GA area data
Mountain City, GA
Mountain City, GA.
Population: 866 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 421.8 (-0.1% YoY)
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Average)
- 96.3 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 14.7¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $20.40/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Relatively Low
- Top hazards
- coldWave, iceStorm, landslide, lightning
Climate (30-year normals)
- Average annual temperature
- 56.7°F
- Average high
- 67.0°F
- Average low
- 45.3°F
- Annual precipitation
- 70.7 in
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 2
- Nearest national park
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (48 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Heaven's Landing Airport (3 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Western Carolina Regional Airport (33 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 18
- Avg hospital rating
- 2.6 / 5
- EV charging stations (within 10 mi)
- 13
- Solar radiation rating
- Fair (4.4 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 1,977
- Households with broadband internet
- 51.2%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 4,980
- Average weekly wage
- $740
- Top industries (by employment)
- Accommodation & Food, Construction, Other Services
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 130
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