Chatham County, Georgia

Chatham County has a population of 300,879 and has grown 5.6% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $302,700, about 4.3 times the county's median household income of $71,097.

Home price
$302,700
Income
$71,097
Population
300,879
Unemployment
5.9%

Housing

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

Median home price$302,700county
Median gross rent$1,471county
Median year homes here were built1986county
Share of homes built before 198042.0%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile3.5%county
Share of homes that are vacant12.5%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented43.2%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use3.4%county
Typical monthly rent$1,781county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,680county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,533county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,235county
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$71,097county
Family health premium / yr$23,363(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$11,863(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.768(statewide)
Poverty rate14.3%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 home11.6%county
Unemployment rate5.9%county
Share of adults in the labor force63.7%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.5%county
Share of workers employed by government13.9%county
Share of workers in the largest industry22.5%county
Economic output per resident$94,598county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.84%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 time23.0 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service7.0 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport2020753county
Miles to nearest general aviation field27 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here0county
Passenger train stations and the railway network1county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station2.9 micounty
Households without a vehicle7.6%county
Traffic deaths17.3county
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 higher37.7%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher91.1%county
Public schools in the county57county
Public school enrollment35328county
Students per full-time teacher13.2county
Free lunch eligible73.6%county
Elementary schools33county
Middle schools9county
High schools12county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above4county
Share of local colleges that are public40.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution3.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians93county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county5county
Hospitals here with an emergency department4county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here2county
Fine particulate matter8.9 µgcounty
Without health insurance12.9%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year17.6%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year14.1%county
Frequent mental distress16.3%county
No leisure-time physical activity23.0%county
Diagnosed diabetes12.5%county

Place

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

Population300,879county
Land area in square miles433county
People per square mile of land695.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores58county
Convenience stores58county
Share living far from a food store27.2%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract10.5%county
Population change since 2020+5.6%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents5county
Median age37.2 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1820.7%county
Share of residents 65 and over16.7%county
Share of households that are one person31.8%county
Share of residents born outside the United States8.7%county
Second languages11.4%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls41.6%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents113county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents0county
Households that moved in10,774county
Households that moved away10,516county
Average income of arriving households$67,558county
Average income of departing households$62,066county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes32county
Housing units authorised in the latest year4,426county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings39.8%county
Violent crime rate326(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature67.3°Fcounty
Annual precipitation44.8 incounty
Annual snowfall1.1 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.72 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F65 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing22 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 8acounty
Frost-free days267 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 6county
Average first fall frostNov 28county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$158county
Electric utilities serving this county1county
Electricity price per kWh14.0¢county
Household electricity use1,127 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$26.20(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity70.9%county
Homes heated by utility gas26.5%county
Homes heated by propane1.0%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood0.1%county
Households with broadband92.2%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk90.8county
Coastal flood risk96.0county
Drought risk37.8county
Landslide risk18.8county
Hail risk69.1county
Earthquake risk94.4county
Tornado risk77.4county
Tropical cyclone risk99.4county
Extreme heat risk95.3county
Winter weather risk67.9county
Strong wind risk80.5county
Wildfire risk92.4county

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 here1county

Figures marked county are measured for Chatham 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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