Atlanta vs Macon

A side-by-side comparison of Atlanta and Macon: population, income, housing, and more.

Atlanta and Macon are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Macon has the higher population (5,457 vs 439 in Atlanta). Atlanta has the higher median household income ($56,500 vs $51,103 in Macon). Macon has the higher median home value ($133,800 vs $94,500 in Atlanta).

Population, income & housing

	Atlanta	Macon
Population	439	5,457
Median age	37.5 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,500	$51,103
Median home value	$94,500	$133,800
Median gross rent	$625	$760
Housing units	214	2,817
Homeownership rate	75.3%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlanta	Macon
Population	696 → 439 (-36.9%)	5,358 → 5,457 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$40,156 → $56,500 (+40.7%)	$36,991 → $51,103 (+38.1%)
Median home value	$58,400 → $94,500 (+61.8%)	$94,800 → $133,800 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$554 → $625 (+12.8%)	$535 → $760 (+42.1%)

Atlanta

Population

696439

Median household income

$40,156$56,500

Median home value

$58,400$94,500

Median gross rent

$554$625

Macon

Population

5,3585,457

Median household income

$36,991$51,103

Median home value

$94,800$133,800

Median gross rent

$535$760

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlanta	Macon
Under 5	10.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	17.3%	18.9%
18 to 24	3.0%	5.5%
25 to 34	12.5%	10.5%
35 to 44	15.3%	10.7%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.2%
55 to 64	18.7%	13.5%
65 to 74	5.0%	13.0%
75 and over	4.1%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlanta	Macon
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.4%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlanta	Macon
No high school diploma	7.9%	9.2%
High school graduate	46.7%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlanta	Macon
Drove alone	78.1%	82.9%
Carpooled	9.5%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.4%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlanta	Macon
1-unit, detached	80.8%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	16.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	17.3%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Atlanta	Macon
Poverty rate	8.4%	14.1%
Average household size	2.47	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	35	19
Median year structure built	1961	1970