State Guide

Best Places to Live in Georgia

The most affordable, safest, and highest-income cities across 673 Georgia cities — ranked from official data.

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Choosing where to live in Georgia comes down to a few trade-offs — cost of living, safety, income, and schools. The rankings below pull those out from U.S. Census, FBI, and NCES data so you can see the standouts at a glance, then drill into any city or put two side by side.

Most Affordable Cities in Georgia

Lowest cost of living index (100 = U.S. average · lower is cheaper).

#City Cost of Living Population
1 Albany 86 68,926
2 Valdosta 87 55,266
3 Columbus 89 204,572
4 Macon-Bibb County 90 156,554
5 Augusta-Richmond County 91 201,615
6 Athens-Clarke County 93 126,672
7 Savannah 96 147,583
8 Atlanta 101 494,838
9 South Fulton 101 107,865
10 Sandy Springs 101 107,221

Safest Cities in Georgia

Lowest crime index (100 = U.S. average · lower is safer). Limited to cities with complete FBI reporting.

#City Crime Index Population
1 Johns Creek 16 82,230
2 Roswell 45 92,770
3 Sandy Springs 50 107,221
4 Alpharetta 61 65,884
5 Smyrna 61 55,863
6 Marietta 82 61,387
7 Brookhaven 91 56,848
8 Dunwoody 98 51,458
9 Athens-Clarke County 107 126,672
10 South Fulton 111 107,865

Highest-Income Cities in Georgia

Highest median household income (US Census ACS 5-Year Estimates).

#City Median Income Population
1 Johns Creek $153,882 82,230
2 Alpharetta $141,402 65,884
3 Roswell $122,924 92,770
4 Brookhaven $114,570 56,848
5 Dunwoody $106,710 51,458
6 Sandy Springs $93,303 107,221
7 Smyrna $92,258 55,863
8 Atlanta $77,655 494,838
9 South Fulton $77,488 107,865
10 Marietta $67,589 61,387

Best School Districts in Georgia

Highest school-quality grade (student-teacher ratio, adult attainment, and graduation data where available).

#City School Grade Population
1 Smyrna A+ 55,863
2 Athens-Clarke County A 126,672
3 Atlanta A 494,838
4 Sandy Springs A- 107,221
5 Roswell A- 92,770
6 Johns Creek A- 82,230
7 Alpharetta A- 65,884
8 Brookhaven A- 56,848
9 Dunwoody A- 51,458
10 Marietta A- 61,387

All Cities in Georgia

Click any city for the full profile. Data from U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-Year Estimates).

