Calhoun, Georgia

Calhoun population, 2020 to 2024

Calhoun added 2,521 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +14.8%. In the latest year it moved by +649. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 28th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Calhoun is 1.2 times that size.

Calhoun covers 16.73 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 1,171 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Calhoun is close to the typical town.

What county Calhoun is in

All of Calhoun's residents live in Gordon County, which had 60,765 residents in 2024. Calhoun holds 32.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Calhoun

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Calhoun by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30701. 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 Calhoun is

The Census internal point of Calhoun is at 34.499800, -84.933100. Atlanta, the capital, is 60.5 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Dalton, GA (34,970 people), 18.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chattanooga, TN, 43.0 miles away.

Daylight in Calhoun

At 34.50° N, Calhoun gets about 14 h 28 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 37 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Calhoun

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Resaca, 5.5 miles away, with 1,137 people.