Towns

Small towns in Georgia

212 small towns, communities and small cities of 1,000 to 75,000 people, plus 86 smaller suburbs, marked as suburbs. In the parts of Georgia outside metro areas, everyday prices run 13% below the U.S. average, and housing 47% below.

Closest to a big city

  1. Chattahoochee Hills22 miles to Atlanta
  2. Villa Rica28 miles to Atlanta
  3. St. Marys29 miles to Jacksonville
  4. Fairfield Plantation30 miles to Atlanta
  5. Emerson31 miles to Atlanta

Straight-line miles to a metro area of about 1 million people or more.

Lowest home values

  1. Willacoochee$43,200
  2. Richland$47,600
  3. Sparta$56,400
  4. Unadilla$60,600
  5. Edison$64,500

Typical value of an owner-occupied home.

Growing fastest

  1. East Ellijayup 178% since 2020
  2. Lake Parkup 60% since 2020
  3. Kingstonup 60% since 2020
  4. Homerup 59% since 2020
  5. Emersonup 55% since 2020

College towns

  1. BarnesvilleGordon State College
  2. CarrolltonUniversity of West Georgia
  3. DahlonegaUniversity of North Georgia
  4. DemorestPiedmont University
  5. Fort ValleyFort Valley State University
  6. Franklin SpringsEmmanuel University
  7. MilledgevilleGeorgia College & State University
  8. Mount VernonBrewton-Parker College

Tourist towns

  1. Tybee Island43% vacation homes
  2. Reed Creek29% vacation homes
  3. Georgetown-Quitman County26% vacation homes
  4. Hiawassee25% vacation homes
  5. St. Simons21% vacation homes

Hospital in town

  1. AlbanyPhoebe Putney Memorial Hospital
  2. BaxleyAppling Healthcare
  3. BlakelyLifebrite Community Hospital of Early
  4. CamillaArchbold Mitchell
  5. CartersvillePiedmont Cartersville Medical Center
  6. CedartownAtrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center
  7. ClaxtonEvans Memorial Hospital
  8. ClaytonMountain Lakes Medical Center

Every town in Georgia

Select a column heading to sort. Miles are straight-line. Home values and incomes: Census survey 2020-2024; population: 2025 estimates.