City Population Median Income Median Home Median Rent Unemployment Crime Index
Atlanta 494,838 $77,655 $395,600 $1,512 5.8% 204
Columbus 204,572 $54,561 $168,400 $1,038 7.3% 138
Augusta-Richmond County 201,615 $50,492 $141,900 $1,023 8.3%
Macon-Bibb County 156,554 $48,897 $155,200 $967 7.5% 309
Savannah 147,583 $54,748 $203,300 $1,216 7.2%
Athens-Clarke County 126,672 $47,798 $242,300 $1,045 5.4% 107
South Fulton 107,865 $77,488 $242,200 $1,461 7.8% 111
Sandy Springs 107,221 $93,303 $556,300 $1,670 3.7% 50
Roswell 92,770 $122,924 $479,400 $1,619 4.3% 45
Johns Creek 82,230 $153,882 $525,100 $1,944 3.7% 16
Warner Robins 80,374 $63,678 $159,000 $1,094 6.5% 162
Albany 68,926 $43,724 $111,200 $889 10.3% 161
Alpharetta 65,884 $141,402 $562,000 $1,767 4.8% 61
Marietta 61,387 $67,589 $376,400 $1,372 3.4% 82
Stonecrest 59,445 $63,438 $183,700 $1,371 8.6% 168
Brookhaven 56,848 $114,570 $626,800 $1,711 3.0% 91
Smyrna 55,863 $92,258 $380,100 $1,553 4.2% 61
Valdosta 55,266 $41,365 $152,100 $932 5.7% 165
Dunwoody 51,458 $106,710 $545,200 $1,721 1.8% 98
Gainesville 42,780 $64,163 $296,400 $1,167 4.3% 121
Newnan 42,689 $74,606 $284,600 $1,304 3.1% 120
Peachtree Corners 42,147 $74,716 $444,000 $1,471 3.3% 72
Mableton 41,647 $79,069 $278,300 $1,339 6.7% 60
Milton 41,029 $142,845 $642,500 $1,765 3.2% 23
Peachtree City 38,414 $111,850 $435,300 $1,841 3.7% 19
East Point 38,113 $59,602 $217,300 $1,241 7.1% 317
Rome 37,621 $48,512 $192,700 $851 4.5% 184
Evans 37,456 $125,325 $314,100 $1,470 5.5% 10
Tucker 36,994 $80,311 $331,100 $1,366 6.0% 168
Douglasville 35,252 $72,753 $274,500 $1,344 5.5% 172
Woodstock 35,171 $100,913 $359,800 $1,656 2.8% 28
Hinesville 34,732 $54,447 $156,000 $1,147 8.6% 155
Dalton 34,358 $57,163 $182,500 $866 3.9% 75
Martinez 33,773 $80,130 $211,200 $1,157 3.9% 10
Canton 33,499 $75,414 $324,000 $1,460 7.0% 41
Kennesaw 33,360 $81,467 $262,000 $1,673 5.4% 56
Statesboro 33,185 $38,845 $142,600 $895 11.3% 101
Duluth 31,742 $88,915 $334,800 $1,675 4.2% 49
Redan 31,326 $60,306 $170,900 $1,378 9.7% 168
LaGrange 31,173 $41,030 $148,500 $962 5.3% 185
Lawrenceville 30,465 $55,608 $286,400 $1,341 6.3% 93
Chamblee 29,980 $76,682 $395,900 $1,693 1.9% 167
McDonough 29,134 $77,804 $246,800 $1,441 6.2% 103
Stockbridge 28,858 $72,175 $241,400 $1,356 5.0% 103
Union City 26,869 $46,696 $201,400 $1,186 4.6% 44
Carrollton 26,622 $46,722 $259,700 $972 5.8% 58
Pooler 26,264 $89,812 $269,800 $1,550 5.4% 49
Sugar Hill 24,947 $94,520 $330,100 $1,497 3.7% 72
Decatur 24,421 $129,992 $654,400 $1,611 3.8% 64
Griffin 23,485 $42,047 $185,500 $1,026 5.5% 216
Cartersville 23,103 $75,407 $274,800 $1,096 2.8% 74
Candler-McAfee 22,707 $57,633 $211,400 $1,346 13.1% 168
Acworth 22,318 $74,643 $270,600 $1,419 4.2% 27
Perry 21,279 $68,507 $187,800 $1,009 3.7% 58
Suwanee 21,238 $100,780 $375,500 $1,826 5.0% 79
Snellville 20,895 $88,586 $259,500 $1,840 4.1% 69
Forest Park 19,619 $41,837 $95,900 $1,042 8.9% 145
Fayetteville 19,010 $79,865 $299,500 $1,418 6.0% 73
Thomasville 18,744 $45,789 $190,400 $1,008 4.5% 167
Kingsland 18,563 $73,839 $206,300 $1,125 3.7% 44
St. Marys 18,507 $68,199 $240,400 $1,178 6.1% 68
Winder 18,414 $57,365 $229,000 $1,072 5.8% 54
Norcross 17,530 $74,921 $337,100 $1,580 1.8% 92
Conyers 17,415 $53,500 $170,600 $1,163 10.5% 106
Villa Rica 17,354 $82,373 $219,800 $1,296 4.4% 50
North Druid Hills 17,241 $92,893 $460,100 $1,716 3.8% 168
Buford 17,222 $68,165 $292,300 $1,147 3.0% 72
Calhoun 17,184 $54,927 $211,200 $746 2.4% 99
North Decatur 17,183 $103,468 $410,800 $1,609 4.5% 168
Tifton 17,059 $42,200 $157,000 $765 2.5% 92
Milledgeville 17,021 $40,672 $161,200 $840 7.2% 159
Powder Springs 16,930 $88,311 $241,800 $1,673 4.5% 60
Richmond Hill 16,703 $83,519 $244,800 $1,570 5.0% 40
Holly Springs 16,675 $108,332 $377,600 $1,692 3.1% 10
Fairburn 16,469 $67,245 $213,000 $1,428 5.2% 36
Grovetown 16,049 $67,222 $201,900 $1,301 0.9% 12
Americus 16,020 $36,498 $117,900 $806 6.8% 336
Lithia Springs 16,020 $50,694 $171,600 $1,230 4.3% 82
Dublin 15,985 $37,734 $153,400 $694 7.5% 49
St. Simons 15,983 $99,432 $445,500 $1,411 2.7% 65
Brunswick 15,243 $29,781 $116,800 $838 9.1% 325
Wilmington Island 15,235 $87,441 $324,800 $1,561 3.3% 18
Monroe 15,036 $45,307 $189,600 $1,100 11.2% 82
