A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Carnesville$1,790/mo

Typical home $310K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.63% · or rent about $919/mo · Housing →

Bethlehem$2,140/mo

Typical home $366K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.73% · or rent about $972/mo · Housing →

The difference: $350 a month, about $4,200 a year, between Bethlehem and Carnesville.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Grades and rankings, side by side

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Georgia ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Schools

B+CarnesvilleBetter than 69% of districts in the state B−BethlehemBetter than 47% of districts in the state

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

CarnesvilleBethlehem

Snow a year1″1″

January low—32°F

July high—89°F

Growing season (days)—219d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)39th 51st

Outdoors & history

CarnesvilleBethlehem

Trails1 mi —

Conserved land1%—

Settled1805 —

National Register places2 1

Famous people born here7 1

Community

CarnesvilleBethlehem

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

41 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

CarnesvilleGA BethlehemGA

Carnesville ↔ Bethlehem41 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Georgia average

CarnesvilleBethlehem

People

Population 852Highest 707Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +23.6%Highest GA: +10.6% +19%Lowest GA: +10.6%

Median age 35.3±3.7Highest 6% below GA 32.4±3.8Lowest 14% below GA

Carnesville and Bethlehem are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 22.4%±4.4Highest GA: 23.2% 21.6%±3.7Lowest GA: 23.2%

Carnesville and Bethlehem are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 11.4%±5.7Highest GA: 15% 11.2%±2.8Lowest GA: 15%

Carnesville and Bethlehem are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 14.3%Lowest GA: 34.9% 16.6%Highest GA: 34.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6%±4.9Highest GA: 6.4% 3.8%±2.4Lowest GA: 6.4%

Carnesville and Bethlehem are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $85,000±$40kHighest 10% above GA $61,875±$24kLowest 20% below GA

Carnesville and Bethlehem are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $200,000±$56kLowest 34% below GA $263,500±$30kHighest 13% below GA

Bethlehem and Carnesville are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $919±$234Lowest 34% below GA $972±$371Highest 30% below GA

Bethlehem and Carnesville are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,256Lowest 46% below GA $1,929Highest 18% below GA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 35%±31.1Highest GA: 52.4% 17.6%±49.5Lowest GA: 52.4%

Carnesville and Bethlehem are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 9.4%Highest GA: 13.4% 9%Lowest GA: 13.4%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 72.6%Lowest GA: 65.7% 75.9%Highest GA: 65.7%

Typical home builtmedian year 1974Lowest 18 yrs older than GA 1993Highest 1 yr newer than GA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 30 minHighest 6% above GA 29 minLowest about the GA average

Work from home 9.2%±9.7Lowest GA: 15.9% 10%±4.6Highest GA: 15.9%

Bethlehem and Carnesville are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 2.9%Highest 2.1%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 28.8 miHighest 20.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.75Lowest 1.81Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Athens (6%)Winder (9%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BethlehemFew work in Carnesville

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.8 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 14.1Lowest 16.6Highest

Schools

School district Franklin CountyBarrow County

High school in town Franklin County High SchoolNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 15.2 —

Georgia average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Carnesville vs Bethlehem

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $350 more a month in Bethlehem

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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