Georgia · Census place 1339720

Homer, Georgia

Homer is a town in Banks County, Georgia with an estimated 1,810 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 257th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,810; #257 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020: +42.2%; +537 people
Land area: 9.8 sq mi; + 0.04 sq mi water
Density: 185 / sq mi; State median 1,234

Orange pin: Homer. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

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Homer population, 2020 to 2024

Homer added 537 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +42.2%. In the latest year it moved by +157.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,261. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Homer covers 9.80 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 185 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Homer is less dense than the typical town.

What county Homer is in

All of Homer's residents live in Banks County, which had 20,318 residents in 2024. Homer holds 8.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Homer

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Homer by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 30547. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Homer is

The Census internal point of Homer is at 34.338000, -83.494800. Atlanta, the capital, is 65.4 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Maysville, GA (2,240 people), 6.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Athens-Clarke County, GA, 27.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 34.338000, -83.494800
DMS: 34°20'16.80"N 83°29'41.28"W
UTM: 17N 270500.6E 3802453.2N
Geohash: dnhek50cq
Plus code: 866R8GQ4+63

Daylight in Homer

At 34.34° N, Homer gets about 14 h 27 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 52 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 36 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Homer

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Maysville, 6.6 miles away, with 2,240 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Homer, GA?

1,810 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 537 (42.2%) from 1,273 in July 2020.

What county is Homer in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Homer?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 30547.

How far is Homer from Atlanta?

65.4 miles (105.2 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Homer.

What is the nearest larger city to Homer?

Maysville, GA, with 2,240 residents, 6.6 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.

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