Georgia · Census place 1345460

Lavonia, Georgia

Lavonia is a city in Franklin County, Georgia with an estimated 2,165 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 234th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,165
#234 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
+1.5%
+33 people
Land area
4.5 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
480 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Lavonia. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Lavonia population, 2020 to 2024

Lavonia added 33 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.5%. In the latest year it moved by -5.

2,13220202,14120212,14420222,17020232,1652024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,131. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lavonia covers 4.51 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 480 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Lavonia is less dense than the typical town.

What county Lavonia is in

All of Lavonia's residents live in Franklin County, which had 25,208 residents in 2024. Lavonia holds 8.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lavonia

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lavonia by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30553. 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 Lavonia is

The Census internal point of Lavonia is at 34.433900, -83.108000. Atlanta, the capital, is 87.2 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Royston, GA (2,665 people), 10.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Athens-Clarke County, GA, 36.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.433900, -83.108000
DMS
34°26'2.04"N 83°06'28.80"W
UTM
17N 306310.3E 3812283.0N
Geohash
dnhguud85
Plus code
866RCVMR+HR

Daylight in Lavonia

At 34.43° N, Lavonia 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 Lavonia

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Royston, 10.2 miles away, with 2,665 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lavonia, GA?

2,165 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 33 (1.5%) from 2,132 in July 2020.

What county is Lavonia in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Lavonia?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 30553.

How far is Lavonia from Atlanta?

87.2 miles (140.3 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Lavonia.

What is the nearest larger city to Lavonia?

Royston, GA, with 2,665 residents, 10.2 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.