Blakely, Georgia

Blakely population, 2020 to 2024

Blakely lost 200 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.7%. In the latest year it moved by -78. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 142nd; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Blakely is 32% of it.

Blakely covers 17.55 square miles of land and 0.11 of water, for 293 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Blakely is less dense than the typical town.

What county Blakely is in

All of Blakely's residents live in Early County, which had 10,444 residents in 2024. Blakely holds 49.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Blakely

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Blakely by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 39823. 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 Blakely is

The Census internal point of Blakely is at 31.380900, -84.927100. Atlanta, the capital, is 166.6 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Headland, AL (5,429 people), 25.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tallahassee, FL, 75.6 miles away.

Daylight in Blakely

At 31.38° N, Blakely gets about 14 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Blakely

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Arlington, 12.3 miles away, with 1,137 people.