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%

Fitzgerald$820/mo

Typical home $131K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.20% · or rent about $670/mo · Housing →

Adel$1,040/mo

Typical home $176K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.78% · or rent about $969/mo · Housing →

The difference: $220 a month, about $2,600 a year, between Adel and Fitzgerald.

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

Adel places higher on 10 of 20 GA lists

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.

Safety

DFitzgeraldSafer than 7% of U.S. towns –AdelNot graded

Schools

C−FitzgeraldBetter than 23% of districts in the state B−AdelBetter than 51% of districts in the state

Health

D−FitzgeraldHealthier than 2% of U.S. towns DAdelHealthier than 10% of U.S. towns

9Fitzgerald

10Adel

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Highest graduation rateSchools · 256 towns #169#27 Most trailsOutdoors · 162 towns #64#153 Most new homesHousing · 188 towns #174#93 Shortest commuteGetting around · 265 towns #5#90 Most walkableOutdoors · 265 towns #84#158 Lowest obesityHealth · 263 towns #221#150 Cheapest rentCost of living · 261 towns #16#86 Most activeHealth · 263 towns #239#173

Left end = #1 in Georgia. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Fitzgerald’s rankings →

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

FitzgeraldAdel

Snow a year0″0″

January low39°F 39°F

July high92°F 90°F

Growing season (days)268d 268d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)14th 52nd

Outdoors & history

FitzgeraldAdel

Trails5 mi 1 mi

Conserved land2.6%1.4%

Settled1895 1889

National Register places7 3

Archive photos18 4

Famous people born here18 8

Community

FitzgeraldAdel

Library hours a week32 hrs 37 hrs

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

42 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

FitzgeraldGA AdelGA

Fitzgerald ↔ Adel42 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

FitzgeraldAdel

People

Population 8,918Highest 5,641Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -0.5%Lowest GA: +10.6% +4.4%Highest GA: +10.6%

Median age 37.5±3.2Highest about the GA average 36.8±5.2Lowest about the GA average

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

Kids under 18 23.8%±5.1Highest GA: 23.2% 23.7%±5.8Lowest GA: 23.2%

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

Age 65+ 17.1%±2.6Highest GA: 15% 16.3%±3.3Lowest GA: 15%

Fitzgerald and Adel 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% 18.5%Highest GA: 34.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.5%±1.9Lowest GA: 6.4% 3.7%±2.3Highest GA: 6.4%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $37,323±$6kLowest 52% below GA $43,618±$14kHighest 44% below GA

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $99,000±$7kLowest 67% below GA $154,900±$15kHighest 49% below GA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $670±$55Lowest 52% below GA $969±$51Highest 30% below GA

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,191Lowest 49% below GA $1,208Highest 48% below GA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 49.7%±13.4Lowest GA: 52.4% 61.5%±15.7Highest GA: 52.4%

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

Below poverty line 27.8%Highest GA: 13.4% 23.9%Lowest GA: 13.4%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 53.8%Lowest GA: 65.7% 55.2%Highest GA: 65.7%

Typical home builtmedian year 1971Lowest 21 yrs older than GA 1980Highest 12 yrs older than GA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 14 minLowest 49% below GA 23 minHighest 17% below GA

Work from home 3%±2.9Highest GA: 15.9% 2.7%±2.5Lowest GA: 15.9%

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

Work in townworking residents 29.9%Highest 21.1%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.3 miLowest 20.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.27Lowest 1.32Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Tifton (6%)Valdosta (13%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in AdelFew work in Fitzgerald

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.6%Highest 1.4%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 4.6 miHighest 1.1 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 5Highest 2Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 64.9Highest 45.9Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #178 of 231 in GA—

School district Ben Hill CountyCook County

High school in town None in townNone in town

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

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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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.

Fitzgerald vs Adel

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $220 more a month in Adel

Adel places higher on 10 of 20 GA lists

What daily life feels like in each

42 miles apart

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