Georgia · Census place 1311560

Brunswick, Georgia

Brunswick is a city in Glynn County, Georgia with an estimated 15,520 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 78th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
15,520
#78 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
+2.0%
+301 people
Land area
17.0 sq mi
+ 8.07 sq mi water
Density
911 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Brunswick. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Brunswick population, 2020 to 2024

Brunswick added 301 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +89. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 93rd; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Brunswick is 95% of it.

15.2k202015.1k202115.2k202215.4k202315.5k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 15,216. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Brunswick covers 17.04 square miles of land and 8.07 of water, for 911 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Brunswick is less dense than the typical town.

What county Brunswick is in

All of Brunswick's residents live in Glynn County, which had 86,540 residents in 2024. Brunswick holds 17.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Brunswick

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Brunswick by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 31520. 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 Brunswick is

The Census internal point of Brunswick is at 31.136100, -81.466900. Atlanta, the capital, is 248.2 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is St. Marys, GA (20,119 people), 27.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jacksonville, FL, 56.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
31.136100, -81.466900
DMS
31°08'9.96"N 81°28'0.84"W
UTM
17N 455490.1E 3444779.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
863W4GPM+C6

Daylight in Brunswick

At 31.14° N, Brunswick gets about 14 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Brunswick

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Darien, 14.6 miles away, with 1,747 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Brunswick, GA?

15,520 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 301 (2.0%) from 15,219 in July 2020.

What county is Brunswick in?

Glynn County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Brunswick?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 31520.

How far is Brunswick from Atlanta?

248.2 miles (399.4 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Brunswick.

What is the nearest larger city to Brunswick?

St. Marys, GA, with 20,119 residents, 27.0 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)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.