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About Fitzgerald
City in Georgia, United StatesFitzgerald is a city in and the county seat of Ben Hill County in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of 2020, its population was 9,006. It is the principal city of the Fitzgerald micropolitan statistical area, which includes all of Ben Hill and Irwin counties. A small portion of Fitzgerald is in Irwin County. The city is an agricultural marketing center that grows cotton, tobacco, and peanuts. It is also home to diverse manufactures including textiles, lumber, and metal products. The city is home to the Blue and Gray Museum, the Grand Theatre, the Milton Hopkins Memorial Nature Preserve, and the Fitzgerald chicken topiary. The Ben Hill Irwin Campus of Wiregrass Georg…
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Housing in Fitzgerald
The typical Fitzgerald home is worth about $131,000, down 1.9% in a year, 60% below the Georgia typical home.
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Safety in Fitzgerald
Safety Grade D
Fitzgerald reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 93% report less.
Health in Fitzgerald
Health Grade D−
Healthier than 2% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates, and 17% of towns with similar incomes.
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of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 9 are too close to call.
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Schools in Fitzgerald
All Fitzgerald schools →School Grade C-
The public schools Fitzgerald’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 77% of Georgia’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within GA. Ratings are from neighbors.
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