TownPeopleSince 2020Typical homeHousehold incomeMiles to a big cityMiles to an ER
Abbeville 2,819 +3.1% $79,600 $42,311 138 15
Adairsville 5,101 +6.5% $252,300 $103,449 51 14
Adel 5,854 +5.3% $154,900 $43,618 118 12
Alamo 3,362 +6.8% $103,300 141 22
Albany 66,907 -3.2% $124,300 $47,240 152 In town
Alma 3,400 -0.8% $96,400 $36,884 96 17
Alto 1,018 +4.4% $192,200 $81,250 69 7
Americus 15,617 -3.5% $107,500 $39,176 117 3
Aragon 1,523 +5% $161,900 $67,500 41 11
Arcade 2,035 +8.2% $234,600 $68,375 56 11
Arlington 1,126 -6.6% $48,125 162 14
Ashburn 4,211 -1.8% $101,000 $29,583 149 18
Auburn suburb 10,110 +33.7% $299,700 $77,034 38 7
Austell suburb 8,339 +6.2% $284,900 $72,938 13 8
Avondale Estates suburb 3,543 -0.6% $553,900 $123,795 9 7
Bainbridge 14,606 +0.9% $174,700 $45,422 178 21
Baldwin 4,240 +14.8% $167,300 $59,242 71 5
Ball Ground 3,470 +42.5% $366,300 $117,829 40 10
Barnesville 6,329 +3.5% $176,500 $57,411 52 12
Baxley 5,058 +3.7% $72,300 $29,880 107 In town
Belvedere Park suburb 14,181 $296,600 $65,462 9 7
Bemiss suburb 9,201 $217,400 $92,842 101 6
Berkeley Lake suburb 2,034 -0.2% $718,300 $165,909 20 2
Blackshear 3,680 +5.2% $131,100 $40,670 75 7
Blakely 5,156 -3.5% $152,500 $49,821 167 In town
Bloomingdale suburb 3,077 +7.7% $236,000 $60,250 125 10
Blue Ridge 1,297 +2.8% $348,200 $44,773 76 5
Bogart suburb 1,326 +3.4% $273,500 $90,292 53 7
Bonanza suburb 3,279 $204,200 $60,260 22 9
Boston 1,251 +3.4% $44,728 130 11
Bowdon 2,298 +6.6% $65,337 50 20
Braselton suburb 18,496 +35.9% $459,400 $120,984 42 9
Bremen 7,751 +6.9% $289,500 $93,780 42 14
Brooklet 2,525 +46.9% $256,400 $77,125 142 6
Broxton 1,080 +3.2% $24,851 115 8
Brunswick 15,730 +3.4% $155,900 $40,288 56 26
Buchanan 1,028 +10.2% $169,400 44 16
Buckhead suburb 4,702 $466,100 $144,864 108 11
Buena Vista 1,583 -0.6% $80,900 $28,878 100 23
Buford suburb 18,780 +9.6% $368,700 $69,471 35 10
Butler 1,825 -2.6% $81,300 84 24
Byron suburb 6,567 +15% $253,200 $85,596 86 In town
Cairo 10,150 -0.1% $108,800 $40,920 156 14
Calhoun 20,196 +18.2% $251,000 $58,750 59 22
Camilla 4,988 -3.5% $85,400 163 In town
Carrollton 27,925 +4.8% $311,100 $54,379 40 15
Cartersville 25,349 +9.2% $338,200 $84,437 35 In town
Cave Spring 1,228 +3.4% $152,200 $50,882 58 8
Cedartown 10,514 +3.4% $147,200 $34,754 51 In town
Centerville suburb 9,505 +15.2% $194,900 $68,922 89 4
Chatsworth 5,029 +2.9% $205,900 $69,058 73 25
Chattahoochee Hills 3,524 +19.1% $397,000 $111,792 22 11
Chattanooga Valley suburb 4,601 $205,300 96 9
Chester 1,476 +1% $56,048 120 11
Chickamauga suburb 3,017 +3.3% $269,100 $92,532 91 7
Clarkesville 2,186 +15.7% $254,700 $73,798 68 3
Clarkston suburb 14,431 -1.8% $302,600 $48,564 11 9
Claxton 2,560 -2.1% $162,000 $32,692 127 In town
Clayton 2,089 +4.7% $249,600 $57,083 59 In town
Clermont 1,165 +11% $321,500 $135,500 62 12
