Georgia · Census place 1353284

Mount Airy, Georgia

Mount Airy is a town in Habersham County, Georgia with an estimated 1,493 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 272nd largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,493
#272 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
+7.2%
+100 people
Land area
2.4 sq mi
Density
617 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Mount Airy. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Mount Airy population, 2020 to 2024

Mount Airy added 100 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.2%. In the latest year it moved by +17.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,390. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Mount Airy covers 2.42 square miles of land, for 617 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Mount Airy is less dense than the typical town.

What county Mount Airy is in

All of Mount Airy's residents live in Habersham County, which had 49,665 residents in 2024. Mount Airy holds 3.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Mount Airy

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Mount Airy by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 30531, 30563. 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 Mount Airy is

The Census internal point of Mount Airy is at 34.523500, -83.497200. Atlanta, the capital, is 73.9 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cornelia, GA (5,371 people), 2.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Athens-Clarke County, GA, 40.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.523500, -83.497200
DMS
34°31'24.60"N 83°29'49.92"W
UTM
17N 270787.1E 3823035.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
866RGGF3+C4

Daylight in Mount Airy

At 34.52° N, Mount Airy 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 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Mount Airy

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Cornelia, 2.0 miles away, with 5,371 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Mount Airy, GA?

1,493 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 100 (7.2%) from 1,393 in July 2020.

What county is Mount Airy in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Mount Airy?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 30531, 30563.

How far is Mount Airy from Atlanta?

73.9 miles (118.9 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Mount Airy.

What is the nearest larger city to Mount Airy?

Cornelia, GA, with 5,371 residents, 2.0 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.