Byron ranks #15 in Georgia for working from home
Byron is ranked on 34 lists against the 265 Georgia towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 7.
The lists Byron does best on
Each list ranks every GA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Byron marked.
Byron lands in the top half on 15 of 22 lists
Each dot is Byron’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in GA, the right end is last. Areas where Byron does best come first.
Drier than 81% of Georgia
Not better or worse, just Byron’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
1 spot from the top 25 for health insurance
Lists where Byron sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Byron out-ranks every neighbor it can be compared with
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Where Byron 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.
Health
Healthiest#1 Milton · 100 / 100
#79
Lowest obesity#1 Johns Creek · 21%
#126
Fewest smokers#1 Skidaway Island · 6%
#60
Most active#1 Druid Hills · 13%
#60
Fewest uninsured#1 Skidaway Island · 5%
#26
Lowest depression#1 Grayson · 15%
#119
Closest to a top hospital#1 Dahlonega · 0.6 mi
#114 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Tybee Island · 43.1%
#197
Most new homes#1 Hoschton · 100.7 per 1,000
#36
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Claxton · +94.3%
#180
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forest Park · 104.6 per home
#68 
Safety
Safest#1 Senoia · 2.6
#37 People
Most educated#1 Druid Hills · 83.8%
#92
Youngest#1 Dahlonega · 21.2
#84
Oldest#1 Skidaway Island · 66.4
#181
Most residents 65+#1 Skidaway Island · 51.8%
#188
Most kids#1 Clarkston · 38.2%
#178 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Nicholls · 0.6 yrs
#154
Cheapest rent#1 Folkston · $495/mo
#94
Lowest property tax#1 Lakeview Estates · $199/yr
#197
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 32.9%
The number on the right is Byron’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.