Hancock County, Georgia

Hancock County has a population of 8,650 and has shrunk 0.6% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $88,600, about 2.2 times the county's median household income of $40,082.

Home price
$88,600
Income
$40,082
Population
8,650
Unemployment
6.3%

Housing

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

Median home price$88,600county
Median gross rent$938county
Median year homes here were built1990county
Share of homes built before 198031.5%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile43.1%county
Share of homes that are vacant41.2%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented20.7%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use33.6%county
Typical monthly rent$1,764(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$973county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$770county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,252county
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$40,082county
Family health premium / yr$23,363(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$11,863(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.768(statewide)
Poverty rate30.6%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 home2.4%county
Unemployment rate6.3%county
Share of adults in the labor force30.1%county
Share of workers who are self-employed3.1%county
Share of workers employed by government28.1%county
Share of workers in the largest industry22.2%county
Economic output per resident$23,361county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate1.09%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 time35.4 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service54 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport17020county
Miles to nearest general aviation field15 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here0county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station85 micounty
Households without a vehicle8.4%county
Traffic deaths11.6county
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 higher10.3%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher76.1%county
Public schools in the county3county
Public school enrollment652county
Students per full-time teacher12.5county
Free lunch eligible97.9%county
Elementary schools1county
Middle schools1county
High schools1county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution17 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians12county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county0county
Hospitals here with an emergency department0county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter8.5 µgcounty
Without health insurance9.8%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year33.7%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year32.2%county
Frequent mental distress17.9%county
No leisure-time physical activity37.8%county
Diagnosed diabetes21.1%county

Place

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

Population8,650county
Land area in square miles471county
People per square mile of land18.4county
Supermarkets and grocery stores0county
Convenience stores3county
Share living far from a food store6.0%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020-0.6%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-8county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents-0county
Median age47.3 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1813.7%county
Share of residents 65 and over25.2%county
Share of households that are one person30.2%county
Share of residents born outside the United States2.2%county
Second languages2.8%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls31.2%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents275county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents2county
Households that moved in197county
Households that moved away165county
Average income of arriving households$45,802county
Average income of departing households$31,752county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes5county
Housing units authorised in the latest year24county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings27.5%(statewide)
Violent crime rate326(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature64.4°Fcounty
Annual precipitation46.7 incounty
Annual snowfall1.0 in(statewide)
Average daily solar energy4.62 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F61 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing48 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 8a(statewide)
Frost-free days235 days(statewide)

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$154county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh14.7¢county
Household electricity use1,052 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$26.20(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity57.9%county
Homes heated by utility gas11.1%county
Homes heated by propane26.5%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.0%county
Homes heated by wood2.5%county
Households with broadband71.3%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk26.9county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk60.5county
Landslide risk25.2county
Hail risk36.1county
Earthquake risk44.3county
Tornado risk28.8county
Tropical cyclone risk62.1county
Extreme heat risk43.5county
Winter weather risk3.3county
Strong wind risk19.0county
Wildfire risk54.1county

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 Hancock 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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