Bemiss vs Remerton

A side-by-side comparison of Bemiss and Remerton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bemiss has the higher population (8,464 vs 1,430 in Remerton). Bemiss has the higher median household income ($84,886 vs $26,920 in Remerton). Since 2019, Remerton's population has grown faster (+28.6% vs -3.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Bemiss	Remerton
Population	8,464	1,430
Median age	29.7 yrs	23.9 yrs
Median household income	$84,886	$26,920
Median home value	$196,500	—
Median gross rent	$1,408	$946
Housing units	3,093	781
Homeownership rate	73.9%	0.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bemiss	Remerton
Population	8,793 → 8,464 (-3.7%)	1,112 → 1,430 (+28.6%)
Median household income	$71,974 → $84,886 (+17.9%)	$21,859 → $26,920 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$154,100 → $196,500 (+27.5%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,140 → $1,408 (+23.5%)	$773 → $946 (+22.4%)

Bemiss

Population

8,7938,464

Median household income

$71,974$84,886

Median home value

$154,100$196,500

Median gross rent

$1,140$1,408

Remerton

Population

1,1121,430

Median household income

$21,859$26,920

Median gross rent

$773$946

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bemiss	Remerton
Under 5	9.0%	17.6%
5 to 17	23.5%	13.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	24.7%
25 to 34	17.8%	23.4%
35 to 44	13.2%	10.9%
45 to 54	7.3%	5.0%
55 to 64	10.3%	1.9%
65 to 74	7.0%	2.6%
75 and over	3.1%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bemiss	Remerton
White (non-Hispanic)	57.2%	23.1%
Black or African American	27.0%	70.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bemiss	Remerton
No high school diploma	2.9%	3.3%
High school graduate	24.6%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bemiss	Remerton
Drove alone	90.4%	82.6%
Carpooled	3.2%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	3.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bemiss	Remerton
1-unit, detached	92.7%	19.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	27.1%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	32.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	16.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bemiss	Remerton
Poverty rate	14.5%	51.5%
Average household size	2.92	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	23	16
Median year structure built	2001	1995