Mountain City vs Tallulah Falls

A side-by-side comparison of Mountain City and Tallulah Falls: population, income, housing, and more.

Mountain City and Tallulah Falls are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mountain City has the higher population (1,027 vs 273 in Tallulah Falls). Tallulah Falls has the higher median household income ($91,875 vs $47,159 in Mountain City). Tallulah Falls has the higher median home value ($196,400 vs $125,000 in Mountain City).

Population, income & housing

	Mountain City	Tallulah Falls
Population	1,027	273
Median age	45.4 yrs	19.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,159	$91,875
Median home value	$125,000	$196,400
Median gross rent	$961	$686
Housing units	530	104
Homeownership rate	58.2%	45.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	45.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountain City	Tallulah Falls
Population	1,056 → 1,027 (-2.7%)	122 → 273 (+123.8%)
Median household income	$32,266 → $47,159 (+46.2%)	$40,500 → $91,875 (+126.9%)
Median home value	$83,000 → $125,000 (+50.6%)	$170,800 → $196,400 (+15.0%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $961 (+40.3%)	$569 → $686 (+20.6%)

Mountain City

Population

1,0561,027

Median household income

$32,266$47,159

Median home value

$83,000$125,000

Median gross rent

$685$961

Tallulah Falls

Population

122273

Median household income

$40,500$91,875

Median home value

$170,800$196,400

Median gross rent

$569$686

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mountain City	Tallulah Falls
Under 5	4.8%	1.8%
5 to 17	13.3%	36.6%
18 to 24	5.2%	16.8%
25 to 34	12.1%	5.5%
35 to 44	13.3%	7.3%
45 to 54	15.1%	7.3%
55 to 64	8.7%	11.4%
65 to 74	16.4%	8.1%
75 and over	11.2%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountain City	Tallulah Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	96.3%
Black or African American	1.6%	2.9%
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	3.6%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.6%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountain City	Tallulah Falls
No high school diploma	17.5%	4.1%
High school graduate	41.8%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	23.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountain City	Tallulah Falls
Drove alone	78.9%	97.9%
Carpooled	8.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountain City	Tallulah Falls
1-unit, detached	49.1%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.9%	15.4%

Poverty & households

	Mountain City	Tallulah Falls
Poverty rate	16.4%	1.7%
Average household size	2.54	3.52
Mean commute (minutes)	35	21
Median year structure built	1984	1981