City safety & data profile

CalhounGA

Calhoun, GA is a 16K-resident city in Gordon County with a median household income of $58,750.

Gordon County, Georgia. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Calhoun, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Calhoun has a population larger than 33% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $251,000, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

16K
Population (place)
Bottom 34%
By size
$58,750
Median income (place)
$251,000
Median home (place)
14.1%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Calhoun

Calhoun posts a median household income higher than 20% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Calhoun area.

Bottom 21%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Calhoun

Where Calhoun income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$58,750 Bottom 20% higher than 20% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Calhoun $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. 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, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in GA

Population among 99 GA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Atlanta is the largest GA city on this list; Milton leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in GA

Median household income among the same 99-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Milton posts the highest place-level median income in GA; Atlanta is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Calhoun, GA beyond the headline numbers

Calhoun sits inside Gordon County, Georgia, at roughly 34.50°N, -84.95°W. Population 16,309, $58,750 median household income. Median home value $251,000, median rent $873. Poverty rate 14.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Calhoun, 3/5 avg rating, 0 with an ER.

Poverty in Calhoun, GA stands at 14.1%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

A median home in Calhoun runs about 4.3 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Only 6.1% of Calhoun workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 20.1% in Calhoun, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Calhoun workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Calhoun from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
16,309
Calhoun · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$58,750
-34% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$251,000
-39% vs avg
Median Age (place)
36
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Gordon County): Calhoun's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
59K+7%
Median Income
$63,650+56%
Median Home Value
$222,900+92%
Poverty Rate
12%-43%
Unemployment
3.7%-63%

Economics

Economics indicators for Calhoun, GA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$873/mo
Poverty Rate
14.1% +14% vs avg
Unemployment 2.3%
Bachelor's Degree+ 20.2%
Work From Home 6.1%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 65.5%
African American 7.5%
Asian 0.7%
Two or More Ethnicities 1.5%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
38.8%
High Blood Pressure
38.4%
Obesity
36%
Physical Inactivity
34.3%
Lack of Health Insurance
20.1%
Frequent Mental Distress
19.2%
Current Smoking
17.5%
Frequent Physical Distress
17.2%
Diabetes
14.7%
Binge Drinking
14.3%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 49.3%
Annual Checkup 75.8%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.4%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.4%
Stroke
4.1%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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0
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0
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1
★★
0
0
Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
0
ADVENTHEALTH GORDON
CALHOUN · Acute Care Hospitals
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Calhoun?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Calhoun right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet GA-CALHOUN · Calhoun

Calhoun: 10 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-LIGHT 10 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Albuquerque

Tagged alert mix: Calhoun

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 10 tagged notices on record for Calhoun.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Albuquerque, NM (10 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Calhoun; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Georgia state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (10 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Calhoun, GA?
Calhoun, GA has a population of 16,309 people, located in Gordon County, Georgia.
What is the median household income in Calhoun?
The median household income in Calhoun, GA is $58,750 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 14.1%.
What is the median home value in Calhoun?
The median home value in Calhoun, GA is $251,000. Median rent is $873/month.
What are the top health concerns in Calhoun?
The top health indicators in Calhoun include Short Sleep Duration (38.8%), High Blood Pressure (38.4%), Obesity (36%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Calhoun?
Calhoun has 1 hospital with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 0 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Calhoun?
The median age in Calhoun, GA is 36 years. 20.2% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Calhoun, both outside Georgia so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside GA (14.1% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside GA ($58,750 here).

Compare Calhoun with another city

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Using Calhoun's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Gordon County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.