Cleveland 3,472 -0.5% $334,000 $64,450 69 13
Cochran 4,986 -0.4% $112,800 $33,456 113 In town
College Park suburb 13,887 -0.1% $325,800 $51,635 9 6
Colquitt 1,937 -2.8% $89,500 180 In town
Comer 1,631 +6.8% $223,800 $52,891 69 18
Commerce 9,303 +24.1% $239,900 $60,961 63 19
Conley suburb 5,822 $183,000 $44,056 10 6
Cordele 9,652 -5.3% $121,500 $33,800 130 In town
Cornelia 5,459 +20.2% $231,900 $39,775 70 3
Country Club Estates suburb 8,780 $168,800 $52,500 61 31
Covington suburb 17,477 +22.8% $301,900 $58,810 35 In town
Cumming suburb 12,494 +69.9% $382,900 $85,868 35 In town
Cusseta-Chattahoochee County 8,465 -10.6% $102,700 $61,042 100 15
Cuthbert 3,026 -2.5% $22,447 139 23
Dacula suburb 9,373 +35.2% $359,000 $100,821 34 6
Dahlonega 7,918 +5.1% $531,100 $77,516 59 In town
Dallas suburb 15,402 +8.9% $251,800 $75,545 26 13
Dalton 35,322 +2.6% $222,400 $63,577 76 17
Darien 1,807 +23.6% $172,200 $57,000 71 33
Davisboro 1,826 -0.3% $114,300 $49,214 118 12
Dawson 4,131 -5% $106,200 $28,533 138 21
Dawsonville 4,888 +29.5% $362,900 $90,929 49 10
Demorest 2,262 +4.4% $232,600 $77,941 70 In town
Dock Junction suburb 8,147 $143,700 $41,258 60 30
Donalsonville 2,834 +0% $109,900 $43,477 190 13
Doraville suburb 16,365 +12% $331,900 $67,235 13 5
Douglas 11,864 +1.3% $133,300 $34,408 107 In town
Druid Hills suburb 8,169 $793,200 $130,139 6 3
Dublin 16,565 +2.4% $181,300 $42,988 121 In town
East Dublin 2,552 +2.3% $50,288 123 5
East Ellijay 1,816 +177.7% $208,300 $29,125 62 19
Eastman 5,572 -1.7% $129,800 $52,394 130 In town
Eatonton 6,749 +6.5% $167,400 67 In town
Echols County 3,685 -0.8% $124,100 $59,489 78 24
Edison 1,145 -5.8% $64,500 $29,375 153 18
Elberton 4,890 +5.6% $114,900 $50,059 58 26
Ellaville 1,529 -3.5% $160,500 106 13
Ellijay 2,008 +9.2% $349,100 $48,136 64 17
Emerson 2,260 +55.2% $226,600 $75,250 31 6
Enigma 1,106 +5.6% 123 15
Euharlee 4,202 -1.7% $247,400 $99,597 39 9
Experiment 3,387 $137,500 $33,333 34 3
Fair Oaks suburb 9,014 $199,600 $62,996 13 3
Fairburn suburb 17,133 +3.6% $271,800 $91,897 18 8
Fairfield Plantation 6,172 $332,600 $102,984 30 7
Fairview suburb 5,302 $183,600 $64,050 95 6
Fitzgerald 8,882 -1.3% $99,000 $37,323 134 In town
Flowery Branch suburb 13,110 +37.8% $442,500 $103,942 40 11
Folkston 4,767 +5.8% $50,116 40 24
Forest Park suburb 19,168 -3.1% $143,400 $41,211 11 4
Forsyth 4,952 +13% $274,400 $73,250 57 In town
Fort Oglethorpe suburb 10,868 +5.4% $199,700 $51,867 93 3
Fort Valley 9,220 +4.8% $127,100 $50,283 89 10
Franklin Springs 1,206 +5.6% $207,500 $75,729 59 11
Gainesville 49,221 +16.8% $382,200 $66,974 50 In town
Garden City suburb 10,513 +1% $169,400 $47,814 124 5
Georgetown suburb 11,158 $274,900 $74,256 117 3
Georgetown-Quitman County 2,254 +1.3% $104,600 $40,179 136 9
Glennville 5,023 -4.9% $203,600 $52,844 112 14
