What is the population of Palmetto city?

Palmetto city has 4,681 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #181 of 675 in Georgia.

What is the median household income in Palmetto city?

Median household income in Palmetto city is $54,745 a year, 30.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,223 a month and the median home value is $203,600, so rent absorbs about 26.8% of median household income.

Is Palmetto city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Palmetto city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 26.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Palmetto, GA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Palmetto, Georgia (Palmetto, GA — Census place “Palmetto city”) is 4,681 residents, ranking #181 of 675 places in Georgia. Median household income is $54,745, the median home is worth $203,600 and median gross rent runs $1,223 a month. Looking for the Palmetto Georgia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Palmetto, GA: 30268.

Population: 4,681Palmetto city residents
Median household income: $54,745Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $203,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,223Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 42.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 48.4%Owner-occupied households

Palmetto ZIP codes (Georgia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Palmetto.

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

30268

What the numbers mean in Palmetto city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Palmetto city median would spend about 26.8% 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 3.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11% of residents and 48.4% of households own their home.

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

Palmetto city, GA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Palmetto city is a small town in Georgia, with 4,681 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #181 of 675 ranked by population — larger than 73% of them. The median age here is 42.8 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 Palmetto city earn a median of $54,745 a year, 30.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 4% below the $57,300 median for the 378 Georgia cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 11% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Palmetto city is valued at $203,600, 32.9% below the national figure and 6% above the $191,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,223 a month, 13% below the national figure, or roughly $14,676 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 26.8% 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 3.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 48.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Palmetto city?: Palmetto city has 4,681 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #181 of 675 in Georgia.
What is the median household income in Palmetto city?: Median household income in Palmetto city is $54,745 a year, 30.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Palmetto city?: Median gross rent is $1,223 a month and the median home value is $203,600, so rent absorbs about 26.8% of median household income.
Is Palmetto city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Palmetto city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 26.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Palmetto 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.