Forsyth vs Smarr

A side-by-side comparison of Forsyth and Smarr: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Forsyth has the higher population (4,641 vs 216 in Smarr). Smarr has the higher median household income ($190,921 vs $74,811 in Forsyth). Smarr has the higher median home value ($285,400 vs $191,600 in Forsyth).

Population, income & housing

	Forsyth	Smarr
Population	4,641	216
Median age	40.5 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$74,811	$190,921
Median home value	$191,600	$285,400
Median gross rent	$876	—
Housing units	2,120	76
Homeownership rate	55.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forsyth	Smarr
Population	4,077 → 4,641 (+13.8%)	408 → 216 (-47.1%)
Median household income	$32,173 → $74,811 (+132.5%)	$167,614 → $190,921 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$140,700 → $191,600 (+36.2%)	$191,900 → $285,400 (+48.7%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $876 (+26.6%)	—

Forsyth

Population

4,0774,641

Median household income

$32,173$74,811

Median home value

$140,700$191,600

Median gross rent

$692$876

Smarr

Population

408216

Median household income

$167,614$190,921

Median home value

$191,900$285,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forsyth	Smarr
Under 5	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.6%	25.0%
18 to 24	5.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	18.4%	39.8%
35 to 44	8.2%	10.6%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.4%
55 to 64	15.6%	0.0%
65 to 74	7.2%	11.1%
75 and over	13.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forsyth	Smarr
White (non-Hispanic)	55.7%	99.1%
Black or African American	36.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forsyth	Smarr
No high school diploma	8.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	32.8%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	24.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forsyth	Smarr
Drove alone	87.4%	94.1%
Carpooled	12.1%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forsyth	Smarr
1-unit, detached	79.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Forsyth	Smarr
Poverty rate	13.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.33	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	1975	1982