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Place dossier plate
SheetGA-GRIFFIN-GA · Griffin, GA 23,650 pop · income 12th pct · 17 tracts
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 Griffin
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Griffin on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Columbus · lowest
40,588
Columbus · lowest
40,588 median HH income
28.9% of the leader · rank #1
Johnson Park · near
44,015
Johnson Park · near
44,015 median HH income
31.3% of the leader · rank #2
Bishopville · near
44,015
Bishopville · near
44,015 median HH income
31.3% of the leader · rank #3
Verona · near
44,018
Verona · near
44,018 median HH income
31.3% of the leader · rank #4
Griffin · this city
44,021
Griffin · this city
44,021 median HH income
31.3% of the leader · rank #5
Sperry · near
44,028
Sperry · near
44,028 median HH income
31.3% of the leader · rank #6
Decatur · highest
140,480
Decatur · highest
140,480 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, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Griffin on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. 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: 23,650.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Griffin - the verdict
Nationally, Griffin sits in the 12th percentile for household income and the 6th percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
12th
percentile, household income
41st
percentile, home value
51st
percentile, median rent
6th
percentile, safety
📝 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: Griffin, GA
Griffin is a small city in Georgia, home to 23,650 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $44,021 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 19.1%. Griffin's housing stock carries a median value of $195,100, and the median resident age is 35.5 years. 16.5% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 55.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 22 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Building Boom), up 450% from five years earlier. Griffin's reported crime rate runs above the national norm: the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program logs 4286.7 total incidents per 100,000 residents here, above the national average (agency reporting is voluntary, so this measures reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Living costs in Georgia run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Georgia scores 96.3 (Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,203 monthly. Monthly utility costs average around $225 across Georgia, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 39.5 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Griffin'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 population change to within-city variation to comparison shortlist to work and mobility to reported crime to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Griffin, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles, commute-mode shares, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Griffin?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 19.1%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
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. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
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.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +468 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +2.0% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 22 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
PlainCities matches 17 Census tracts to this city.
Which cities make useful reference points for Griffin?
Within Georgia, the closest population matches are Cartersville (23,617 residents, $78,640 income); Decatur (24,470 residents, $140,480 income); Acworth (22,370 residents, $80,703 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are North Lynnwood, WA (23,653 residents); Marshall, TX (23,646 residents); Freeport, IL (23,636 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.
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. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Griffin?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 82.4%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Public transit
0.0%
Work from home
6.0%
Drive alone
82.4%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 10,004 workers age 16+.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Griffin?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 4286.7 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 88% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
3321.2
Violent rate
965.4
Total reported rate
4286.7
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
The NCES join finds 18 public schools within the city match. 16.5% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Matched public schools
18
Bachelor's degree+
16.5%
Poverty estimate
19.1%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Georgia average
F
City profile score · Griffin, GA
21/100
5 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.
Bachelor's+ share F
16.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate F
19.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$44,021
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime F
965 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Griffin profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 57/100 (C) · 96.3 index
Bachelor's+ share: 24/100 (F) · 16.5%
Poverty rate: 15/100 (F) · 19.1%
Household income: 12/100 (F) · $44,021
Violent crime: 0/100 (F) · 965 /100k
Where Griffin sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Griffin's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Griffin highlighted among 9 peers.Read the chart values
Griffin, GA (this city): home $195,100, crime 4,287/100k
Marshall, TX : home $133,000, crime 1,919/100k
Freeport, IL : home $86,100, crime 1,770/100k
Farmington, MN : home $345,100, crime 413/100k
Cartersville, GA : home $298,000, crime 1,950/100k
Decatur, GA : home $655,900, crime 2,401/100k
Acworth, GA : home $309,800, crime 1,230/100k
Perry, GA : home $209,300, crime 1,896/100k
Suwanee, GA : home $439,700, crime 3,235/100k
How does Griffin compare to other US cities?
Here's how Griffin stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income12% higher than other cities
Home value41% pricier than other cities
Median rent51% pricier than other cities
Safety6% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Georgia alone, Griffin ranks #149 of 166 Georgia cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Griffin 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 Griffin near the bottom of Georgia's cities
Among the 638 Georgia cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Griffin ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Griffin only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#428 of 610
30th percentile in Georgia
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 638
0th percentile in Georgia
Median Home Value
#236 of 577
59th percentile in Georgia
Poverty Rate
#196 of 637
69th percentile in Georgia
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#339 of 638
46th 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
12th percentile nationally for median household income · 6th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Griffin's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Griffin's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Griffin's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$195,100Among the most affordablemore affordable than 59% 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
Griffin's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.4×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#11,840 of 15,516
More affordable than 24% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,303 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 4.4×, Griffin sits in the moderate band:
national rank #11,840 of 15,516 and #2,303 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
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
$44,021Griffin, GA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Griffin, 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 Griffin, GA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)16.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)19.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)55.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
23,650
Median Income
$44,021
Median Home Value
$195,100
Median Age
35.5
Poverty Rate
19.1%
Labor force participation
55.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
16.5%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
4286.7
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
965.4
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
3321.2
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
18
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Griffin's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
23,428 residents
2021
23,662 residents
2022
23,653 residents
2023
24,035 residents
2024
23,995 residents
2025
23,896 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
22
housing units authorized
Single-Family
22
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
0.9
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
4
4
0
$0.3M
2020
182
182
0
$49.3M
2021
75
75
0
$23.9M
2022
197
47
150
$45.1M
2023
41
41
0
$11.9M
2024
22
22
0
$6.9M
Permit volume increased 450% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
82.4%
Carpool
9.3%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.6%
Work from Home
6.0%
Other
1.7%
Based on 10,004 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 Griffin. 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 Griffin 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 Griffin sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Griffin 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, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, 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.