Georgia · Census place 1379864

Wadley, Georgia

Wadley is a city in Jefferson County, Georgia with an estimated 1,576 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 268th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,576
#268 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
-4.0%
-65 people
Land area
4.6 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
346 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Wadley. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Wadley population, 2020 to 2024

Wadley lost 65 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.0%. In the latest year it moved by -4.

1,64120201,61020211,59920221,58020231,5762024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,644. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Wadley covers 4.56 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 346 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Wadley is less dense than the typical town.

What county Wadley is in

All of Wadley's residents live in Jefferson County, which had 15,019 residents in 2024. Wadley holds 10.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Wadley

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wadley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30477. 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 Wadley is

The Census internal point of Wadley is at 32.864800, -82.402800. Atlanta, the capital, is 129.9 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Louisville, GA (2,223 people), 8.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Augusta-Richmond County, GA, 39.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.864800, -82.402800
DMS
32°51'53.28"N 82°24'10.08"W
UTM
17N 368751.3E 3637170.8N
Geohash
djv6uyu57
Plus code
864VVH7W+WV

Daylight in Wadley

At 32.86° N, Wadley gets about 14 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 20 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Wadley

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Louisville, 8.9 miles away, with 2,223 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Wadley, GA?

1,576 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 65 (4.0%) from 1,641 in July 2020.

What county is Wadley in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Wadley?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 30477.

How far is Wadley from Atlanta?

129.9 miles (209.0 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Wadley.

What is the nearest larger city to Wadley?

Louisville, GA, with 2,223 residents, 8.9 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.