Newborn vs Porterdale

A side-by-side comparison of Newborn and Porterdale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Porterdale has the higher population (1,291 vs 672 in Newborn). Newborn has the higher median household income ($59,083 vs $41,635 in Porterdale). Newborn has the higher median home value ($170,800 vs $164,100 in Porterdale).

Population, income & housing

	Newborn	Porterdale
Population	672	1,291
Median age	44.1 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$59,083	$41,635
Median home value	$170,800	$164,100
Median gross rent	$988	$1,106
Housing units	297	572
Homeownership rate	79.8%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	16.6%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newborn	Porterdale
Population	724 → 672 (-7.2%)	1,748 → 1,291 (-26.1%)
Median household income	$59,375 → $59,083 (-0.5%)	$27,464 → $41,635 (+51.6%)
Median home value	$107,300 → $170,800 (+59.2%)	$73,800 → $164,100 (+122.4%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $988 (+24.7%)	$817 → $1,106 (+35.4%)

Newborn

Population

724672

Median household income

$59,375$59,083

Median home value

$107,300$170,800

Median gross rent

$792$988

Porterdale

Population

1,7481,291

Median household income

$27,464$41,635

Median home value

$73,800$164,100

Median gross rent

$817$1,106

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newborn	Porterdale
Under 5	1.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.1%	24.3%
18 to 24	12.1%	3.3%
25 to 34	9.1%	9.5%
35 to 44	14.0%	11.1%
45 to 54	10.9%	8.8%
55 to 64	18.5%	23.6%
65 to 74	9.4%	12.5%
75 and over	7.6%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newborn	Porterdale
White (non-Hispanic)	74.1%	60.4%
Black or African American	17.7%	29.4%
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%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.7%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newborn	Porterdale
No high school diploma	9.9%	30.7%
High school graduate	49.1%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newborn	Porterdale
Drove alone	75.3%	68.7%
Carpooled	7.5%	18.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	6.2%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newborn	Porterdale
1-unit, detached	76.1%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	17.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Newborn	Porterdale
Poverty rate	8.2%	28.7%
Average household size	2.63	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1987	1938