Georgia · Census place 1357260

Oakwood, Georgia

Oakwood is a city in Hall County, Georgia with an estimated 6,759 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 119th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,759
#119 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
+39.6%
+1,917 people
Land area
6.0 sq mi
Density
1,128 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Oakwood. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Oakwood population, 2020 to 2024

Oakwood added 1,917 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +39.6%. In the latest year it moved by +356. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 2nd; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Oakwood is 42% of it.

4,84220205,35820215,96420226,40320236,7592024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,803. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Oakwood covers 5.99 square miles of land, for 1,128 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Oakwood is close to the typical town.

What county Oakwood is in

All of Oakwood's residents live in Hall County, which had 221,745 residents in 2024. Oakwood 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 Oakwood

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Oakwood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30542, 30566. 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 Oakwood is

The Census internal point of Oakwood is at 34.222100, -83.884900. Atlanta, the capital, is 43.6 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Flowery Branch, GA (12,292 people), 4.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sandy Springs, GA, 34.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.222100, -83.884900
DMS
34°13'19.56"N 83°53'5.64"W
UTM
17N 234239.5E 3790547.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
866R64C8+R2

Daylight in Oakwood

At 34.22° N, Oakwood 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 34 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Oakwood

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Flowery Branch, 4.0 miles away, with 12,292 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Oakwood, GA?

6,759 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,917 (39.6%) from 4,842 in July 2020.

What county is Oakwood in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Oakwood?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 30542, 30566.

How far is Oakwood from Atlanta?

43.6 miles (70.1 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Oakwood.

What is the nearest larger city to Oakwood?

Flowery Branch, GA, with 12,292 residents, 4.0 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.