Bartow County housing stock & renter economics

Bartow County apartment-building and small-multifamily investors concentrate in ZIPs where HUD Fair Market Rents sit above or beside ACS median gross rent. The table below is ZCTA housing stock and voucher benchmarks for commercial residential income underwriting, linked to each ZIP housing profile. Live FMLS set on this page: 2 buildings.

10 ZCTAs · 10 with ACS. Medians across ACS ZIPs; totals for stock. Not a listing feed.

Population: 149,549
Households: 54,569
Housing units: 60,775
2-unit stock: 1,192
3–4 unit stock: 1,938
2–4 unit stock: 3,130
5–49 unit stock: 3,371
50+ unit stock: 977
Median renter share: 18.4%
ACS median rent: $1,115
Contract rent: $865
1BR SAFMR: $1,135
2BR SAFMR: $1,280
3BR SAFMR: $1,585
SAFMR / ACS rent: 1.11×
Vacancy (ACS): 10.4%
Pop Δ 2018–2023: +2.8%
Median HH income: $76,908
Rent burden ≥30%: 40.9%
Rent burden ≥50%: 13.5%
LIHTC projects / units: 19 / 1,507
HUD assisted MF: 11 / 768
Alloc. 5+ permits: 1,618

Bartow County: median renter share 18.4%; ACS median gross rent $1,115; FY2027 2BR SAFMR $1,280; 2BR SAFMR is 1.11× ACS median gross rent; 1,192 units in 2-unit structures, 1,938 in 3–4-unit structures, and 3,371 in 5–49-unit structures; population up +2.8% between ACS 2018 and 2023; 19 LIHTC projects (1,507 units); 1,618 allocated 5+ unit permits (county BPS × ZCTA share). Census / HUD stock — not a rent roll and not a buy/sell score.

ZIPPlaceRentersMed. rent2BR SAFMR2–49 unitsPop Δ

30161Rome39.6%$1,006$1,2202,711+0.5%30121Cartersville35.0%$1,254$1,3702,141+10.2%30120Cartersville25.2%$1,205$1,3201,255+5.0%30103Adairsville15.4%$1,025$1,180257-10.7%30183Waleska16.3%$1,356$1,42057+0.7%30184White15.7%$896$1,05052+10.3%30178Taylorsville19.1%$785$1,24017+41.4%30137Emerson26.6%$1,361$1,4406+0.0%30145Kingston10.0%$1,021$1,1005+26.9%30171Rydal17.7%$1,314$1,4900-15.3%

Georgia ZIP housing directory·All Georgia ZCTAs·SAFMR directory·Voucher Spread™

ZCTA ≈ USPS ZIP. ACS 5-year 2023 lags construction. Units-in-structure is Census standing stock (2-unit vs 3–4 vs 5–49 vs 50+), not the live FMLS card. SAFMR is a bedroom-specific HUD voucher benchmark, not asking rent. LIHTC / assisted-MF are inventory of record and belong on apartment pages. 5+ permits are county BPS 2025 allocated by ZCTA housing-unit share. Brokerage is Georgia-only.

2 Multifamily Investment Properties for Sale in Bartow County

As of today, 2 active small multifamily listings in Bartow County · median $140,625/door · median estimated cap 5.8% (n=2). Bartow County (Cartersville area) sits northwest of Atlanta and continues to attract investors looking for growth outside the immediate core. Multifamily inventory is limited but includes small residential multi-unit properties with solid local demand.

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