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Porterdale is a small town of 1,466 people in Newton County, Georgia. It's about 33 miles from Atlanta, GA. Summer highs average 90°F and winter highs 53°F, with about 1 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $199k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,466people
$199kTypical home
$1,176/moRent
90° / 53°Summer / winter
1"Snow
256Sunny days
96Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,466
- Part of a metro area
- About 616 people per sq mi
- 33 mi to Atlanta, GA
- 33 mi to Atlanta, GA
- 4 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $199k (≈$1,255/mo)
- Median rent $1,176/mo
- Median household income $50k
- Property tax about 0.9% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 90°F
- Winter highs around 53°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 68°F)
- 256 sunny days a year (110 totally clear)
- 109 cloudy days a year
- 34 of 90 winter days are gray
- 96 days a year with rain or snow
- 1" of snow a year
- Snow days are rare
- 2 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (177 per 100k)
- Low property crime (1,157 per 100k)
People
- Median age 44
- 27% of households have kids
- 16% are 65 or older
- 20% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 32 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 31 mi to ATL airport
- 31 mi to ATL (major hub)
- 98 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 79% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1938
- 94% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 712 ft
- 190 mi to the ocean
- 42 mi to a big lake
- 9 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 117 mi to the nearest ski area
- 7 mi to the nearest campground
- 37 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 575 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 10 bars within 25 mi
- 124 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 13 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 14 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 26% of Georgia districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 18 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 10 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 8 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Newton County: D+15 in 2024
- Georgia: Purple — split almost evenly
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Moderate drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk