Jefferson is #1 in Georgia for graduation rate
Jefferson is ranked on 34 lists against the 265 Georgia towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 3 and the top quarter on 11.
Jefferson is on Georgia’s podium 2 times
Each list ranks every GA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Jefferson marked.
Jefferson lands in the top half on 16 of 22 lists
Each dot is Jefferson’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in GA, the right end is last. Areas where Jefferson does best come first.
More kids than 90% of Georgia
Not better or worse, just Jefferson’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
3 spots from the top 3 for safety
Lists where Jefferson sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Jefferson 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 Jefferson 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.
Safety
Safest#1 Senoia · 2.6
#6 
Health
Healthiest#1 Milton · 100 / 100
#41
Lowest obesity#1 Johns Creek · 21%
#45
Fewest smokers#1 Skidaway Island · 6%
#60
Most active#1 Druid Hills · 13%
#35
Fewest uninsured#1 Skidaway Island · 5%
#37
Lowest depression#1 Grayson · 15%
#172
Closest to a top hospital#1 Dahlonega · 0.6 mi
#77 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Tybee Island · 43.1%
#93
Most new homes#1 Hoschton · 100.7 per 1,000
#38
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Claxton · +94.3%
#25
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forest Park · 104.6 per home
#29 People
Most educated#1 Druid Hills · 83.8%
#75
Youngest#1 Dahlonega · 21.2
#110
Oldest#1 Skidaway Island · 66.4
#156
Most residents 65+#1 Skidaway Island · 51.8%
#206
Most kids#1 Clarkston · 38.2%
#27 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Fort Oglethorpe · 57.3%
#73
Most trails#1 Watkinsville · 2.9 mi / sq mi
#128
Most walkable#1 Clarkston · 139 / sq mi
#248 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Nicholls · 0.6 yrs
#218
Cheapest rent#1 Folkston · $495/mo
#108
Lowest property tax#1 Lakeview Estates · $199/yr
#224
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 32.9%
Getting around
C Shortest commute#1 Cusseta · 10.5 min #235
The number on the right is Jefferson’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.