Gilmer County, Georgia

Gilmer County has a population of 32,426 and has grown 8.1% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $314,000, about 4.2 times the county's median household income of $74,499.

Home price
$314,000
Income
$74,499
Population
32,426
Unemployment
2.7%

Housing

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

Median home price$314,000county
Median gross rent$998county
Median year homes here were built1998county
Share of homes built before 198015.7%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile14.8%county
Share of homes that are vacant29.7%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented19.3%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use23.4%county
Typical monthly rent$1,901county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,036county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$830county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,357county
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$74,499county
Family health premium / yr$23,363(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$11,863(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.768(statewide)
Poverty rate16.0%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 home9.2%county
Unemployment rate2.7%county
Share of adults in the labor force52.6%county
Share of workers who are self-employed7.9%county
Share of workers employed by government15.5%county
Share of workers in the largest industry17.5%county
Economic output per resident$44,390county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.35%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 time28.9 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service48 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport557741county
Miles to nearest general aviation field4.0 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 station46 micounty
Households without a vehicle2.9%county
Traffic deaths77.1county
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 higher24.9%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher87.2%county
Public schools in the county5county
Public school enrollment4124county
Students per full-time teacher14.8county
Free lunch eligible52.5%county
Elementary schools3county
Middle schools1county
High schools1county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution25 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians44county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county0county
Hospitals here with an emergency department0county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter7.2 µgcounty
Without health insurance14.6%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year13.5%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year10.4%county
Frequent mental distress15.4%county
No leisure-time physical activity26.9%county
Diagnosed diabetes14.1%county

Place

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

Population32,426county
Land area in square miles426county
People per square mile of land76.1county
Supermarkets and grocery stores5county
Convenience stores5county
Share living far from a food store17.9%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020+8.1%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age50.0 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1818.3%county
Share of residents 65 and over27.0%county
Share of households that are one person23.0%county
Share of residents born outside the United States5.2%county
Second languages9.9%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls38.0%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents134county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents13county
Households that moved in1,027county
Households that moved away806county
Average income of arriving households$81,125county
Average income of departing households$61,440county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes12county
Housing units authorised in the latest year212county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings54.7%county
Violent crime rate326(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature58.2°Fcounty
Annual precipitation56.7 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.37 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F7 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing75 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 8acounty
Frost-free days209 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 8county
Average first fall frostNov 3county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$153county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh14.0¢county
Household electricity use989 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$26.20(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity44.9%county
Homes heated by utility gas10.6%county
Homes heated by propane38.3%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.9%county
Homes heated by wood3.4%county
Households with broadband90.7%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk75.3county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk62.2county
Landslide risk95.9county
Hail risk58.0county
Earthquake risk72.0county
Tornado risk75.3county
Tropical cyclone risk59.6county
Extreme heat risk7.0county
Winter weather risk30.6county
Strong wind risk59.0county
Wildfire risk71.3county

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 Gilmer 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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