What is the population of Blue Ridge city?

Blue Ridge city has 1,688 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #322 of 675 in Georgia.

What is the median household income in Blue Ridge city?

Median household income in Blue Ridge city is $45,938 a year, 41.5% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Blue Ridge city?

Median gross rent is $837 a month and the median home value is $258,700, so rent absorbs about 21.9% of median household income.

Is Blue Ridge city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 5.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Blue Ridge city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Blue Ridge, GA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Blue Ridge, Georgia (Blue Ridge, GA — Census place “Blue Ridge city”) is 1,688 residents, ranking #322 of 675 places in Georgia. Median household income is $45,938, the median home is worth $258,700 and median gross rent runs $837 a month. Looking for the Blue Ridge Georgia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Blue Ridge, GA: 30513.

Population: 1,688Blue Ridge city residents
Median household income: $45,938Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $258,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $837Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 42.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 37.1%Owner-occupied households

Blue Ridge ZIP codes (Georgia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Blue Ridge.

The Blue Ridge GA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

30513

What the numbers mean in Blue Ridge city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Blue Ridge city median would spend about 21.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 5.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 19.8% of residents and 37.1% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Blue Ridge city, GA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Blue Ridge city is a small town in Georgia, with 1,688 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #322 of 675 ranked by population — larger than 52% of them. The median age here is 42.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Blue Ridge city earn a median of $45,938 a year, 41.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 20% below the $57,300 median for the 378 Georgia cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 19.8% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Blue Ridge city is valued at $258,700, 14.7% below the national figure and 35% above the $191,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $837 a month, 40.5% below the national figure, or roughly $10,044 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 37.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Blue Ridge city?: Blue Ridge city has 1,688 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #322 of 675 in Georgia.
What is the median household income in Blue Ridge city?: Median household income in Blue Ridge city is $45,938 a year, 41.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Blue Ridge city?: Median gross rent is $837 a month and the median home value is $258,700, so rent absorbs about 21.9% of median household income.
Is Blue Ridge city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Blue Ridge city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Blue Ridge city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.