Riverdale 14,933 $61,622 $145,800 $1,154 3.0%
Lilburn 14,741 $61,347 $257,500 $1,464 4.6% 71
Belvedere Park 14,558 $66,881 $245,800 $1,237 7.7% 168
Clarkston 14,553 $51,122 $212,500 $1,227 8.6% 120
Moultrie 14,533 $41,228 $135,800 $716 8.3% 277
Loganville 14,287 $77,750 $268,700 $1,448 4.2% 27
Bainbridge 14,234 $42,093 $137,900 $767 9.5% 137
Covington 14,190 $47,278 $219,400 $1,153 6.1% 175
Dallas 14,126 $60,032 $207,300 $1,245 5.1% 27
College Park 14,113 $47,706 $286,900 $1,047 13.0% 359
Waycross 13,856 $36,818 $78,300 $766 6.5% 259
Braselton 13,804 $111,080 $395,200 $1,527 2.1% 32
Jefferson 13,496 $95,850 $313,100 $1,059 2.1% 14
Mountain Park 13,334 $92,718 $278,300 $1,757 3.2% 72
Vinings 12,947 $91,071 $559,900 $1,662 2.1% 60
Georgetown 12,490 $70,640 $232,700 $1,336 5.9% 18
Douglas 11,694 $39,716 $128,200 $717 2.8% 19
Port Wentworth 11,103 $61,409 $168,100 $1,465 7.6% 51
Rincon 10,910 $73,708 $215,700 $1,160 5.9% 23
Vidalia 10,732 $47,124 $147,100 $641 7.4% 202
Doraville 10,691 $59,636 $272,800 $1,528 2.0% 188
Scottdale 10,566 $73,623 $287,300 $1,385 5.1% 168
Lovejoy 10,429 $59,184 $192,700 $1,522 6.6%
Garden City 10,352 $46,063 $143,800 $1,046 8.3% 189
Cordele 10,210 $33,166 $92,800 $756 8.8% 255
Fort Oglethorpe 10,203 $49,789 $163,800 $884 5.9% 80
Cedartown 10,166 $30,655 $122,000 $801 7.4% 96
Cairo 10,091 $39,784 $115,800 $791 7.6% 85
Jesup 9,820 $53,096 $148,300 $762 6.2% 54
Thomaston 9,720 $30,298 $133,400 $773 5.1% 94
Flowery Branch 9,700 $93,684 $369,700 $1,448 1.9% 27
Fair Oaks 9,614 $57,582 $193,800 $1,101 6.7% 60
Cusseta-Chattahoochee County 9,402 $52,943 $129,300 $1,260 8.4%
Locust Grove 9,367 $67,143 $193,800 $1,252 8.5% 97
Fort Stewart 9,324 $48,538 $1,437 13.5% 92
Skidaway Island 9,292 $119,210 $682,900 $2,235 6.9% 18
Panthersville 9,197 $48,876 $174,600 $1,151 6.7% 168
Country Club Estates 9,057 $57,816 $144,400 $1,053 4.9% 65
Toccoa 9,055 $49,860 $124,400 $821 10.3% 88
Bemiss 9,049 $82,134 $178,300 $1,359 5.5% 116
Fitzgerald 8,972 $32,500 $95,200 $631 6.1% 126
Fort Valley 8,821 $31,807 $109,400 $703 9.4% 254
Druid Hills 8,467 $138,262 $744,600 $1,968 3.3% 168
Irondale 8,305 $53,598 $156,000 $1,440 5.9%
Hampton 8,244 $67,808 $224,900 $1,243 3.6% 47
Centerville 8,220 $74,250 $189,300 $1,182 2.0% 46
Dock Junction 8,176 $44,438 $129,300 $1,053 4.6% 65
Austell 8,109 $64,071 $199,700 $1,443 5.6% 60
Gresham Park 7,816 $66,071 $242,600 $1,420 4.5% 168
Auburn 7,794 $77,896 $194,200 $1,056 5.1% 51
Tyrone 7,710 $112,898 $372,700 $1,094 2.7% 17
Swainsboro 7,542 $44,491 $103,100 $767 13.2%
Commerce 7,391 $58,763 $219,600 $1,107 0.2% 33
Cumming 7,371 $71,855 $331,900 $1,192 4.8% 16
Bremen 7,209 $88,545 $240,800 $808 0.9% 51
Dahlonega 7,083 $57,941 $392,600 $1,181 4.4% 35
LaFayette 6,929 $30,284 $121,000 $751 5.3%
Dacula 6,906 $81,322 $305,500 $1,285 5.1% 72
Thomson 6,839 $42,793 $120,000 $903 6.7% 38
Whitemarsh Island 6,790 $89,710 $319,100 $1,616 4.4% 18
Stone Mountain 6,638 $44,950 $162,700 $1,356 5.6% 121
Hapeville 6,566 $62,117 $209,200 $1,293 6.2% 44
Morrow 6,563 $64,890 $143,700 $1,225 11.1% 211
Fairfield Plantation 6,464 $96,063 $275,000 $1,407 3.5% 50
Eatonton 6,369 $53,870 $137,500 $821 4.9% 45
McRae-Helena 6,338 $89,300 $621 0.9% 82
Barnesville 6,200 $46,116 $157,800 $896 2.4% 24
Conley 5,892 $47,429 $98,100 $1,020 4.6%
Sandersville 5,727 $45,502 $114,300 $635 7.9% 30
Waynesboro 5,720 $41,932 $121,900 $724 4.8% 185
Fairview 5,718 $48,902 $153,300 $786 3.0%
Byron 5,687 $83,996 $202,200 $814 3.4% 45
Eastman 5,635 $41,213 $112,900 $726 2.1% 151
Sylvester 5,622 $48,599 $101,500 $819 8.0% 57
Adel 5,571 $26,800 $125,600 $886 6.2% 19
Jackson 5,497 $43,824 $147,300 $826 6.3% 37
Temple 5,395 $71,917 $159,700 $1,214 0.0% 28
Blakely 5,299 $43,008 $136,400 $876 5.6% 165
Glennville 5,204 $47,227 $155,600 $574 8.4% 26
Camilla 5,163 $27,306 $82,200 $733 11.3% 57
Oakwood 5,132 $60,696 $222,100 $1,230 4.0% 64
Senoia 5,115 $114,423 $358,400 $1,230 3.6% 6
Rockmart 5,113 $49,438 $182,600 $835 7.7% 89
Social Circle 5,011 $68,333 $222,300 $1,081 6.6% 119
Baxley 4,971 $27,303 $88,300 $687 9.9% 96
Adairsville 4,911 $90,062 $186,900 $1,190 0.4% 47
Hiram 4,911 $81,055 $205,900 $1,787 1.7% 129
