Braselton, Georgia

Area Profile

15,178 residents. Public schools, jobs, income, housing cost, climate and natural-hazard risk for Braselton, in Jackson County.

73out of 100
Area Score
Top 12% of 2,944 published profiles

How we calculate this

How this area ranks
OpportunityTop 22% of 3,904 published cities70
GrowthTop 31% of 2,973 published cities61
Housing affordabilityTop 43% of 4,223 published cities85
ClimateTop 17% of 4,223 published cities80
Physical resilienceTop 35% of 4,182 published cities71
Access3693rd of 4,226 published cities70
Economic stabilityTop 31% of 4,226 published cities69
The quick read

Braselton ranks in the top 22% of published city profiles for employment opportunity, with unemployment at 3.3% and median household income of $120,984.

Residential permitting has slowed: 309 units authorized over the past twelve months, 36% below the prior year.

Rent takes 21% of median household income here, below the 30% threshold conventionally called cost-burdened, and the median home is 3.8 times that income.

At a glance

Population
15,178
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$120,984
Top 10% nationally
Density
1,142/sq mi
13.3 sq mi of land
Median age
40.5
2024 ACS 5-Year
County
Jackson County
Georgia
Metro area
Jefferson, GA
Nearest major airport
ATL
48 mi · Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta Intl
Median home value
$459,400
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 3.3% is lower than 89% of the 3,904 measured US cities.

Employment fell 0.7% over the past year, to 42,933 employed residents.

45% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 85% of measured US cities.

Household income is higher than at least 90% of measured US cities.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$12,732$120,984Top 10%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$6,580$58,658Top 11%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate6.2%Bottom 29%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute33.0 minTop 22%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher44.6%Top 15%2024 ACS 5-Year
Employment42,933Bottom 47%June 2026
Employment change (3 years)-2.1%Bottom 20%June 2026
Employment change (year over year)-0.7%Top 50%June 2026
Labor force44,411Bottom 46%June 2026
Labor force participation64.3%Top 36%2024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)0.1%Top 49%June 2026
Unemployment rate3.3%Bottom 11%June 2026
Median household income, successive ACS releases
2021202220232024121k110k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $120,984 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes city-level labor data only for places of 25,000 or more. This is the figure for Jackson County, GA, which contains this city.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $2,082 takes 21% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 3.8 times median household income here, above the historic benchmark of about three times income.

Rent as a share of income
20.7%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
3.8×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$2,082
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$459,400
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income3.80Top 30%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate74.4%Bottom 47%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±3166,131Top 10%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$301$2,082Top 8%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$28,403$459,400Top 14%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income20.7%Top 37%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate4.4%Bottom 26%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →
Development Momentum
61/ 100
Top 31% of 2,973 published city profiles
Permitting is broadly steady, measured from 2022 to 2025.

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

Population has grown 28% since 2020, reaching 17,390 in 2024.

New construction is predominantly single-family: only 0% of permitted units are in buildings of five or more homes.

At 20.4 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US cities.

Units permitted
309
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
20.4
Top 3% nationally
Year over year
−36%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
0.0%
units in 5+ unit buildings
Population, annual estimates
2020202120222023202417k14k
Census Population Estimates Program, July 1 of each year. These annual estimates are designed for year-over-year comparison, unlike the ACS five-year figure shown as this profile's population.
Housing units permitted per year
2022202320242025619227
Annual totals from the Census Building Permits Survey. Permitting in 2025 was higher than 2022 (+100%).

Weather & climate

7 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 88°F and January a low of 34°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 52.4 inches.

20°40°60°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station GAINESVILLE GILMER AP, 11.4 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND5.0"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation52.4"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low34°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high88°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months71991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing36°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

71 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are tornado, cold wave and earthquake.

TornadoModerate
LightningElevated
Ice stormModerate
EarthquakeModerate
HailModerate
Cold waveModerate
HurricaneModerate
LandslideModerate

Low or minimal exposure: inland flooding, strong wind, heat wave, drought, wildfire, winter weather.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. City values are the population-weighted mean of the counties the city overlaps, using AreaProfile place-to-county land-area weights. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

These are deaths, not offences. AreaProfile does not publish reported crime, and this is not a substitute for it — it says nothing about burglary, theft or assault.

Jackson County records 2.8 homicide deaths per 100,000 residents a year, near the middle of counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.

Firearm deaths of all intents run at 12.4 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, because nationally most firearm deaths are suicides.

Drug overdose deaths run at 11.3 per 100,000 residents in Jackson County.

Homicide
2.8
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Firearm deaths, all intents
12.4
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Drug overdose
11.3
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Suicide
15.8
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides. The two columns overlap and should not be added.

Age-adjusted rates from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC for Jackson County as a whole — these rates are not published below county level. A county can hold both a dense city centre and a suburb whose experience of it is nothing alike, so this describes the county around Braselton rather than Braselton itself. That is why AreaProfile shows these figures and does not put them in the Area Score. Where fewer than ten deaths were recorded the count is suppressed at source, and a rate built on single figures moves sharply between releases. What this measure has that reported crime does not: a death certificate is filed whether or not the local police agency submitted a return that year, so the figures stay comparable between places and over time.

What this profile does not cover

Three things people look for are missing from every AreaProfile page, and each is missing for a reason rather than by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Reported crime
The FBI’s Crime Data Explorer is the only source for reported offences with national coverage and a published method, and it requires an API key AreaProfile does not hold. Arrest counts, news volume and commercial “safety scores” are not substituted in the meantime. What is published above under Safety is a different measurement — deaths rather than offences, from death certificates rather than police returns — and it covers no property crime at all.
Taxes
No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, transparent methodology and update cadence. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Full cost of living
No public source publishes one with national coverage and a documented method. Housing affordability above is computed from published rent, price and income, and excludes transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes — commuting cost in particular tends to offset suburban housing savings.

Access

2 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 48 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta IntlATL48 mi12,390 ft
Donaldson FldGYH93 mi8,000 ft
Asheville RgnlAVL117 mi8,002 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Other cities in Jefferson, GA

Same metropolitan area, measured the same way
CityCountyPopulationArea ScoreCompare
JeffersonJackson County14,99075vs Braselton

Every city here is measured on the same scale from the same source releases, so the comparison is like for like. A higher Area Score reflects AreaProfile’s standardized weighting rather than a judgment about which is the better place to live.

Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)
safetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
April, 2025 to March, 2026Quarterly, with a rolling twelve-month window alongside complete calendar years

Profile recalculated August 30, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

ZIP codes in Braselton

1 published ZIP profiles
ZIPPopulationMedian household incomeArea Score
3051718,994$118,03473