Cohutta vs Varnell

A side-by-side comparison of Cohutta and Varnell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Varnell has the higher population (2,623 vs 1,018 in Cohutta). Varnell has the higher median household income ($82,857 vs $73,894 in Cohutta). Varnell has the higher median home value ($228,200 vs $200,500 in Cohutta).

Population, income & housing

	Cohutta	Varnell
Population	1,018	2,623
Median age	32.0 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$73,894	$82,857
Median home value	$200,500	$228,200
Median gross rent	$863	$1,155
Housing units	367	821
Homeownership rate	78.4%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cohutta	Varnell
Population	566 → 1,018 (+79.9%)	2,488 → 2,623 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $73,894 (+25.8%)	$54,250 → $82,857 (+52.7%)
Median home value	$130,100 → $200,500 (+54.1%)	$124,300 → $228,200 (+83.6%)
Median gross rent	$556 → $863 (+55.2%)	$680 → $1,155 (+69.9%)

Cohutta

Population

5661,018

Median household income

$58,750$73,894

Median home value

$130,100$200,500

Median gross rent

$556$863

Varnell

Population

2,4882,623

Median household income

$54,250$82,857

Median home value

$124,300$228,200

Median gross rent

$680$1,155

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cohutta	Varnell
Under 5	6.5%	8.8%
5 to 17	22.6%	19.8%
18 to 24	6.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	16.8%	10.4%
35 to 44	10.0%	12.4%
45 to 54	14.5%	16.4%
55 to 64	9.5%	12.7%
65 to 74	10.7%	6.9%
75 and over	3.3%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cohutta	Varnell
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	83.0%
Black or African American	1.8%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cohutta	Varnell
No high school diploma	15.1%	10.9%
High school graduate	27.4%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cohutta	Varnell
Drove alone	82.5%	90.1%
Carpooled	10.4%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cohutta	Varnell
1-unit, detached	74.7%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	21.5%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Cohutta	Varnell
Poverty rate	2.6%	6.7%
Average household size	3.06	3.29
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	1992	1994