Georgia · Census place 1359976
Pelham, Georgia
Pelham is a city in Mitchell County, Georgia with an estimated 3,385 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 187th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,385
- #187 of 305 in Georgia
- Change since 2020
- -2.9%
- -100 people
- Land area
- 4.1 sq mi
- Density
- 830 / sq mi
- State median 1,234
Measure from here
Tools and pages that start from Pelham
Pelham population, 2020 to 2024
Pelham lost 100 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.9%. In the latest year it moved by -37.
Pelham covers 4.08 square miles of land, for 830 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Pelham is less dense than the typical town.
What county Pelham is in
All of Pelham's residents live in Mitchell County, which had 20,329 residents in 2024. Pelham holds 16.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Pelham
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pelham by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 31779. 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 Pelham is
The Census internal point of Pelham is at 31.126600, -84.151500. Atlanta, the capital, is 181.7 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Camilla, GA (5,029 people), 8.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tallahassee, FL, 46.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 31.126600, -84.151500
- DMS
- 31°07'35.76"N 84°09'5.40"W
- UTM
- 16N 771627.6E 3447124.7N
- Geohash
- djs1j46tx
- Plus code
- 863Q4RGX+JC
Daylight in Pelham
At 31.13° N, Pelham gets about 14 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Pelham
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Camilla, 8.2 miles away, with 5,029 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Pelham, GA?
3,385 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 100 (2.9%) from 3,485 in July 2020.
What county is Pelham in?
Mitchell County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Pelham?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 31779.
How far is Pelham from Atlanta?
181.7 miles (292.4 km) in a straight line, heading N from Pelham.
What is the nearest larger city to Pelham?
Camilla, GA, with 5,029 residents, 8.2 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.
- 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.