Georgia · Census place 1306016
Baxley, Georgia
Baxley is a city in Appling County, Georgia with an estimated 4,943 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 150th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,943
- #150 of 305 in Georgia
- Change since 2020
- +1.1%
- +56 people
- Land area
- 8.2 sq mi
- Density
- 604 / sq mi
- State median 1,234
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Baxley population, 2020 to 2024
Baxley added 56 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +67.
Baxley covers 8.18 square miles of land, for 604 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Baxley is less dense than the typical town.
What county Baxley is in
All of Baxley's residents live in Appling County, which had 18,669 residents in 2024. Baxley holds 26.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Baxley
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Baxley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 31513. 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 Baxley is
The Census internal point of Baxley is at 31.764800, -82.349300. Atlanta, the capital, is 181.2 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Glennville, GA (5,104 people), 27.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Savannah, GA, 69.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 31.764800, -82.349300
- DMS
- 31°45'53.28"N 82°20'57.48"W
- UTM
- 17N 372221.8E 3515158.2N
- Geohash
- djtkwne56
- Plus code
- 863VQM72+W7
Daylight in Baxley
At 31.76° N, Baxley gets about 14 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Baxley
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Hazlehurst, 16.2 miles away, with 4,124 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Baxley, GA?
4,943 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 56 (1.1%) from 4,887 in July 2020.
What county is Baxley in?
Appling County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Baxley?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 31513.
How far is Baxley from Atlanta?
181.2 miles (291.6 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Baxley.
What is the nearest larger city to Baxley?
Glennville, GA, with 5,104 residents, 27.3 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.