Barnesville vs Milner

A side-by-side comparison of Barnesville and Milner: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Barnesville has the higher population (6,070 vs 668 in Milner). Milner has the higher median household income ($71,750 vs $58,317 in Barnesville). Milner has the higher median home value ($215,600 vs $172,700 in Barnesville).

Population, income & housing

	Barnesville	Milner
Population	6,070	668
Median age	28.5 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,317	$71,750
Median home value	$172,700	$215,600
Median gross rent	$902	$988
Housing units	2,496	296
Homeownership rate	52.9%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnesville	Milner
Population	6,650 → 6,070 (-8.7%)	943 → 668 (-29.2%)
Median household income	$27,308 → $58,317 (+113.6%)	$49,125 → $71,750 (+46.1%)
Median home value	$151,800 → $172,700 (+13.8%)	$131,000 → $215,600 (+64.6%)
Median gross rent	$654 → $902 (+37.9%)	$775 → $988 (+27.5%)

Barnesville

Population

6,6506,070

Median household income

$27,308$58,317

Median home value

$151,800$172,700

Median gross rent

$654$902

Milner

Population

943668

Median household income

$49,125$71,750

Median home value

$131,000$215,600

Median gross rent

$775$988

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnesville	Milner
Under 5	3.0%	7.2%
5 to 17	19.4%	17.8%
18 to 24	21.1%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.5%	12.6%
35 to 44	9.4%	13.3%
45 to 54	14.0%	8.8%
55 to 64	8.7%	14.7%
65 to 74	5.8%	11.7%
75 and over	6.2%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnesville	Milner
White (non-Hispanic)	42.6%	80.8%
Black or African American	51.3%	16.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnesville	Milner
No high school diploma	12.5%	3.1%
High school graduate	35.5%	51.6%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnesville	Milner
Drove alone	83.3%	84.5%
Carpooled	11.3%	8.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnesville	Milner
1-unit, detached	73.9%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	1.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Barnesville	Milner
Poverty rate	15.0%	8.4%
Average household size	2.28	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	23	32
Median year structure built	1973	1998