Bristol vs Patterson

A side-by-side comparison of Bristol and Patterson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Patterson has the higher population (849 vs 66 in Bristol). Bristol has the higher median household income ($66,176 vs $46,307 in Patterson). Bristol has the higher median home value ($208,800 vs $113,100 in Patterson).

Population, income & housing

	Bristol	Patterson
Population	66	849
Median age	29.5 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$66,176	$46,307
Median home value	$208,800	$113,100
Median gross rent	—	$873
Housing units	48	399
Homeownership rate	100.0%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bristol	Patterson
Population	41 → 66 (+61.0%)	650 → 849 (+30.6%)
Median household income	$40,833 → $66,176 (+62.1%)	$51,853 → $46,307 (-10.7%)
Median home value	$211,800 → $208,800 (-1.4%)	$108,400 → $113,100 (+4.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$635 → $873 (+37.5%)

Bristol

Population

4166

Median household income

$40,833$66,176

Median home value

$211,800$208,800

Patterson

Population

650849

Median household income

$51,853$46,307

Median home value

$108,400$113,100

Median gross rent

$635$873

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bristol	Patterson
Under 5	12.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	12.1%	21.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	12.0%
25 to 34	51.5%	4.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	15.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.1%
55 to 64	0.0%	15.2%
65 to 74	24.2%	6.9%
75 and over	0.0%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bristol	Patterson
White (non-Hispanic)	24.2%	67.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	23.8%
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	75.8%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bristol	Patterson
No high school diploma	0.0%	12.8%
High school graduate	68.0%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bristol	Patterson
Drove alone	0.0%	91.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	3.3%
Walked	100.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bristol	Patterson
1-unit, detached	58.3%	92.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	41.7%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Bristol	Patterson
Poverty rate	9.1%	8.8%
Average household size	2.36	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	—	25
Median year structure built	1988	1976