Douglas ranks #4 in Georgia for short commutes
Douglas is ranked on 33 lists against the 265 Georgia towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 4.
The lists Douglas does best on
Each list ranks every GA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Douglas marked.
Douglas lands in the top half on 6 of 22 lists
Each dot is Douglas’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in GA, the right end is last. Areas where Douglas does best come first.
Longer growing season than 89% of Georgia
Not better or worse, just Douglas’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
1 spot from the top 3 for short commutes
Lists where Douglas sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Where Douglas 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
#44
Cheapest rent#1 Folkston · $495/mo
#19
Lowest property tax#1 Lakeview Estates · $199/yr
#49
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 32.9%
#53 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Fort Oglethorpe · 57.3%
#147
Most trails#1 Watkinsville · 2.9 mi / sq mi
#87
Most walkable#1 Clarkston · 139 / sq mi
#149 Health
Healthiest#1 Milton · 100 / 100
#244
Lowest obesity#1 Johns Creek · 21%
#198
Fewest smokers#1 Skidaway Island · 6%
#237
Most active#1 Druid Hills · 13%
#239
Fewest uninsured#1 Skidaway Island · 5%
#220
Lowest depression#1 Grayson · 15%
#172
Closest to a top hospital#1 Dahlonega · 0.6 mi
#242 
People
Most educated#1 Druid Hills · 83.8%
#198
Youngest#1 Dahlonega · 21.2
#35
Oldest#1 Skidaway Island · 66.4
#229
Most residents 65+#1 Skidaway Island · 51.8%
#140
Most kids#1 Clarkston · 38.2%
#63 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Tybee Island · 43.1%
#45
Most new homes#1 Hoschton · 100.7 per 1,000
#145
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Claxton · +94.3%
#145
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forest Park · 104.6 per home
Climate
Snowiest#1 Douglasville · 3.8 in
Least snow#1 Milton · 1.3 in
Mildest winters#1 St. Simons · 43.3°
#41
Hottest summers#1 Jesup · 93.3°
#35
Coolest summers#1 Jasper · 86.5°
#222
Longest growing season#1 Brunswick · 314 days
#31
Wettest#1 Cleveland · 66 in
#215 Safety
Safest#1 Senoia · 2.6
The number on the right is Douglas’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.