Gordon 1,720 -2.9% $86,800 $47,243 87 15
Grantville 3,284 +5.6% $198,700 $69,283 43 10
Gray 3,567 +2.3% $226,400 $73,114 73 12
Grayson suburb 5,569 +18.9% $477,500 $131,293 28 4
Greensboro 3,519 -2.8% $194,300 $39,541 72 6
Gresham Park suburb 6,935 $297,800 $71,042 7 5
Griffin 23,896 +2% $220,900 $43,632 37 In town
Grovetown suburb 17,939 +12.9% $254,300 $85,660 96 7
Guyton 3,247 +37.9% $225,800 $86,250 139 4
Hahira 3,595 +6.1% $206,500 $70,966 112 10
Hamilton 1,824 +6.4% $289,300 $92,083 74 18
Hampton suburb 9,349 +10.8% $283,700 $75,052 28 10
Hannahs Mill 3,230 $154,600 $69,850 57 4
Hapeville suburb 7,410 +12.9% $312,100 7 6
Hardwick 3,402 $91,900 $39,510 84 3
Harlem 4,239 +17.5% $274,500 $46,197 97 13
Hartwell 4,914 +10.5% $165,700 $49,280 47 12
Hawkinsville 4,789 +1.3% $159,100 $39,603 115 In town
Hazlehurst 4,172 +2.2% $145,300 $38,616 119 In town
Hephzibah 3,815 -0.2% $185,700 $65,109 108 13
Heron Bay suburb 4,595 $393,000 $106,338 32 8
Hiawassee 1,038 +5.3% $411,100 72 In town
Hinesville 36,674 +4.6% $196,400 $60,028 103 In town
Hiram suburb 5,585 +12.8% $303,200 $85,119 21 11
Hogansville 3,290 +1% $182,400 $62,620 50 13
Homer 2,016 +59% $311,400 $89,083 66 16
Homerville 2,339 +0.4% $94,200 $35,671 80 In town
Hoschton suburb 8,623 +210.7% $386,300 $97,083 44 6
Irondale suburb 9,185 $204,500 $55,030 20 7
Ivey 1,009 -2.1% $71,500 $40,250 88 13
Jackson 5,884 +5.9% $168,400 $46,191 42 In town
Jasper 5,400 +31.5% $282,500 $52,442 49 17
Jefferson 17,185 +28.3% $377,300 $109,828 54 11
Jesup 10,301 +5% $158,500 $46,974 88 In town
Jonesboro suburb 6,046 +1.5% $188,300 $50,843 17 5
Kingsland 21,299 +16.4% $251,400 $77,944 36 11
Kingston 1,176 +59.8% $52,682 44 9
LaFayette 7,157 +3.2% $144,800 $46,018 82 16
LaGrange 34,730 +10.7% $216,300 $43,708 62 In town
Lake City suburb 2,866 -3% $192,500 $54,464 12 4
Lake Park 1,559 +60.4% $258,100 94 14
Lakeland 3,062 +6.7% $148,600 $31,147 97 In town
Lakeview suburb 4,723 $171,700 $61,405 96 4
Lakeview Estates suburb 3,596 $74,700 $46,900 22 6
Lavonia 2,200 +3.2% $198,100 $36,859 51 In town
Leesburg 3,597 +3% $199,200 $79,460 141 10
Lilburn suburb 16,369 +14.6% $329,700 $63,581 19 7
Lincolnton 1,433 -2.8% $207,100 $43,935 72 16
Lindale suburb 4,289 $156,900 $43,561 52 12
Lithia Springs suburb 16,875 $220,000 $62,417 13 6
Lithonia suburb 2,608 -1.9% $223,000 $61,713 19 2
Locust Grove suburb 14,610 +26.7% $307,300 $75,083 35 8
Loganville suburb 17,212 +20.9% $366,100 $83,605 31 8
Lookout Mountain suburb 1,662 +1.1% $564,600 $158,000 99 7
Louisville 2,237 -6% $120,400 $49,821 127 In town
Lovejoy suburb 12,929 +28.1% $265,100 $71,612 23 10
Ludowici 1,933 +27.5% $238,600 95 10
Lula 3,048 +6.9% $239,400 $69,397 62 11
Lyons 4,260 +0.3% $122,000 $42,059 135 5
Madison 5,179 +16.4% $347,200 $61,510 56 In town
