Cedartown vs Rockmart

A side-by-side comparison of Cedartown and Rockmart: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cedartown has the higher population (10,211 vs 5,142 in Rockmart). Rockmart has the higher median household income ($53,854 vs $32,064 in Cedartown). Rockmart has the higher median home value ($186,600 vs $148,000 in Cedartown).

Population, income & housing

	Cedartown	Rockmart
Population	10,211	5,142
Median age	31.5 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$32,064	$53,854
Median home value	$148,000	$186,600
Median gross rent	$857	$939
Housing units	4,081	2,109
Homeownership rate	44.7%	55.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	10.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedartown	Rockmart
Population	9,999 → 10,211 (+2.1%)	4,305 → 5,142 (+19.4%)
Median household income	$32,564 → $32,064 (-1.5%)	$39,625 → $53,854 (+35.9%)
Median home value	$85,200 → $148,000 (+73.7%)	$101,300 → $186,600 (+84.2%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $857 (+28.5%)	$717 → $939 (+31.0%)

Cedartown

Population

9,99910,211

Median household income

$32,564$32,064

Median home value

$85,200$148,000

Median gross rent

$667$857

Rockmart

Population

4,3055,142

Median household income

$39,625$53,854

Median home value

$101,300$186,600

Median gross rent

$717$939

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedartown	Rockmart
Under 5	6.7%	7.0%
5 to 17	21.0%	20.0%
18 to 24	12.7%	5.1%
25 to 34	14.4%	8.4%
35 to 44	15.5%	15.5%
45 to 54	7.6%	15.1%
55 to 64	8.7%	11.6%
65 to 74	7.7%	12.2%
75 and over	5.8%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedartown	Rockmart
White (non-Hispanic)	46.8%	66.8%
Black or African American	22.7%	17.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	26.7%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedartown	Rockmart
No high school diploma	23.7%	14.5%
High school graduate	34.3%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedartown	Rockmart
Drove alone	79.4%	75.8%
Carpooled	14.2%	16.1%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	7.3%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedartown	Rockmart
1-unit, detached	69.3%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	8.1%
20 or more units	2.5%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cedartown	Rockmart
Poverty rate	35.5%	7.9%
Average household size	2.61	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1976	1975