Oconee County, Georgia

Oconee County has a population of 43,551 and has grown 7.4% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $461,600, about 3.8 times the county's median household income of $121,217.

Home price
$461,600
Income
$121,217
Population
43,551
Unemployment
3.0%

Housing

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

Median home price$461,600county
Median gross rent$1,462county
Median year homes here were built1998county
Share of homes built before 198019.1%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile3.2%county
Share of homes that are vacant4.4%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented18.7%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.4%county
Typical monthly rent$2,130county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,331county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,183county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,734county
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$121,217county
Family health premium / yr$23,363(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$11,863(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.768(statewide)
Poverty rate6.2%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 home17.0%county
Unemployment rate3.0%county
Share of adults in the labor force64.9%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.0%county
Share of workers employed by government21.5%county
Share of workers in the largest industry30.6%county
Economic output per resident$58,884county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.70%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 time24.7 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service58 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport52511402county
Miles to nearest general aviation field9.3 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 station35 micounty
Households without a vehicle0.8%county
Traffic deaths39.0county
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 higher55.9%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher96.4%county
Public schools in the county12county
Public school enrollment8474county
Students per full-time teacher14.3county
Free lunch eligible17.6%county
Elementary schools7county
Middle schools3county
High schools2county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public0.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution3.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians114county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county0county
Hospitals here with an emergency department0county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter8.8 µgcounty
Without health insurance6.8%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year7.5%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year4.8%county
Frequent mental distress13.7%county
No leisure-time physical activity19.8%county
Diagnosed diabetes10.0%county

Place

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

Population43,551county
Land area in square miles184county
People per square mile of land236.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores8county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store25.5%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020+7.4%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-1county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age41.1 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1825.9%county
Share of residents 65 and over16.8%county
Share of households that are one person13.9%county
Share of residents born outside the United States7.1%county
Second languages8.9%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls31.5%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents93county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents8county
Households that moved in1,290county
Households that moved away1,309county
Average income of arriving households$111,549county
Average income of departing households$84,310county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes20county
Housing units authorised in the latest year320county
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 temperature63.2°Fcounty
Annual precipitation51.4 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.55 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F49 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing51 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 8acounty
Frost-free days235 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 22county
Average first fall frostNov 12county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$157county
Electric utilities serving this county4county
Electricity price per kWh13.7¢county
Household electricity use1,162 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$26.20(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity66.2%county
Homes heated by utility gas30.2%county
Homes heated by propane2.2%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood0.7%county
Households with broadband94.5%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk35.0county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk54.4county
Landslide risk18.2county
Hail risk44.8county
Earthquake risk56.7county
Tornado risk40.5county
Tropical cyclone risk58.6county
Extreme heat risk39.5county
Winter weather risk6.2county
Strong wind risk27.2county
Wildfire risk25.9county

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 Oconee 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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