Bartow County, Georgia

Bartow County has a population of 113,113 and has grown 11.0% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $289,000, about 3.5 times the county's median household income of $82,243.

Home price
$289,000
Income
$82,243
Population
113,113
Unemployment
4.7%

Housing

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

Median home price$289,000county
Median gross rent$1,268county
Median year homes here were built1994county
Share of homes built before 198026.7%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile9.7%county
Share of homes that are vacant9.7%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented27.2%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.6%county
Typical monthly rent$1,685county
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$82,243county
Family health premium / yr$23,363(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$11,863(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.768(statewide)
Poverty rate10.3%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 home11.3%county
Unemployment rate4.7%county
Share of adults in the labor force65.4%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.7%county
Share of workers employed by government12.7%county
Share of workers in the largest industry19.2%county
Economic output per resident$76,441county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.70%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 time29.4 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service46 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport52511402county
Miles to nearest general aviation field6.0 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 station38 micounty
Households without a vehicle2.7%county
Traffic deaths94.6county
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 higher24.3%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher88.6%county
Public schools in the county23county
Public school enrollment18705county
Students per full-time teacher14.8county
Free lunch eligible61.9%county
Elementary schools13county
Middle schools6county
High schools4county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution17 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians37county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter9.1 µgcounty
Without health insurance14.8%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year14.9%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year11.5%county
Frequent mental distress17.6%county
No leisure-time physical activity26.5%county
Diagnosed diabetes11.7%county

Place

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

Population113,113county
Land area in square miles459county
People per square mile of land246.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores18county
Convenience stores24county
Share living far from a food store19.6%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract20.3%county
Population change since 2020+11.0%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age38.2 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1823.2%county
Share of residents 65 and over14.6%county
Share of households that are one person21.6%county
Share of residents born outside the United States4.9%county
Second languages9.6%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls47.8%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents131county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents21county
Households that moved in4,103county
Households that moved away3,227county
Average income of arriving households$58,889county
Average income of departing households$58,751county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes23county
Housing units authorised in the latest year1,030county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings22.8%county
Violent crime rate326(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature61.7°Fcounty
Annual precipitation40.2 incounty
Annual snowfall1.3 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.44 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F45 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing67 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7bcounty
Frost-free days220 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 29county
Average first fall frostNov 4county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$153county
Electric utilities serving this county6county
Electricity price per kWh12.3¢county
Household electricity use1,156 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$26.20(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity63.0%county
Homes heated by utility gas28.2%county
Homes heated by propane6.5%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.2%county
Homes heated by wood1.2%county
Households with broadband87.8%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk67.8county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk52.9county
Landslide risk78.5county
Hail risk69.7county
Earthquake risk81.0county
Tornado risk87.1county
Tropical cyclone risk50.1county
Extreme heat risk47.0county
Winter weather risk58.1county
Strong wind risk59.3county
Wildfire risk62.2county

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 Bartow 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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