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Whigham is a tiny town of 449 people in Grady County, Georgia. It's about 30 miles from Tallahassee, FL and 163 miles from Jacksonville, FL, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 90°F and winter highs 62°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $150k and rent runs about $950 a month.
449people
$150kTypical home
$950/moRent
90° / 62°Summer / winter
0"Snow
267Sunny days
90Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 449
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 383 people per sq mi
- 163 mi to Jacksonville, FL
- 30 mi to Tallahassee, FL
- 7 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $150k (≈$946/mo)
- Median rent $950/mo
- Median household income $64k
- Property tax about 1.1% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 90°F
- Winter highs around 62°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 71°F)
- 267 sunny days a year (117 totally clear)
- 98 cloudy days a year
- 31 of 90 winter days are gray
- 90 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (107 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (820 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 56
- 24% of households have kids
- 28% are 65 or older
- 19% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 26 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 33 mi to TLH airport
- 159 mi to JAX (major hub)
- 153 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 66% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1978
- 86% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 312 ft
- 54 mi to the ocean
- 20 mi to a big lake
- 2 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 288 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 10 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 93 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 15 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 12 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 27% of Georgia districts (reading)
- 7 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 19 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 36 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 17 mi to the nearest vet
- 21 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 21 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Grady County: R+38 in 2024
- Georgia: Purple — split almost evenly
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Moderate drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk