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WhighamGA

A town of 449. A typical home worth about $229K.

Photo: The Bushranger · CC BY-SA 4.0
Population
449
residents
Typical home
$229K
+8.2% in a year
Household income
$64K
median
Median age
56.1
years
Jobs based here
158
Balanced

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449 people, and everyone knows the way

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Housing

A typical Whigham home is worth about $229K

The typical Whigham home is worth about $229,000, up 8.2% in a year, 31% below the Georgia typical home.

$229KZillow home value

Typical home value

Whigham$229K
Georgia$331K
+8.2%
value change, 1 year
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data CenterHousing market →
Climate

Mild winters, hot summers

Whigham has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 91°, a January night drops to 39°, and snow is almost unheard of.

91°summer high

Typical low → high °F

Winter41–64°
Spring54–79°
Summer70–91°
Fall57–80°
Nov 21
typical first frost
Mar 11
typical last frost
+0.6°
vs. the 20th-century average
91°
typical summer high
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →
Work & commute

Most working residents commute out of Whigham

Most working residents leave Whigham for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Cairo (18%), Thomasville (14%) and Tallahassee (11%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

4%work in town

Where working residents work

In Whigham4%
Cairo18%
Thomasville14%
Tallahassee11%
Bainbridge5%
21 mi
median commute distance
158
jobs based in Whigham
Balanced
jobs vs. working residents
Census LEHD 2023 · ACSCommute map →
Natural hazards

High risk, with hurricanes at the top

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 61% of U.S. communities.

61risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
61High riskLowerHigher
HurricanesInland floodingTornadoes
3
federal disasters paid out here
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMANatural hazards →
Health

How healthy Whigham is

Whigham beats the Georgia average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 10.

32 measures vs. Georgia
2 better20 too close to call10 worse
What stands outWhighamGA
More adults treating high blood pressure82.5%77.4%
More adults getting cholesterol checked89.1%86.8%
More adults with heart disease8.9%6.1%
Archbold Memorial Hospital
21.3 mi away · emergency room
3 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSAFull health report →
Schools

Whigham’s public schools outperform 44% of Georgia districts

The public schools Whigham’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 56% of Georgia’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

C+School Grade
SchoolGradesStudentsGrade
Whigham Elementary SchoolPK–8543A−
NCES · EDFacts · graded within GA on state tests and graduationAll 1 schools →
Outdoors

0% of Whigham is conserved land

1.0 miles of trails across 0 parks and preserves.

0%conserved
Map of Whigham: conserved land, trails and the top places to walk
Green: conserved land · dashed: trails · numbers: the places below
0%
conserved · 0 of 757 acres
1.0 mi
of trails · 0.8 per sq mi
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-USParks & trails →
Georgia [Effingham County (part) - Newton County (part)
1940 · Georgia [Effingham County (part) - Newton County (part) · Wikimedia Commons
Whigham’s story

Whigham in pictures

5 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 1 places on the National Register.

Georgia [Effingham County (part) - Newton County (part)GAMap-doton-WhighamWhigham city limit, US84EB
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About Whigham

City in Georgia, United States

Whigham is a city in Grady County, Georgia, United States. The population was 428 in 2020.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Population
428
Area
1.2 sq mi
Elevation
282 ft
ZIP code
39897
Area code
229

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