Nashville 4,907 $45,500 $87,600 $613 7.2% 112
Cochran 4,867 $31,326 $118,800 $724 10.5% 73
Chatsworth 4,840 $59,028 $171,300 $778 9.1% 30
Lakeview 4,664 $54,792 $124,900 $963 3.4% 45
Palmetto 4,650 $52,444 $149,600 $1,143 6.9% 18
Cornelia 4,648 $46,211 $170,800 $889 1.2% 30
Elberton 4,627 $38,562 $86,900 $811 8.4% 172
Montgomery 4,606 $88,828 $393,900 $1,317 1.9% 18
Madison 4,574 $73,965 $270,200 $1,040 0.8% 63
Grayson 4,572 $121,421 $396,500 $2,136 1.6% 72
Lindale 4,568 $39,472 $110,300 $1,047 5.8% 113
Forsyth 4,549 $63,396 $175,100 $834 6.7% 23
Folkston 4,544 $36,712 $72,000 $725 17.1% 19
Hartwell 4,481 $46,875 $152,900 $774 0.3% 105
Jonesboro 4,415 $33,621 $123,600 $988 6.2%
Summerville 4,381 $27,694 $68,300 $558 4.7% 75
Dawson 4,342 $31,310 $80,600 $719 13.6% 96
Euharlee 4,258 $92,766 $204,600 $1,273 4.2% 43
Ashburn 4,223 $35,987 $88,300 $616 10.8% 27
Lyons 4,219 $29,037 $123,000 $485 5.0% 81
Jasper 4,177 $43,192 $246,200 $956 1.1% 35
Chattanooga Valley 4,166 $45,222 $122,600 $937 9.9%
Hazlehurst 4,075 $35,208 $130,300 $652 10.0% 147
Quitman 4,050 $20,333 $136,300 $660 6.1% 70
Hawkinsville 4,007 $36,042 $125,500 $843 2.5% 83
Rossville 3,982 $42,845 $89,600 $922 5.3% 129
Metter 3,976 $31,786 $151,700 $658 5.9% 95
Heron Bay 3,899 $123,750 $325,000 5.2% 94
Dawsonville 3,871 $79,479 $278,400 $966 4.4% 53
Hephzibah 3,869 $63,836 $154,200 $1,070 11.5% 57
Baldwin 3,817 $48,234 $150,700 $933 0.2% 30
Washington 3,742 $48,235 $88,700 $798 2.2% 104
Walthourville 3,719 $60,446 $124,200 $965 7.8% 92
Echols County 3,707 $61,184 $114,900 $789 2.0%
Harlem 3,682 $51,855 $211,700 3.7% 8
Bonanza 3,638 $68,257 $163,600 $1,386 8.8%
Hannahs Mill 3,632 $52,069 $127,600 $783 0.5% 35
Manchester 3,612 $48,301 $110,800 $1,014 6.6% 122
Greensboro 3,573 $42,534 $133,300 $697 10.1% 55
Blackshear 3,521 $34,963 $119,600 $767 3.4% 45
Cleveland 3,512 $46,994 $245,500 $1,028 2.4% 38
West Point 3,508 $52,995 $147,900 $705 7.6% 127
Avondale Estates 3,507 $136,250 $492,500 $1,675 0.0% 168
Pelham 3,501 $34,761 $94,200 $699 13.1% 144
Wrightsville 3,471 $32,745 $86,700 $571 10.2%
Leesburg 3,465 $55,417 $165,900 $1,145 17.0% 16
Alma 3,433 $35,354 $85,900 $650 2.0% 171
Ringgold 3,418 $56,684 $197,400 $859 4.1% 78
Gray 3,415 $61,136 $180,000 $759 3.3% 33
Hahira 3,361 $67,143 $144,200 $1,149 5.0% 86
Ocilla 3,338 $33,208 $89,600 $760 4.0% 88
Putney 3,295 $64,182 $124,000 $1,003 15.6% 126
Chattahoochee Hills 3,273 $84,605 $296,800 $1,212 1.8% 44
Hogansville 3,240 $44,712 $147,200 $940 0.9% 53
Tallapoosa 3,232 $58,008 $142,500 $610 0.1% 60
Hardwick 3,202 $34,587 $81,600 $695 4.9% 114
Alamo 3,180 $43,298 $90,700 $404 15.6% 31
Grantville 3,175 $81,815 $165,900 $1,356 3.2% 30
Tybee Island 3,126 $101,289 $564,500 $1,227 3.6% 86
Cuthbert 3,109 $21,278 $69,700 $480 0.6% 31
Hoschton 3,099 $87,021 $305,700 $1,051 1.0% 33
Unadilla 3,073 $40,250 $66,400 $678 12.6%
Nicholls 3,062 $24,500 $32,800 $579 8.7% 58
Montezuma 3,040 $46,315 $81,400 $712 6.4% 61
Henderson 3,005 $69,646 $292,900 $1,331 6.4% 18
Watkinsville 2,998 $78,750 $291,200 $1,381 5.2% 39
Chickamauga 2,978 $71,319 $226,100 $770 0.0%
Millen 2,973 $34,213 $63,200 $690 10.0% 104
Vienna 2,944 $38,371 $96,900 $738 15.5%
Bloomingdale 2,933 $62,250 $177,700 $1,120 2.7% 45
Lakeland 2,928 $28,920 $134,500 $795 0.1% 39
Lake City 2,916 $62,941 $144,400 $1,118 1.8% 124
Soperton 2,905 $28,607 $93,300 $581 15.9% 114
East Dublin 2,889 $54,601 $134,900 $839 7.3% 49
Lula 2,880 $60,174 $187,900 $1,147 2.2% 69
Statham 2,829 $62,441 $199,100 $1,118 4.2% 24
Donalsonville 2,824 $37,433 $105,200 $860 6.0% 37
Reed Creek 2,803 $68,765 $259,600 $1,357 5.3% 63
Springfield 2,753 $46,936 $159,500 $1,023 1.0% 40
Abbeville 2,752 $25,972 $72,500 $610 10.3% 29
Lakeview Estates 2,714 $43,219 $45,900 $633 2.9%
Louisville 2,704 $43,194 $122,000 $610 3.1% 123
Kennesaw State University 2,642 17.1% 60
Sylvania 2,618 $36,682 $98,700 $580 1.1% 14
Lavonia 2,617 $33,056 $201,500 $755 11.4% 167
Lithonia 2,614 $45,431 $166,500 $1,086 7.3% 105
Monticello 2,593 $41,779 $167,800 $996 5.8% 50
Bowdon 2,590 $40,938 $137,200 $712 3.7% 33
Experiment 2,578 $28,955 $78,100 $897 8.1% 131
Claxton 2,573 $40,870 $120,100 $648 3.2% 108
Thunderbolt 2,552 $63,148 $288,900 $1,500 3.6% 18
