Americus ranks #15 in Georgia for short commutes
Americus is ranked on 33 lists against the 265 Georgia towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 5.
Younger than 95% of Georgia
Not better or worse, just Americus’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Americus does best on
Each list ranks every GA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Americus marked.
Americus lands in the top half on 9 of 22 lists
Each dot is Americus’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in GA, the right end is last. Areas where Americus does best come first.
Every GA list, and where Americus lands
38 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Nicholls · 0.6 yrs
#22
Cheapest rent#1 Folkston · $495/mo
#55
Lowest property tax#1 Lakeview Estates · $199/yr
#66
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 32.9%
#34 Health
Healthiest#1 Milton · 100 / 100
#190
Lowest obesity#1 Johns Creek · 21%
#182
Fewest smokers#1 Skidaway Island · 6%
#160
Most active#1 Druid Hills · 13%
#184
Fewest uninsured#1 Skidaway Island · 5%
#165
Lowest depression#1 Grayson · 15%
#76
Closest to a top hospital#1 Dahlonega · 0.6 mi
#240 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Fort Oglethorpe · 57.3%
#197
Most trails#1 Watkinsville · 2.9 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Clarkston · 139 / sq mi
#98 People
Most educated#1 Druid Hills · 83.8%
#153
Youngest#1 Dahlonega · 21.2
#14
Oldest#1 Skidaway Island · 66.4
#252
Most residents 65+#1 Skidaway Island · 51.8%
#122
Most kids#1 Clarkston · 38.2%
#101 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Tybee Island · 43.1%
#14
Most new homes#1 Hoschton · 100.7 per 1,000
#152
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Claxton · +94.3%
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forest Park · 104.6 per home
Safety
Safest#1 Senoia · 2.6
#113 
The number on the right is Americus’s spot. All of Georgia’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every GA list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.