Georgia · Census place 1378044

Tyrone, Georgia

Tyrone is a town in Fayette County, Georgia with an estimated 8,038 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 112th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
8,038
#112 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
+4.0%
+312 people
Land area
12.5 sq mi
+ 0.38 sq mi water
Density
643 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Tyrone. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Tyrone population, 2020 to 2024

Tyrone added 312 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.0%. In the latest year it moved by +76. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 74th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Tyrone is 49% of it.

7,72620207,83220217,90720227,96220238,0382024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 7,678. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Tyrone covers 12.51 square miles of land and 0.38 of water, for 643 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Tyrone is less dense than the typical town.

What county Tyrone is in

All of Tyrone's residents live in Fayette County, which had 125,107 residents in 2024. Tyrone holds 6.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Tyrone

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Tyrone by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 30290. 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 Tyrone is

The Census internal point of Tyrone is at 33.476100, -84.594500. Atlanta, the capital, is 22.3 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fairburn, GA (17,267 people), 5.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is South Fulton, GA, 11.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.476100, -84.594500
DMS
33°28'33.96"N 84°35'40.20"W
UTM
16N 723523.1E 3706658.5N
Geohash
djgy7n0hm
Plus code
865QFCG4+C6

Daylight in Tyrone

At 33.48° N, Tyrone gets about 14 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Tyrone

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Fairburn, 5.0 miles away, with 17,267 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Tyrone, GA?

8,038 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 312 (4.0%) from 7,726 in July 2020.

What county is Tyrone in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Tyrone?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 30290.

How far is Tyrone from Atlanta?

22.3 miles (35.9 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Tyrone.

What is the nearest larger city to Tyrone?

Fairburn, GA, with 17,267 residents, 5.0 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.