Pembroke 2,542 $66,488 $161,700 $949 7.7% 48
Reidsville 2,538 $42,576 $93,800 $645 2.6% 26
Raoul 2,529 $56,675 $90,100 $926 4.3% 30
Ball Ground 2,527 $103,429 $318,100 $1,381 3.6% 30
Berkeley Lake 2,527 $152,908 $644,100 $2,175 2.4% 72
Sparks 2,459 $37,226 $73,300 $936 7.7% 19
Midway 2,453 $69,750 $213,400 $943 6.1% 92
Kings Bay Base 2,449 $70,625 $1,297 10.8% 60
Varnell 2,410 $62,552 $160,000 $1,047 4.7% 90
Guyton 2,405 $75,625 $184,500 $1,007 16.3% 27
Trion 2,389 $39,073 $96,000 $745 4.0% 49
Webster County 2,354 $35,000 $77,100 $652 8.9% 0
Mount Zion 2,346 $50,786 $168,600 $1,200 3.9% 50
Royston 2,305 $30,332 $204,200 $574 11.6% 49
Demorest 2,293 $59,500 $176,800 $1,148 6.9% 12
Clayton 2,277 $56,369 $196,200 $793 5.7% 107
Mount Vernon 2,251 $33,788 $90,000 $619 16.4%
Unionville 2,215 $49,149 $38,700 $740 11.5% 92
Gumlog 2,212 $63,735 $152,100 $693 5.0% 49
Davisboro 2,196 $45,647 $67,300 $904 4.4%
Trenton 2,188 $43,882 $155,900 $739 3.7%
Georgetown-Quitman County 2,180 $38,889 $85,800 $740 23.5%
Winterville 2,165 $96,883 $249,700 $1,352 2.4% 109
Deenwood 2,146 $49,417 $135,800 $828 3.3% 117
Isle of Hope 2,137 $96,934 $417,800 1.8% 18
Ludowici 2,137 $26,944 $180,600 6.5% 12
Colquitt 2,131 $26,125 $98,500 $638 9.0%
Gordon 2,107 $32,083 $86,700 $548 8.8% 62
Nicholson 2,067 $50,000 $128,200 $1,023 12.2% 33
Wrens 2,063 $35,585 $98,200 $659 5.8% 46
Butler 2,059 $27,656 $85,600 $608 3.3%
Homerville 2,049 $29,815 $82,600 $564 2.0% 29
Wadley 2,049 $36,406 $56,700 $656 10.1% 134
Oxford 2,033 $51,995 $151,600 $1,234 4.6% 93
Indian Springs 1,983 $82,784 $170,600 2.6% 45
Buena Vista 1,964 $31,308 $94,600 $414 0.3% 27
Hamilton 1,946 $86,607 $256,500 $880 7.7% 20
Sparta 1,944 $22,102 $53,500 $571 11.6% 39
Sterling 1,903 $67,780 $69,200 $823 9.9% 65
Clarkesville 1,885 $64,848 $178,000 $737 2.7% 30
Lincolnton 1,876 $38,681 $185,200 $680 1.5%
Twin City 1,849 $36,498 $85,000 $633 10.4%
Warrenton 1,847 $34,944 $85,000 $704 10.4%
Morgan 1,832 $38,750 $86,900 $517 39.0%
Arcade 1,829 $65,202 $210,900 $809 5.6% 58
Cataula 1,829 $123,534 $314,400 0.0% 15
Pearson 1,826 $30,455 $65,100 $634 4.8%
Comer 1,810 $34,880 $176,400 $675 4.0% 46
Lookout Mountain 1,793 $145,625 $451,200 $1,133 3.5% 14
Aragon 1,764 $55,563 $103,000 $880 8.0% 36
Ellijay 1,750 $37,227 $275,500 $592 7.8% 49
Berry College 1,727 6.6% 113
Pendergrass 1,705 $73,947 $274,400 $1,162 2.9% 40
Chester 1,702 $26,786 $60,600 $418 2.7% 69
Shannon 1,673 $61,938 $136,800 $1,048 1.2% 113
Maysville 1,665 $57,788 $178,400 $745 1.5% 70
Union Point 1,661 $47,963 $88,600 $858 0.8% 54
Homer 1,659 $73,542 $240,700 $991 4.7% 70
McCaysville 1,639 $43,553 $135,500 $738 0.4% 41
Zebulon 1,625 $43,456 $195,800 $868 8.0% 39
Walnut Grove 1,620 $78,750 $208,500 $1,197 3.2% 35
Porterdale 1,602 $36,563 $119,800 $968 3.8% 57
Remerton 1,602 $25,052 $932 7.5% 128
Emerson 1,594 $74,432 $188,300 $1,153 6.5% 50
Eton 1,574 $85,313 $185,800 $958 2.7% 29
Brooklet 1,528 $63,462 $216,900 $950 0.3% 52
Tennille 1,522 $27,426 $86,900 $758 4.9%
Moody AFB 1,506 $975 0.0% 116
Ellaville 1,492 $50,000 $150,800 $685 5.6% 56
Pine Mountain 1,474 $59,471 $250,000 $783 4.6% 78
Roberta 1,462 $41,500 $139,400 $652 12.5% 53
Willacoochee 1,452 $32,202 $56,400 $563 2.7%
Hagan 1,444 $63,750 $150,400 $905 8.4%
Rock Spring 1,415 $111,140 $166,200 $716 6.7%
Russell 1,402 $53,750 $102,400 $1,193 5.9% 51
Nahunta 1,386 $48,542 $57,400 $706 3.4% 38
Mount Airy 1,373 $72,981 $179,700 $675 0.3% 30
Blue Ridge 1,366 $34,659 $208,300 $803 0.9% 41
Resaca 1,363 $56,154 $135,800 $1,010 0.7% 29
Alto 1,328 $59,375 $152,700 $946 4.4% 30
Robins AFB 1,316 $84,910 $1,482 7.4% 97
Omega 1,302 $43,269 $74,200 $750 2.9% 45
Richland 1,290 $41,458 $109,700 $622 5.4%
Bogart 1,276 $83,333 $235,300 $996 1.2% 39
Dutch Island 1,268 $169,063 $601,600 0.0% 18
Darien 1,253 $53,325 $138,900 $810 3.3% 50
Enigma 1,251 $93,200 $837 0.0% 45
Buchanan 1,238 $46,071 $157,800 $858 12.0% 59
Fairplay 1,234 $94,571 $227,100 0.0% 82
Edison 1,229 $36,250 $59,800 $669 17.2% 64
Sycamore 1,223 $41,538 $72,900 $659 16.0% 27
Fairmount 1,213 $61,042 $101,000 $1,081 3.7% 29
East Griffin 1,206 $38,681 $63,300 $1,045 7.4% 131
Flemington 1,202 $99,063 $226,200 $1,250 4.4% 92
Talahi Island 1,185 $104,625 $420,600 0.0% 18
