Wadley vs Wrens

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

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

Wrens has the higher population (2,048 vs 1,991 in Wadley). Wrens has the higher median household income ($37,192 vs $32,458 in Wadley). Wrens has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $60,400 in Wadley).

Population, income & housing

	Wadley	Wrens
Population	1,991	2,048
Median age	36.5 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$32,458	$37,192
Median home value	$60,400	$112,500
Median gross rent	$594	$717
Housing units	835	1,027
Homeownership rate	64.8%	50.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.5%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	12.0%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wadley	Wrens
Population	1,897 → 1,991 (+5.0%)	2,243 → 2,048 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$27,500 → $32,458 (+18.0%)	$30,234 → $37,192 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$65,400 → $60,400 (-7.6%)	$82,800 → $112,500 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$450 → $594 (+32.0%)	$579 → $717 (+23.8%)

Wadley

Population

1,8971,991

Median household income

$27,500$32,458

Median home value

$65,400$60,400

Median gross rent

$450$594

Wrens

Population

2,2432,048

Median household income

$30,234$37,192

Median home value

$82,800$112,500

Median gross rent

$579$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Wadley	Wrens
Under 5	9.5%	7.0%
5 to 17	13.5%	24.2%
18 to 24	17.3%	6.4%
25 to 34	7.9%	10.5%
35 to 44	11.4%	10.2%
45 to 54	14.3%	12.2%
55 to 64	9.3%	13.1%
65 to 74	9.9%	10.8%
75 and over	6.8%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wadley	Wrens
White (non-Hispanic)	6.3%	31.7%
Black or African American	82.0%	62.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wadley	Wrens
No high school diploma	26.8%	26.0%
High school graduate	47.7%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	2.6%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wadley	Wrens
Drove alone	82.9%	79.9%
Carpooled	11.1%	16.2%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	1.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wadley	Wrens
1-unit, detached	55.7%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	12.2%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.9%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Wadley	Wrens
Poverty rate	26.2%	24.8%
Average household size	2.94	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1985	1968