Georgia · Census place 1304252

Austell, Georgia

Austell is a city in 2 counties of Georgia with an estimated 8,244 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 111th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
8,244
#111 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
+5.2%
+404 people
Land area
6.4 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
1,294 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Austell. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Austell population, 2020 to 2024

Austell added 404 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.2%. In the latest year it moved by +79. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 65th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Austell is 51% of it.

7,84020207,92120218,03320228,16520238,2442024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 7,835. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Austell covers 6.37 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,294 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Austell is close to the typical town.

The 2 counties Austell spans

Austell crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 8,244 residents as follows; Cobb County holds 98.5% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Cobb County8,117
  2. 02Douglas County127
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Austell

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Austell by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30106, 30111, 30168. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Austell is

The Census internal point of Austell is at 33.819800, -84.643800. Atlanta, the capital, is 15.5 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Powder Springs, GA (19,632 people), 3.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is South Fulton, GA, 13.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.819800, -84.643800
DMS
33°49'11.28"N 84°38'37.68"W
UTM
16N 718071.9E 3744672.6N
Geohash
dn5b3usq8
Plus code
865QR994+WF

Daylight in Austell

At 33.82° N, Austell gets about 14 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Austell

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Powder Springs, 3.8 miles away, with 19,632 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Austell, GA?

8,244 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 404 (5.2%) from 7,840 in July 2020.

What county is Austell in?

It spans 2 counties: Cobb County (8,117 residents), Douglas County (127 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Austell?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 30106, 30111, 30168.

How far is Austell from Atlanta?

15.5 miles (24.9 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Austell.

What is the nearest larger city to Austell?

Powder Springs, GA, with 19,632 residents, 3.7 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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