Tunnel Hill 1,168 $57,188 $161,400 $944 3.8% 90
West Brow 1,167 $82,404 $260,500 $957 7.7%
Flovilla 1,165 $179,400 $1,034 10.8% 37
Tignall 1,163 $80,122 $85,600 $830 9.3% 104
Homeland 1,155 $52,222 $55,500 $735 1.8% 7
Arlington 1,141 $43,750 $105,400 $705 9.0%
Hiawassee 1,140 $40,917 $322,000 $862 0.0% 21
Lumber City 1,127 $31,429 $471 7.3% 23
Norman Park 1,121 $53,833 $93,700 $800 6.3% 90
Boston 1,108 $37,500 $92,500 $857 10.7% 19
Sardis 1,108 $50,636 $720 5.3% 39
Clermont 1,092 $96,875 $275,800 $839 1.9% 69
Greenville 1,088 $53,092 $97,700 $834 9.3% 100
Oglethorpe 1,084 $23,958 $66,600 $608 6.5% 98
Broxton 1,082 $24,634 $102,600 $595 0.0% 38
Rutledge 1,069 $46,452 $233,700 $913 5.9% 17
Young Harris 1,066 $27,500 $260,700 $695 8.2% 21
Dasher 1,063 $58,750 $148,600 $847 1.2% 116
Ivey 1,060 $40,938 $57,700 $709 10.2% 24
Ray City 1,043 $46,875 $116,400 $947 10.4% 61
Woodbine 1,043 $42,788 $142,700 $661 12.2% 60
Dexter 1,042 $34,350 $78,600 $870 5.1% 49
Franklin Springs 1,040 $60,417 $161,400 $840 1.3% 49
Ellerslie 1,037 $107,031 $271,500 0.0% 15
Fort Gaines 1,035 $36,161 $62,900 $353 9.2% 100
Crawford 1,019 $21,696 $160,800 $683 2.1% 70
Marshallville 1,014 $18,839 $64,800 $436 13.0%
Rochelle 992 $27,404 $66,700 $444 8.3% 29
Mountain City 991 $43,269 $121,300 $840 0.0% 43
Cave Spring 982 $40,250 $137,500 $827 11.0% 66
Lake Park 980 $229,800 $749 1.1% 34
Jeffersonville 968 $40,500 $90,700 $632 0.0% 44
Riceboro 967 $43,913 $85,700 $747 16.2% 92
Baconton 964 $54,850 $83,500 $837 6.7% 61
Sunnyside 962 $42,045 $82,900 0.0% 117
Danielsville 953 $60,069 $172,000 $1,011 4.7% 46
Jekyll Island 946 $72,689 $518,400 $1,450 0.0% 65
Nelson 946 $66,719 $224,200 $993 2.6% 30
Franklin 938 $32,500 $303,800 $438 3.9% 32
Carnesville 935 $63,813 $107,100 $819 10.1% 49
Offerman 935 $27,321 $95,000 $691 5.4% 68
Meigs 934 $26,667 $68,500 $466 17.1% 117
Shellman 928 $24,737 $93,200 $675 27.5% 31
East Newnan 917 $36,192 $134,400 $1,104 11.5% 119
Canon 912 $37,443 $94,200 $780 0.4% 49
Gibson 898 $34,050 $93,000 $675 3.1% 28
Doerun 897 $38,125 $104,300 $657 1.9% 82
Bowman 889 $29,464 $89,500 $666 10.5% 51
Pine Lake 888 $68,359 $258,800 $1,370 4.5% 168
Lenox 887 $28,977 $74,500 $682 6.4% 19
Woodbury 872 $47,292 $86,800 $780 0.0% 59
Hoboken 858 $71,154 $138,400 0.6% 38
Funston 838 $56,563 $91,000 $933 0.0% 90
White 819 $63,750 $150,900 $806 6.8% 31
Milstead 810 $98,300 11.3%
Reynolds 793 $30,333 $83,000 $724 1.6%
Luthersville 792 $52,917 $153,600 $946 2.8% 59
Plains 781 $36,138 $225,000 $717 0.0% 188
Lumpkin 776 $31,250 $45,300 0.0%
Waco 776 $33,500 $123,100 $840 6.6% 59
Coolidge 775 $38,750 $130,400 $647 0.0% 92
Kingston 774 $50,000 $82,300 $839 9.0% 31
Williamson 774 $102,500 $287,500 $916 2.6% 30
Berlin 769 $49,571 $78,100 $677 5.3% 90
Poulan 768 $63,182 $69,800 $943 2.7% 15
Waleska 764 $50,000 $295,800 $860 13.6% 30
Glenwood 739 $21,250 $94,700 $334 0.2% 31
Lincoln Park 739 $46,116 $760 0.0% 35
Blairsville 736 $21,827 $165,100 $681 2.2% 23
Cohutta 729 $62,500 $170,700 $850 5.1% 90
Patterson 729 $46,923 $114,800 $798 1.2% 68
Talbotton 728 $25,114 $140,400 $761 7.5%
North High Shoals 725 $95,938 $309,800 2.8% 39
Brooks 719 $103,125 $410,500 1.3% 32
McIntyre 718 $49,773 $84,700 $760 0.0% 24
Attapulgus 715 $34,028 $67,300 $823 1.7% 113
Pavo 715 $37,250 $83,300 $729 1.9% 117
Stillmore 712 $45,938 $83,600 $788 16.1%
Sunset Village 702 $60,104 $126,400 0.0% 35
Appling 701 $316,200 $1,190 15.4% 10
Waverly Hall 700 $38,281 $154,300 $825 5.3% 15
Screven 689 $44,643 $97,500 $795 3.4% 54
Crooked Creek 674 $27,366 $110,100 $835 2.0% 49
Blythe 672 $48,611 $122,900 $913 4.9%
Graham 672 $32,222 $59,700 $819 7.5% 26
Ochlocknee 672 $55,375 $83,300 $809 9.3% 117
Molena 667 $37,426 $96,700 $1,200 7.1% 30
Dudley 666 $59,375 $158,700 $900 0.0% 49
Arabi 663 $77,579 $45,300 $850 7.8% 130
Dearing 662 $53,958 $92,000 $864 3.2% 38
Whitesburg 659 $63,750 $150,000 $788 7.6% 50
Toomsboro 657 $60,000 $61,300 $835 7.3% 24
Crescent 653 $34,010 $201,000 $695 0.0% 50
Milan 649 $22,188 $63,000 $583 15.5% 23
Gumbranch 648 $88,750 $96,100 $650 2.0% 92
Newborn 643 $64,028 $156,300 $925 10.3% 93
Cadwell 633 $41,250 $79,200 $660 2.5% 49
Ideal 625 $21,800 $52,800 $706 6.5%