Manchester 3,594 +0% $135,500 $51,353 64 17
Maysville 2,317 +24.5% $253,400 $61,495 60 16
McCaysville 1,180 +2% $52,593 72 5
McRae-Helena 5,443 -18% 140 19
Metter 4,076 +1.5% $156,300 $35,759 144 In town
Midway 2,387 +7% $237,100 $80,580 102 11
Milledgeville 16,835 -1% $193,100 $41,616 83 In town
Millen 2,952 +0.4% $42,269 142 In town
Monroe 16,507 +9.8% $259,300 $44,656 40 In town
Montezuma 2,879 -5.3% $107,700 $46,875 104 22
Montgomery suburb 4,976 $387,700 $90,843 116 4
Monticello 3,040 +19.1% $168,400 $48,812 53 In town
Morgan 1,818 +4.4% $90,200 154 23
Morrow suburb 6,211 -4.8% $224,700 $73,693 14 3
Moultrie 14,973 +2.3% $157,200 $43,670 139 23
Mount Airy 1,510 +8.7% $227,500 $87,868 68 4
Mount Vernon 1,925 -2.3% $69,800 $32,933 139 12
Mount Zion 2,057 +16.4% $231,000 $53,750 44 17
Mountain Park suburb 12,850 $350,300 $96,166 18 7
Nahunta 1,059 +4.4% 63 22
Nashville 5,038 +2.3% $133,900 $42,516 112 In town
Nelson 1,172 +1.8% $255,000 $89,375 42 12
Nicholls 3,317 +5% 100 13
Nicholson 1,941 +7.2% $197,800 $52,147 62 12
Norcross suburb 19,086 +8.8% $403,400 $75,266 17 5
Norman Park 1,007 +4.1% $92,700 $50,529 136 19
North Decatur suburb 18,442 $474,600 $110,871 8 6
North Druid Hills suburb 17,997 $515,900 $102,742 7 5
Oakwood suburb 7,245 +49.3% $306,700 $67,917 44 7
Ocilla 2,837 -17.9% $95,700 $41,277 128 In town
Omega 1,341 +1.7% 134 19
Oxford suburb 2,291 0% $208,000 $56,563 33 2
Palmetto suburb 5,298 +4% $228,800 $80,982 21 11
Panthersville suburb 9,053 $222,600 $52,236 9 7
Pearson 1,908 +5% $65,800 $32,286 97 15
Pelham 3,359 -3.6% $93,800 $39,023 158 8
Pembroke 2,706 +7.8% $200,800 $72,705 125 17
Pendergrass 1,919 +12.7% $329,700 $90,341 51 11
Perry 25,699 +22.9% $225,300 $76,909 98 12
Pine Mountain 1,303 +6.3% $363,500 $91,250 67 16
Port Wentworth suburb 17,604 +61.3% $228,100 $79,731 131 12
Porterdale suburb 1,913 +5.7% $199,000 $49,773 33 3
Putney 3,150 $134,600 $68,627 159 9
Quitman 4,032 -0.8% $110,700 $19,324 117 In town
Ray City 1,132 +18.2% $122,800 $56,023 104 6
Reed Creek 3,151 $342,900 $76,973 42 11
Reidsville 2,576 +2.3% $119,100 $41,667 124 In town
Remerton suburb 1,291 -3.1% $26,824 104 2
Resaca 1,145 +0.2% $182,800 $57,557 64 28
Richland 1,394 +3% $47,600 117 23
Rincon 11,726 +6.4% $251,600 $74,417 138 7
Ringgold suburb 3,391 +1.1% $243,300 $42,583 89 4
Riverdale suburb 14,637 -2.5% $178,800 $63,455 14 In town
Rochelle 1,146 -1.2% $85,800 $41,607 137 19
Rockmart 5,369 +5.2% $201,700 $56,828 40 12
Rome 38,934 +2.9% $234,300 $54,435 56 17
Rossville suburb 3,922 -1.1% $133,000 $59,191 97 4
Royston 2,693 +1.9% $220,800 $34,435 57 10
Sandersville 5,397 -6.6% $121,000 $49,833 108 23
Scottdale suburb 10,542 $357,100 $85,610 9 7
Senoia 6,276 +24.6% $440,800 $124,964 32 10
Skidaway Island suburb 9,315 $803,700 $136,156 116 7
Social Circle 5,537 +10.5% $307,300 $88,591 42 8
