Lumpkin County, Georgia

Lumpkin County has a population of 34,505 and has grown 8.0% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $307,900, about 4.0 times the county's median household income of $77,448.

Home price
$307,900
Income
$77,448
Population
34,505
Unemployment
5.7%

Housing

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

Median home price$307,900county
Median gross rent$1,142county
Median year homes here were built1998county
Share of homes built before 198015.7%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile16.8%county
Share of homes that are vacant13.8%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented23.7%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use6.6%county
Typical monthly rent$2,211county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,245county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,136county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,577county
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$77,448county
Family health premium / yr$23,363(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$11,863(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.768(statewide)
Poverty rate14.1%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 home10.3%county
Unemployment rate5.7%county
Share of adults in the labor force56.6%county
Share of workers who are self-employed6.1%county
Share of workers employed by government16.5%county
Share of workers in the largest industry23.1%county
Economic output per resident$39,514county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.65%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 time28.3 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service66 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport52511402county
Miles to nearest general aviation field4.4 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 station19 micounty
Households without a vehicle2.3%county
Traffic deaths40.6county
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 higher31.6%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher89.7%county
Public schools in the county5county
Public school enrollment3754county
Students per full-time teacher14.5county
Free lunch eligible54.4%county
Elementary schools3county
Middle schools1county
High schools1county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution0.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians32county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here5county
Fine particulate matter8.8 µg(statewide)
Without health insurance11.8%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year13.2%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year9.8%county
Frequent mental distress18.4%county
No leisure-time physical activity24.7%county
Diagnosed diabetes10.9%county

Place

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

Population34,505county
Land area in square miles281county
People per square mile of land123.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores0county
Convenience stores7county
Share living far from a food store2.1%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract13.4%county
Population change since 2020+8.0%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age36.5 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1817.0%county
Share of residents 65 and over18.6%county
Share of households that are one person23.3%county
Share of residents born outside the United States3.5%county
Second languages6.0%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls25.9%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents99county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents7county
Households that moved in1,326county
Households that moved away1,101county
Average income of arriving households$76,054county
Average income of departing households$63,504county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes20county
Housing units authorised in the latest year270county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings0.0%county
Violent crime rate326(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature59.1°Fcounty
Annual precipitation57.1 incounty
Annual snowfall2.3 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.45 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F11 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing69 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7bcounty
Frost-free days227 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 26county
Average first fall frostNov 8county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$148county
Electric utilities serving this county5county
Electricity price per kWh12.4¢county
Household electricity use1,181 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$26.20(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity64.2%county
Homes heated by utility gas8.3%county
Homes heated by propane23.5%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.6%county
Homes heated by wood2.3%county
Households with broadband91.7%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk50.5county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk50.1county
Landslide risk78.1county
Hail risk43.0county
Earthquake risk57.6county
Tornado risk61.7county
Tropical cyclone risk43.1county
Extreme heat risk14.5county
Winter weather risk14.8county
Strong wind risk35.8county
Wildfire risk46.0county

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 Lumpkin 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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