Portal 622 $60,500 $77,500 $1,030 5.3% 52
Whigham 621 $58,750 $140,000 $877 5.3% 34
Milner 616 $66,125 $178,300 $863 3.5%
Adrian 614 $45,795 $65,500 $558 22.1%
Ty Ty 613 $36,083 $46,900 $922 5.0% 92
Pineview 609 $31,167 $53,400 $708 5.4% 29
Moreland 608 $86,250 $262,100 $1,145 4.2% 119
Antioch 605 $155,633 $412,900 6.5% 15
Colbert 601 $53,917 $172,800 $1,092 0.4% 46
Sky Valley 599 $293,200 $1,367 4.9% 43
Bethlehem 598 $67,250 $223,200 $1,042 4.2% 51
Collins 598 $57,591 $383 1.9% 26
Alapaha 592 $40,294 $105,400 $453 13.7% 61
Crawfordville 589 $42,341 $66,700 $901 0.0%
Morven 587 $21,750 $82,800 $723 11.3% 57
Waynesville 586 $60,991 $184,000 0.0% 38
Ailey 583 $54,531 $109,100 $729 12.0%
Byromville 583 $48,603 $70,400 $569 0.4%
Warwick 583 $47,738 $690 25.1% 15
Epworth 575 $69,329 $151,800 $1,321 0.0% 41
Rhine 573 $24,750 $69,000 $592 1.5% 69
Irwinton 572 $33,929 $89,000 $840 11.5% 24
Yonah 568 $58,580 $185,600 $1,008 5.4% 24
Eulonia 567 $214,500 0.0% 50
Cobbtown 565 $50,036 $87,200 $675 6.1% 26
Shiloh 565 $76,250 $150,000 $1,250 0.0% 15
Wildwood 559 $73,900 $107,400 45.7%
Ephesus 553 $66,875 $148,400 $725 4.3% 28
Tiger 549 $43,594 $180,400 $3,169 1.7% 43
Lyerly 548 $50,250 $91,300 $843 6.5% 49
Warm Springs 543 $44,792 $124,200 $753 3.9% 59
East Ellijay 530 $26,691 $167,700 $617 10.7% 84
Oak Park 528 $37,727 $636 12.7%
Leslie 525 $51,688 $87,800 $1,000 4.1% 188
Allenhurst 515 $51,667 $168,900 $911 5.9% 92
Centralhatchee 515 $46,875 $118,800 $1,302 10.6% 28
Pitts 509 $81,250 $87,500 $628 2.5% 29
Helen 505 $74,375 $328,600 $746 2.1% 302
Argyle 504 $73,000 $661 0.7% 28
Newton 504 $31,406 $90,900 $427 2.7%
Between 491 $123,854 $325,000 $1,525 4.9% 35
Empire 488 $98,300 0.0% 69
Arnoldsville 486 $42,292 $161,100 2.0% 70
Sautee-Nacoochee 486 $43,530 $98,800 5.1% 24
Maxeys 482 $34,972 $180,600 2.6% 70
New England 474 $28,172 $49,100 4.5%
Bowersville 469 $55,000 $102,400 $819 1.0% 63
Menlo 469 $33,589 $75,000 $550 4.6% 49
Phillipsburg 467 $23,942 $816 0.0% 92
Waresboro 463 $84,700 11.0% 117
Fargo 460 $68,960 $73,100 $619 0.4% 28
Bishop 456 $126,875 $392,000 $872 1.9% 39
Hiltonia 456 $40,750 $55,800 $546 23.2%
Concord 442 $61,250 $121,500 $986 0.0% 30
Talmo 442 $91,250 $292,600 $883 4.1% 33
Pinehurst 440 $34,375 $82,500 $750 8.5%
Camak 434 $62,000 $671 6.5%
Midville 423 $41,875 $55,200 $316 12.1% 39
Roopville 423 $73,594 $148,400 $1,167 0.0% 50
Sale City 415 $43,571 $93,300 $719 4.8% 61
Lexington 410 $70,625 $162,500 $779 0.6% 70
Junction City 409 $45,000 $539 6.0%
Ila 406 $55,625 $182,300 $850 6.9% 46
Newington 406 $70,196 $112,700 6.6% 151
Sumner 404 $46,786 $80,700 $1,018 3.5% 15
Carlton 403 $43,409 $154,700 $1,063 13.0% 46
Keysville 403 $42,813 $80,400 $680 0.0% 39
Montrose 398 $64,500 $91,000 $639 15.0% 49
Siloam 396 $21,635 $51,700 0.0% 54
Uvalda 387 $65,192 $99,100 $666 8.2%
Hickox 382 $178,700 0.0% 38
Axson 381 $75,950 0.0%
Piney Grove 381 $60,630 $84,900 9.2% 15
Sharpsburg 380 $69,531 $233,600 $1,133 2.1% 119
Turin 378 $139,167 $442,700 $913 0.0% 119
Salem 377 $36,618 $91,300 $484 0.0% 35
Stapleton 377 $47,500 $97,900 $721 4.5% 46
Bostwick 373 $88,125 $300,000 $777 0.0% 17
Leary 373 $35,385 $50,000 $755 0.0%
Daisy 371 $168,100 0.0%
Mineral Bluff 370 6.6% 41
Braswell 369 $72,813 $183,300 $817 3.0% 73
Chauncey 369 $60,536 $569 0.7% 69
Good Hope 365 $72,188 $247,100 $1,136 0.0% 35
Martin 359 $41,842 $154,200 $888 16.1% 32
Yatesville 358 $62,019 $116,700 $758 1.1% 35
Higgston 355 $32,196 $87,500 $935 8.7%
Odum 355 $51,797 $104,500 $877 2.2% 54
Taylorsville 355 $41,250 $205,000 $1,025 0.8% 31
Hortense 352 $191,615 $173,600 0.0% 38
Cecil 349 $39,000 $71,000 $1,000 0.0% 19
Harrison 345 $32,569 $79,200 $795 3.4%
Sasser 345 $27,442 $102,700 $484 16.9% 46
Mansfield 338 $71,023 $179,000 $1,442 3.3% 93
Bolingbroke 331 $233,300 0.0% 23
Damascus 331 $53,313 $817 1.4% 99
Bronwood 323 $37,159 $48,200 $558 2.8% 46
Iron City 322 $40,568 $94,400 $664 5.8% 13
Smithville 320 $46,250 $103,200 $986 2.8% 56
Barwick 316 $29,306 $49,400 $721 2.0% 57
Rebecca 315 $59,934 $93,000 $636 3.9% 27
Scotland 315 $116,300 0.0% 23
Plainville 314 $40,125 $123,200 $833 2.0% 29
Jenkinsburg 303 $71,912 $192,000 $1,075 4.6% 37
Oconee 297 $71,429 $184,700 $592 8.8%
