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Cartersville, GA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Cartersville, Georgia (Cartersville, GA — Census place “Cartersville city”) is 23,617 residents, ranking #51 of 675 places in Georgia. Median household income is $78,640, the median home is worth $298,000 and median gross rent runs $1,194 a month. Looking for the Cartersville Georgia ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Cartersville, GA: 30120, 30121.
- Population
- 23,617Cartersville city residents
- Median household income
- $78,640Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $298,000Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,194Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 37.1 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 61.2%Owner-occupied households
Cartersville ZIP codes (Georgia)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Cartersville.
The Cartersville GA ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Cartersville city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Cartersville city median would spend about 18.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 13.6% of residents and 61.2% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Cartersville city, GA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Cartersville city is a mid-size town in Georgia, with 23,617 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #51 of 675 ranked by population — larger than 92% of them. The median age here is 37.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.
Households in Cartersville city earn a median of $78,640 a year, essentially level with the national figure of $78,538 and 37% above the $57,300 median for the 378 Georgia cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 13.6% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Cartersville city is valued at $298,000, 1.8% below the national figure and 56% above the $191,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,194 a month, 15.1% below the national figure, or roughly $14,328 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 61.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
Median income runs above the national figure while poverty also runs above it — a split distribution, not a uniformly comfortable place. Averages hide that; the two numbers together do not.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Georgia.
- Acworth city 22,370
- Griffin city 23,650
- Perry city 22,243
- Decatur city 24,470
- Suwanee city 21,811
- Sugar Hill city 25,285
- Candler-McAfee CDP 21,316
- Carrollton city 27,058
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Cartersville city?
- Cartersville city has 23,617 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #51 of 675 in Georgia.
- What is the median household income in Cartersville city?
- Median household income in Cartersville city is $78,640 a year, essentially level with the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Cartersville city?
- Median gross rent is $1,194 a month and the median home value is $298,000, so rent absorbs about 18.2% of median household income.
- Is Cartersville city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Cartersville city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Cartersville city data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.