Buckhead vs Rutledge

A side-by-side comparison of Buckhead and Rutledge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rutledge has the higher population (1,134 vs 223 in Buckhead). Buckhead has the higher median household income ($85,625 vs $57,083 in Rutledge). Rutledge has the higher median home value ($266,900 vs $197,600 in Buckhead).

Population, income & housing

	Buckhead	Rutledge
Population	223	1,134
Median age	35.9 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$85,625	$57,083
Median home value	$197,600	$266,900
Median gross rent	—	$918
Housing units	92	434
Homeownership rate	94.3%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckhead	Rutledge
Population	222 → 223 (+0.5%)	1,104 → 1,134 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$57,292 → $85,625 (+49.5%)	$26,458 → $57,083 (+115.7%)
Median home value	$147,700 → $197,600 (+33.8%)	$178,200 → $266,900 (+49.8%)
Median gross rent	$992 → $1,083 (+9.2%)	$613 → $918 (+49.8%)

Buckhead

Population

222223

Median household income

$57,292$85,625

Median home value

$147,700$197,600

Median gross rent

$992$1,083

Rutledge

Population

1,1041,134

Median household income

$26,458$57,083

Median home value

$178,200$266,900

Median gross rent

$613$918

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckhead	Rutledge
Under 5	0.0%	6.0%
5 to 17	13.9%	22.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.0%
25 to 34	26.0%	18.4%
35 to 44	29.1%	10.7%
45 to 54	8.1%	7.9%
55 to 64	14.8%	11.6%
65 to 74	0.4%	11.9%
75 and over	7.6%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckhead	Rutledge
White (non-Hispanic)	75.3%	50.2%
Black or African American	22.4%	40.7%
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	2.2%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckhead	Rutledge
No high school diploma	0.0%	28.5%
High school graduate	62.0%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckhead	Rutledge
Drove alone	81.9%	82.6%
Carpooled	11.7%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	6.4%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckhead	Rutledge
1-unit, detached	77.2%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.8%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Buckhead	Rutledge
Poverty rate	12.6%	17.0%
Average household size	2.56	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1980	1983