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SheetGA-GRAHAM-GA · Graham, GA 618 pop · income 6th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Graham
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Graham on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Stillmore · lowest
37,083
Stillmore · lowest
37,083 median HH income
43.3% of the leader · rank #1
Graham · this city
37,679
Graham · this city
37,679 median HH income
44.0% of the leader · rank #2
Ragland · near
37,679
Ragland · near
37,679 median HH income
44.0% of the leader · rank #3
Amity · near
37,679
Amity · near
37,679 median HH income
44.0% of the leader · rank #4
Hazel · near
37,679
Hazel · near
37,679 median HH income
44.0% of the leader · rank #5
Louisville · near
37,679
Louisville · near
37,679 median HH income
44.0% of the leader · rank #6
Anderson · highest
85,655
Anderson · highest
85,655 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Graham on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 618.
Nationally, Graham sits in the 6th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
6th
percentile, household income
1st
percentile, home value
51st
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Graham, GA
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 618 residents in Graham, a small town within Georgia. Graham households earn a median of $37,679 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 32.6%. Graham's housing stock carries a median value of $53,800, and the median resident age is 18.3 years. Educational attainment runs 2.0% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 29.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Georgia run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Georgia at 96.3 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Below Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,203 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Georgia's average monthly utility costs around $225 (state average). Natural-hazard exposure scores 39.5 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Graham's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to work and mobility to comparison shortlist to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Graham, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Graham?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 1.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 32.6%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Graham?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 88.9%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Which cities make useful reference points for Graham?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within Georgia, the closest population matches are Menlo (605 residents, $70,625 income); Byromville (633 residents, $44,583 income); Sunnyside (603 residents). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Chapin, IL (618 residents); Elma, IA (618 residents); Rolfe, IA (618 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +13 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +4.9% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 32.6% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
96.3 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Georgia average
F
City profile score · Graham, GA
16/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living C
96.3 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income F
$37,679
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
32.6%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
2.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Graham profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 57/100 (C) · 96.3 index
Household income: 4/100 (F) · $37,679
Poverty rate: 0/100 (F) · 32.6%
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 2.0%
How does Graham compare to other US cities?
Where Graham sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income6% higher than other cities
Home value1% pricier than other cities
Median rent51% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Graham against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Georgia only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Georgia-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Graham near the bottom of Georgia's cities
Among the 638 Georgia cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Graham ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Graham only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#496 of 610
19th percentile in Georgia
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 638
0th percentile in Georgia
Median Home Value
#562 of 577
3rd percentile in Georgia
Poverty Rate
#52 of 637
92nd percentile in Georgia
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#614 of 638
3rd percentile in Georgia
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Georgia only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
6th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Graham's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$53,800Among the most affordablemore affordable than 99% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Graham's home-value-to-income ratio: 1.4×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#302 of 15,516
More affordable than 98% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#297 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 1.4×, Graham sits in the affordable band:
national rank #302 of 15,516 and #297 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$37,679Graham, GA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Graham, GA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Graham, GA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)2.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)32.6%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)29.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
618
Median Income
$37,679
Median Home Value
$53,800
Median Age
18.3
Poverty Rate
32.6%
Labor force participation
29.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
2.0%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Graham's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
263 residents
2021
265 residents
2022
266 residents
2023
266 residents
2024
271 residents
2025
276 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
88.9%
Carpool
11.1%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 117 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Georgia statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $225
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Georgia at $225 (electricity about $125 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Georgia statewide averages, not a meter reading for Graham. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Georgia's BEA cost-of-living index is 96.3 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Graham is $1,203/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Georgia statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 39.5 / 100 (Very Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Georgia statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Graham sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Graham compares to similar-size Georgia cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.