Pelham ranks #7 in Georgia for short commutes
Pelham is ranked on 32 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 Pelham does best on
Each list ranks every GA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Pelham marked.
Pelham lands in the top half on 6 of 21 lists
Each dot is Pelham’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in GA, the right end is last. Areas where Pelham does best come first.
More year-round than 90% of Georgia
Not better or worse, just Pelham’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
3 spots from the top 10 for affordability
Lists where Pelham sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Every GA list, and where Pelham lands
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
#13
Cheapest rent#1 Folkston · $495/mo
#41
Lowest property tax#1 Lakeview Estates · $199/yr
#48
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 32.9%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Fort Oglethorpe · 57.3%
#174
Most trails#1 Watkinsville · 2.9 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Clarkston · 139 / sq mi
#82 Health
Healthiest#1 Milton · 100 / 100
#252
Lowest obesity#1 Johns Creek · 21%
#247
Fewest smokers#1 Skidaway Island · 6%
#237
Most active#1 Druid Hills · 13%
#239
Fewest uninsured#1 Skidaway Island · 5%
#188
Lowest depression#1 Grayson · 15%
#119
Closest to a top hospital#1 Dahlonega · 0.6 mi
#249 
Safety
Safest#1 Senoia · 2.6
#104 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Tybee Island · 43.1%
#237
Most new homes#1 Hoschton · 100.7 per 1,000
#186
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Claxton · +94.3%
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forest Park · 104.6 per home
The number on the right is Pelham’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.