What is the population of Cornelia city?

Cornelia city has 4,813 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #175 of 675 in Georgia.

What is the median household income in Cornelia city?

Median household income in Cornelia city is $40,192 a year, 48.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Cornelia city?

Median gross rent is $949 a month and the median home value is $210,200, so rent absorbs about 28.3% of median household income.

Is Cornelia city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 5.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Cornelia city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 28.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Cornelia, GA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Cornelia, Georgia (Cornelia, GA — Census place “Cornelia city”) is 4,813 residents, ranking #175 of 675 places in Georgia. Median household income is $40,192, the median home is worth $210,200 and median gross rent runs $949 a month. Looking for the Cornelia Georgia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Cornelia, GA: 30531.

Population: 4,813Cornelia city residents
Median household income: $40,192Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $210,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $949Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 31.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 58.1%Owner-occupied households

Cornelia ZIP codes (Georgia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Cornelia.

The Cornelia GA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

30531

What the numbers mean in Cornelia city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Cornelia city median would spend about 28.3% 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 5.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 31.3% of residents and 58.1% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Cornelia city, GA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Cornelia city is a small town in Georgia, with 4,813 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #175 of 675 ranked by population — larger than 74% of them. The median age here is 31.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Cornelia city earn a median of $40,192 a year, 48.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 30% below the $57,300 median for the 378 Georgia cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 31.3% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Cornelia city is valued at $210,200, 30.7% below the national figure and 10% above the $191,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $949 a month, 32.5% below the national figure, or roughly $11,388 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 28.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 58.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Cornelia city?: Cornelia city has 4,813 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #175 of 675 in Georgia.
What is the median household income in Cornelia city?: Median household income in Cornelia city is $40,192 a year, 48.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Cornelia city?: Median gross rent is $949 a month and the median home value is $210,200, so rent absorbs about 28.3% of median household income.
Is Cornelia city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Cornelia city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 28.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Cornelia city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.