Andersonville 296 $22,656 $578 10.0% 188
Carl 296 $55,982 $326,300 $1,161 4.3% 51
Ellenton 296 $52,019 $43,000 $796 4.6% 90
Woodland 296 $31,850 $85,000 10.1%
Bluffton 295 0.0% 100
Morganton 288 $40,417 $211,800 $556 4.6% 41
Shady Dale 288 $60,000 $101,400 $1,078 2.9% 50
Gillsville 286 $69,000 $250,000 $943 1.5% 69
Oliver 286 $56,563 $89,300 $867 5.0%
Avalon 285 $43,906 $158,300 $814 0.0% 32
Dillard 284 $47,500 $233,000 $740 4.7% 43
Clyattville 283 $70,152 0.0% 116
Smarr 281 $183,553 $254,800 0.0% 23
Surrency 281 $32,250 $72,900 $806 8.2% 26
Norwood 277 $24,375 $56,300 $632 2.6%
Dewy Rose 269 $48,516 $753 0.0% 51
Satilla 266 $90,400 6.9% 58
Woodville 261 $29,310 $69,300 $600 7.1% 54
Summertown 260 $66,300 $578 19.8%
Waverly 259 $78,636 $75,000 0.0% 60
Denton 257 $30,250 0.0% 58
Culloden 254 $192,200 1.4% 23
Avera 248 $62,750 $56,800 $890 3.3% 46
Rocky Ford 246 $56,875 $70,700 $813 14.6%
Juliette 242 $175,300 0.0% 23
Rentz 242 $36,000 $81,200 $814 0.0% 49
Stockton 242 $86,111 $168,800 0.0% 39
Meansville 239 $43,750 $160,000 $1,150 20.6% 30
Box Springs 238 $23,333 0.0%
Haralson 236 $189,900 $1,141 5.3% 119
Tallulah Falls 236 $48,750 $164,300 $753 0.0% 30
Jakin 235 $49,318 $205,900 $681 0.0% 99
Woolsey 231 $105,625 $470,800 2.0% 32
Pulaski 230 $61,786 $99,600 0.0% 70
Mendes 227 $111,477 $146,600 0.0% 26
Alston 223 $41,250 $135,300 0.0%
Ambrose 221 $24,722 $707 11.3% 58
Wenona 220 0.0% 130
Bartow 219 $43,750 $92,200 $550 3.5% 46
Hilltop 211 10.1% 30
Register 209 $72,596 $120,800 $1,241 11.4% 52
Garfield 205 $60,368 $90,400 18.4%
Hull 205 $267,900 $636 4.5% 46
Allentown 204 $42,750 $89,600 3.1% 24
Girard 202 $58,309 $73,100 2.1% 39
Kite 199 $28,906 $534 0.0%
Bellville 196 $94,350 $202,200 $1,167 0.0%
Brinson 195 $68,077 $114,300 0.0% 113
Orchard Hill 192 $32,679 $100,000 $913 5.8% 131
Vidette 191 $24,184 11.1% 39
Climax 186 $33,906 $106,300 $644 13.9% 113
Danville 186 $46,750 $78,800 $683 0.0% 44
Matthews 185 $41,397 0.0% 46
Buckhead 183 $68,854 $184,100 $1,083 7.1% 17
Lone Oak 182 0.0% 59
White Plains 182 $52,000 $64,500 $1,054 1.9% 54
Sunny Side 174 $30,833 $1,156 1.5% 131
Dixie 170 $250,001 0.0% 57
Nunez 167 $44,306 $87,500 0.0%
Rayle 166 $30,313 $56,000 $675 13.2% 104
Jersey 164 $36,736 $252,900 $883 0.0% 35
Warthen 158 $16,763 $138,800 0.0%
Faceville 151 $37,031 $781 13.3% 113
Rockingham 151 $19,399 0.0% 53
Santa Claus 146 $46,250 $90,000 $913 3.3% 81
Lilly 144 $24,688 $83,300 $584 14.0%
Du Pont 142 $24,688 $86,400 0.0% 28
Geneva 140 $76,111 0.0%
Deepstep 135 $111,250 $112,500 0.0%
Godfrey 133 $112,950 0.0% 17
Mitchell 127 $44,896 $83,600 1.4% 28
Musella 125 58.2% 53
Gay 122 $86,250 $231,300 1.2% 59
Bristol 119 $62,574 $211,800 0.0% 68
Tarrytown 117 $40,313 $625 12.5%
Manor 116 0.0% 117
Vernonburg 116 $211,250 $781,300 $1,750 4.1% 18
Gough 115 $14,091 0.0% 39
Riddleville 110 $78,269 $176,700 12.0%
Knoxville 108 0.0% 53
Talking Rock 106 $52,143 $248,100 10.6% 33
Canoochee 104 $57,697 0.0%
Jacksonville 103 $34,375 $44,300 0.0% 23
Parrott 102 $70,000 $85,000 6.4% 46
Perkins 101 0.0% 52
Calvary 82 0.0% 34
Manassas 82 $74,167 0.0% 26
De Soto 67 $27,813 0.0% 188
Millwood 58 0.0% 117
Ranger 57 $29,219 $112,500 0.0% 29
Everett 54 0.0% 65
Dixie Union 48 $40,938 0.0% 117
Sharon 47 $38,438 $56,300 14.3%
Dooling 41 $63,300 3.2%
Ohoopee 41 0.0% 81
Rest Haven 40 $59,063 $87,500 $1,139 0.0% 72
Naylor 39 0.0% 116
Gardi 36 0.0% 54
Seville 36 $22,700 0.0% 29
Boykin 35 0.0%
The Rock 33 0.0% 35
Eagle Grove 25 63
Norristown 25 0.0%
Cedar Springs 24 0.0% 99
Cogdell 24 0.0% 28
Edge Hill 19 0.0% 28
Mershon 16 0.0% 68
Glenn 9 28
Aldora 0
Cherry Log 0 65
Coleman 0 31
Howard 0
Tate City 0 21
Tazewell 0 27

Frequently Asked Questions

Albany, GA is among the most affordable cities in Georgia, with a cost of living index of 86 (US average = 100) and a median home value of $111,200. See the full ranking above.
Johns Creek, GA ranks among the safest cities in Georgia, with a crime index of 16 (100 = U.S. average, lower is safer). Crime data from the FBI UCR Program.
Johns Creek, GA has one of the highest median household incomes in Georgia at $153,882 per year. Source: US Census ACS 5-Year Estimates.

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