the higher median household income ($44,792 vs $32,458 in Wadley). Stapleton has the higher median home value ($96,700 vs $60,400 in Wadley).

Population, income & housing

	Stapleton	Wadley
Population	333	1,991
Median age	42.4 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$44,792	$32,458
Median home value	$96,700	$60,400
Median gross rent	$742	$594
Housing units	150	835
Homeownership rate	64.0%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	3.5%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	12.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Stapleton	Wadley
Population	418 → 333 (-20.3%)	1,897 → 1,991 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$36,563 → $44,792 (+22.5%)	$27,500 → $32,458 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$78,000 → $96,700 (+24.0%)	$65,400 → $60,400 (-7.6%)
Median gross rent	$488 → $742 (+52.0%)	$450 → $594 (+32.0%)

Stapleton

Population

418333

Median household income

$36,563$44,792

Median home value

$78,000$96,700

Median gross rent

$488$742

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)

	Stapleton	Wadley
Under 5	6.0%	9.5%
5 to 17	13.5%	13.5%
18 to 24	14.1%	17.3%
25 to 34	10.5%	7.9%
35 to 44	6.6%	11.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	14.3%
55 to 64	6.9%	9.3%
65 to 74	11.7%	9.9%
75 and over	18.3%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Stapleton	Wadley
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	6.3%
Black or African American	9.6%	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	3.9%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Stapleton	Wadley
No high school diploma	12.2%	26.8%
High school graduate	50.2%	47.7%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	2.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Stapleton	Wadley
Drove alone	85.5%	82.9%
Carpooled	4.3%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	3.8%
Other means	6.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Stapleton	Wadley
1-unit, detached	80.7%	55.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	7.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	16.0%	30.9%

Poverty & households

	Stapleton	Wadley
Poverty rate	29.1%	26.2%
Average household size	2.58	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	38	28
Median year structure built	1976	1985