Georgia · Census place 1362244
Porterdale, Georgia
Porterdale is a city in Newton County, Georgia with an estimated 1,941 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 245th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,941
- #245 of 305 in Georgia
- Change since 2020
- +7.4%
- +134 people
- Land area
- 2.4 sq mi
- + 0.05 sq mi water
- Density
- 816 / sq mi
- State median 1,234
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Porterdale population, 2020 to 2024
Porterdale added 134 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.4%. In the latest year it moved by +45.
Porterdale covers 2.38 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 816 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Porterdale is less dense than the typical town.
What county Porterdale is in
All of Porterdale's residents live in Newton County, which had 124,010 residents in 2024. Porterdale holds 1.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Porterdale
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Porterdale by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30014, 30016, 30070. 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 Porterdale is
The Census internal point of Porterdale is at 33.573700, -83.894800. Atlanta, the capital, is 30.8 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Covington, GA (15,302 people), 3.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Atlanta, GA, 33.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.573700, -83.894800
- DMS
- 33°34'25.32"N 83°53'41.28"W
- UTM
- 17N 231298.8E 3718646.0N
- Geohash
- djuqfzvsv
- Plus code
- 865RH4F4+F3
Daylight in Porterdale
At 33.57° N, Porterdale gets about 14 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 55 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Porterdale
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Covington, 3.5 miles away, with 15,302 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Porterdale, GA?
1,941 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 134 (7.4%) from 1,807 in July 2020.
What county is Porterdale in?
Newton County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Porterdale?
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 30014, 30016, 30070.
How far is Porterdale from Atlanta?
30.8 miles (49.6 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Porterdale.
What is the nearest larger city to Porterdale?
Covington, GA, with 15,302 residents, 3.5 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.