Barnesville ranks #60 in Georgia for cheap rent
Barnesville is ranked on 32 lists against the 265 Georgia towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 1.
Younger than 88% of Georgia
Not better or worse, just Barnesville’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Barnesville lands in the top half on 9 of 20 lists
Each dot is Barnesville’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in GA, the right end is last. Areas where Barnesville does best come first.
The lists Barnesville does best on
Each list ranks every GA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Barnesville marked.
Where Barnesville lands in every GA ranking
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
#82
Cheapest rent#1 Folkston · $495/mo
#60
Lowest property tax#1 Lakeview Estates · $199/yr
#95
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 32.9%
Health
Healthiest#1 Milton · 100 / 100
#141
Lowest obesity#1 Johns Creek · 21%
#114
Fewest smokers#1 Skidaway Island · 6%
#112
Most active#1 Druid Hills · 13%
#142
Fewest uninsured#1 Skidaway Island · 5%
#85
Lowest depression#1 Grayson · 15%
#119
Closest to a top hospital#1 Dahlonega · 0.6 mi
#187 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Fort Oglethorpe · 57.3%
#111
Most trails#1 Watkinsville · 2.9 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Clarkston · 139 / sq mi
#143 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Tybee Island · 43.1%
#195
Most new homes#1 Hoschton · 100.7 per 1,000
#100
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Claxton · +94.3%
#105
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forest Park · 104.6 per home
People
Most educated#1 Druid Hills · 83.8%
#188
Youngest#1 Dahlonega · 21.2
#32
Oldest#1 Skidaway Island · 66.4
#234
Most residents 65+#1 Skidaway Island · 51.8%
#170
Most kids#1 Clarkston · 38.2%
#228 
Climate
Snowiest#1 Douglasville · 3.8 in
Least snow#1 Milton · 1.3 in
Mildest winters#1 St. Simons · 43.3°
#113
Hottest summers#1 Jesup · 93.3°
#128
Coolest summers#1 Jasper · 86.5°
#131
Longest growing season#1 Brunswick · 314 days
#101
Wettest#1 Cleveland · 66 in
#160 Safety
Safest#1 Senoia · 2.6
The number on the right is Barnesville’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.