Soperton 2,994 +4.1% $33,146 143 16
Sparks 2,098 +1.6% $86,300 $39,191 120 12
Sparta 1,322 -2.2% $56,400 90 21
Springfield 3,344 +23.6% $196,000 $62,957 142 In town
St. Marys 20,546 +10.9% $312,300 $74,288 29 In town
St. Simons 16,228 $555,600 $108,771 61 31
Statesboro 35,366 +5.7% $197,900 $44,737 145 In town
Statham suburb 3,350 +17.9% $247,600 $73,903 49 7
Stone Mountain suburb 6,562 -1.9% $206,400 $46,973 15 7
Summerville 4,440 +1% $99,000 $32,662 72 23
Swainsboro 7,436 -1.7% $109,300 $49,750 146 In town
Sylvania 2,704 +2.5% $155,300 $46,033 150 In town
Sylvester 5,430 -3.2% $115,900 $58,417 153 In town
Tallapoosa 3,141 -2.4% $185,100 $62,599 50 20
Temple 6,564 +30.4% $232,800 $91,180 35 6
Tennille 1,805 +17.2% $91,000 $29,250 109 24
Thomaston 9,852 +0.2% $211,000 $38,917 60 In town
Thomasville 18,667 -1.1% $205,200 $49,673 142 In town
Thomson 6,763 -0.7% $161,100 $42,180 95 4
Thunderbolt suburb 2,534 -0.8% $334,600 $75,234 123 3
Tifton 17,595 +3% $196,200 $45,298 135 19
Toccoa 9,539 +4.1% $178,100 $48,438 58 In town
Trenton 2,236 +2.3% $166,000 $39,441 99 17
Trion 1,972 +0.4% $127,700 $48,750 74 26
Tunnel Hill suburb 1,004 +3.2% $195,600 $56,536 83 10
Twin City 1,702 +3.6% 154 11
Tybee Island 3,156 +1.6% $611,200 $120,479 125 14
Tyrone suburb 8,091 +3.9% $470,400 $135,691 22 5
Unadilla 3,091 -0.7% $60,600 $36,875 111 15
Union Point 1,856 +15.4% $88,600 $62,011 78 13
Valdosta 56,186 +1.4% $182,800 $45,925 103 In town
Varnell 2,295 +3.4% $229,400 $86,100 85 13
Vidalia 10,885 +1.6% $158,500 $49,370 137 In town
Vienna 2,961 +1.5% $120,300 $57,736 121 8
Villa Rica 21,022 +22% $274,200 $87,803 28 In town
Vinings suburb 14,390 $604,600 $94,982 7 7
Wadley 1,548 -5.5% $64,600 $37,500 132 10
Waleska 1,042 +12% 39 8
Walnut Grove suburb 1,735 +31.1% $264,300 $83,208 33 8
Walthourville suburb 4,003 +9.3% $158,700 $73,647 99 4
Warrenton 1,926 +10.6% $67,200 $34,103 100 12
Washington 3,638 -2.7% $144,500 $54,219 79 In town
Watkinsville suburb 4,131 +41.9% $367,800 $92,147 59 6
Waycross 13,936 +0% $84,100 $38,301 73 In town
Waynesboro 5,511 -4.3% $161,500 $41,620 122 20
Webster County 2,369 +0.7% $82,600 $46,792 119 17
West Point 3,661 -0.5% $199,500 $57,214 73 5
Whitemarsh Island suburb 6,886 $399,700 $101,729 123 5
Willacoochee 1,256 +1.5% $43,200 $32,750 107 15
Wilmington Island suburb 13,905 $404,900 $93,924 122 7
Winder 21,252 +15.7% $288,500 $63,779 43 In town
Winterville suburb 1,203 -0.2% $297,000 $110,804 67 7
Woodbine 1,084 +2.2% $149,400 43 14
Wrens 2,100 -5.1% $123,400 $37,609 113 14
Wrightsville 3,585 +3.4% $34,631 122 19
Zebulon 1,358 +10.9% $213,400 $49,706 47 11

Big city: a metro area of about 1 million people or more. ER: the nearest hospital with an emergency room. Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, BEA, Medicare.