Georgia · Census place 1311728

Buena Vista, Georgia

Buena Vista is a city in Marion County, Georgia with an estimated 1,586 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 267th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,586
#267 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
-0.3%
-5 people
Land area
3.2 sq mi
+ 0.06 sq mi water
Density
493 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Buena Vista. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Buena Vista population, 2020 to 2024

Buena Vista lost 5 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +38.

1,59120201,56620211,56320221,54820231,5862024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,588. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Buena Vista covers 3.22 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 493 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Buena Vista is less dense than the typical town.

What county Buena Vista is in

All of Buena Vista's residents live in Marion County, which had 7,635 residents in 2024. Buena Vista holds 20.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Buena Vista

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Buena Vista by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 31803. 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 Buena Vista is

The Census internal point of Buena Vista is at 32.318500, -84.517600. Atlanta, the capital, is 99.1 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cusseta-Chattahoochee County, GA (8,548 people), 15.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, GA, 24.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.318500, -84.517600
DMS
32°19'6.60"N 84°31'3.36"W
UTM
16N 733693.3E 3578447.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
864Q8F9J+CX

Daylight in Buena Vista

At 32.32° N, Buena Vista gets about 14 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Buena Vista

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Ellaville, 13.4 miles away, with 1,513 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Buena Vista, GA?

1,586 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 5 (0.3%) from 1,591 in July 2020.

What county is Buena Vista in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Buena Vista?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 31803.

How far is Buena Vista from Atlanta?

99.1 miles (159.5 km) in a straight line, heading N from Buena Vista.

What is the nearest larger city to Buena Vista?

Cusseta-Chattahoochee County, GA, with 8,548 residents, 15.9 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.