Hall County, Georgia

Hall County has a population of 212,705 and has grown 11.7% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $350,400, about 4.3 times the county's median household income of $80,901.

Home price
$350,400
Income
$80,901
Population
212,705
Unemployment
3.5%

Housing

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

Median home price$350,400county
Median gross rent$1,341county
Median year homes here were built1996county
Share of homes built before 198025.4%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile8.4%county
Share of homes that are vacant9.1%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented31.4%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.9%county
Typical monthly rent$1,678county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,514county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,381county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,834county
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$80,901county
Family health premium / yr$23,363(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$11,863(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.768(statewide)
Poverty rate11.8%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 home11.9%county
Unemployment rate3.5%county
Share of adults in the labor force63.6%county
Share of workers who are self-employed6.4%county
Share of workers employed by government9.6%county
Share of workers in the largest industry18.2%county
Economic output per resident$84,621county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.73%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 time27.3 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service55 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport52511402county
Miles to nearest general aviation field1.0 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network1county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station2.1 micounty
Households without a vehicle6.3%county
Traffic deaths18.3county
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 higher27.3%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher81.0%county
Public schools in the county47county
Public school enrollment35754county
Students per full-time teacher14.8county
Free lunch eligible63.8%county
Elementary schools25county
Middle schools10county
High schools10county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public33.3%county
Two-year institutions2county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution3.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians60county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter8.7 µgcounty
Without health insurance16.5%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year17.6%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year12.0%county
Frequent mental distress17.7%county
No leisure-time physical activity29.3%county
Diagnosed diabetes13.1%county

Place

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

Population212,705county
Land area in square miles393county
People per square mile of land542.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores36county
Convenience stores25county
Share living far from a food store32.9%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract6.9%county
Population change since 2020+11.7%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents5county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents4county
Median age38.4 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1823.8%county
Share of residents 65 and over16.3%county
Share of households that are one person21.0%county
Share of residents born outside the United States16.9%county
Second languages29.1%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls80.1%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents97county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents5county
Households that moved in7,021county
Households that moved away6,300county
Average income of arriving households$77,844county
Average income of departing households$70,497county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes25county
Housing units authorised in the latest year1,996county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings5.2%county
Violent crime rate326(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature61.6°Fcounty
Annual precipitation49.5 incounty
Annual snowfall2.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.54 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F35 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing53 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 8bcounty
Frost-free days240 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 21county
Average first fall frostNov 16county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$147county
Electric utilities serving this county5county
Electricity price per kWh13.3¢county
Household electricity use1,105 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$26.20(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity66.5%county
Homes heated by utility gas28.7%county
Homes heated by propane3.2%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood0.5%county
Households with broadband93.6%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk86.2county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk40.6county
Landslide risk82.6county
Hail risk86.1county
Earthquake risk84.3county
Tornado risk94.1county
Tropical cyclone risk66.9county
Extreme heat risk66.4county
Winter weather risk34.2county
Strong wind risk70.6county
Wildfire risk50.4county

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 here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Hall 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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