Barrow County, Georgia

Barrow County has a population of 89,886 and has grown 19.4% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $294,700, about 3.6 times the county's median household income of $80,653.

Home price
$294,700
Income
$80,653
Population
89,886
Unemployment
3.7%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$294,700county
Median gross rent$1,318county
Median year homes here were built2001county
Share of homes built before 198016.6%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile6.2%county
Share of homes that are vacant4.5%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented21.5%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.4%county
Typical monthly rent$2,108county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,820county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,660county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,182county
Home insurance / yr$2,323(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living92.5(statewide)
Median household income$80,653county
Family health premium / yr$23,363(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$11,863(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.768(statewide)
Poverty rate9.6%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home9.3%county
Unemployment rate3.7%county
Share of adults in the labor force67.6%county
Share of workers who are self-employed6.0%county
Share of workers employed by government13.3%county
Share of workers in the largest industry17.4%county
Economic output per resident$42,231county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.78%county
Top state income tax4.99%(statewide)
Capital gains tax4.99%(statewide)
Combined sales tax7.56%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time33.5 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service47 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport52511402county
Miles to nearest general aviation field3.6 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station21 micounty
Households without a vehicle3.1%county
Traffic deaths20.0county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-4.9(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher21.2%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher88.6%county
Public schools in the county17county
Public school enrollment15313county
Students per full-time teacher13.2county
Free lunch eligible60.0%county
Elementary schools10county
Middle schools4county
High schools3county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution16 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians22county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter9.5 µgcounty
Without health insurance15.4%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year17.3%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year12.8%county
Frequent mental distress17.7%county
No leisure-time physical activity24.9%county
Diagnosed diabetes11.4%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population89,886county
Land area in square miles161county
People per square mile of land558.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores14county
Convenience stores12county
Share living far from a food store22.3%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract16.7%county
Population change since 2020+19.4%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents5county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents2county
Median age36.4 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1825.1%county
Share of residents 65 and over12.9%county
Share of households that are one person18.8%county
Share of residents born outside the United States10.1%county
Second languages17.2%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls37.4%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents84county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents22county
Households that moved in4,171county
Households that moved away3,000county
Average income of arriving households$62,047county
Average income of departing households$60,338county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes49county
Housing units authorised in the latest year1,584county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings17.9%county
Violent crime rate326(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature62.7°Fcounty
Annual precipitation47.4 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.52 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F47 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing51 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 8a(statewide)
Frost-free days236 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 25county
Average first fall frostNov 16county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$153county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh13.0¢county
Household electricity use1,209 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$26.20(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity78.6%county
Homes heated by utility gas18.1%county
Homes heated by propane2.0%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.3%county
Homes heated by wood0.5%county
Households with broadband94.2%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk58.1county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk0.0county
Landslide risk23.6county
Hail risk61.0county
Earthquake risk66.3county
Tornado risk66.4county
Tropical cyclone risk48.1county
Extreme heat risk54.8county
Winter weather risk10.4county
Strong wind risk63.1county
Wildfire risk19.6county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Barrow County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Georgia figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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