Perry ranks #19 in Georgia for growth
Perry is ranked on 35 lists against the 265 Georgia towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 6.
The lists Perry does best on
Each list ranks every GA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Perry marked.
Perry lands in the top half on 18 of 23 lists
Each dot is Perry’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in GA, the right end is last. Areas where Perry does best come first.
Longer growing season than 80% of Georgia
Not better or worse, just Perry’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Perry 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 Perry 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.
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Tybee Island · 43.1%
#104
Most new homes#1 Hoschton · 100.7 per 1,000
#22
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Claxton · +94.3%
#104
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forest Park · 104.6 per home
#69 Health
Healthiest#1 Milton · 100 / 100
#95
Lowest obesity#1 Johns Creek · 21%
#164
Fewest smokers#1 Skidaway Island · 6%
#79
Most active#1 Druid Hills · 13%
#60
Fewest uninsured#1 Skidaway Island · 5%
#37
Lowest depression#1 Grayson · 15%
#172
Closest to a top hospital#1 Dahlonega · 0.6 mi
#176 
Safety
Safest#1 Senoia · 2.6
#41 People
Most educated#1 Druid Hills · 83.8%
#102
Youngest#1 Dahlonega · 21.2
#129
Oldest#1 Skidaway Island · 66.4
#137
Most residents 65+#1 Skidaway Island · 51.8%
#132
Most kids#1 Clarkston · 38.2%
#143 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Fort Oglethorpe · 57.3%
#89
Most trails#1 Watkinsville · 2.9 mi / sq mi
#74
Most walkable#1 Clarkston · 139 / sq mi
#180 
The number on the right is Perry’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.