Georgia · Census place 1322304
Demorest, Georgia
Demorest is a city in Habersham County, Georgia with an estimated 2,189 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 233rd largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,189
- #233 of 305 in Georgia
- Change since 2020
- +1.2%
- +27 people
- Land area
- 2.2 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 977 / sq mi
- State median 1,234
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Demorest population, 2020 to 2024
Demorest added 27 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +0.
Demorest covers 2.24 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 977 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Demorest is less dense than the typical town.
What county Demorest is in
All of Demorest's residents live in Habersham County, which had 49,665 residents in 2024. Demorest holds 4.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Demorest
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Demorest by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30535. 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 Demorest is
The Census internal point of Demorest is at 34.563500, -83.542300. Atlanta, the capital, is 74.2 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cornelia, GA (5,371 people), 3.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Athens-Clarke County, GA, 43.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 34.563500, -83.542300
- DMS
- 34°33'48.60"N 83°32'32.28"W
- UTM
- 17N 266758.2E 3827575.4N
- Geohash
- dnhsdun6g
- Plus code
- 866RHF75+C3
Daylight in Demorest
At 34.56° N, Demorest gets about 14 h 28 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 50 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Demorest
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Clarkesville, 3.3 miles away, with 2,159 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Demorest, GA?
2,189 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 27 (1.2%) from 2,162 in July 2020.
What county is Demorest in?
Habersham County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Demorest?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 30535.
How far is Demorest from Atlanta?
74.2 miles (119.4 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Demorest.
What is the nearest larger city to Demorest?
Cornelia, GA, with 5,371 residents, 3.3 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.