Georgia · Census place 1380788

Watkinsville, Georgia

Watkinsville is a city in Oconee County, Georgia with an estimated 3,897 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 171st largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,897
#171 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
+34.2%
+993 people
Land area
3.3 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
1,181 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Watkinsville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

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Watkinsville population, 2020 to 2024

Watkinsville added 993 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +34.2%. In the latest year it moved by +256.

2,90420202,92220213,38620223,64120233,8972024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,897. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Watkinsville covers 3.30 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 1,181 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Watkinsville is close to the typical town.

What county Watkinsville is in

All of Watkinsville's residents live in Oconee County, which had 44,751 residents in 2024. Watkinsville holds 8.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Watkinsville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Watkinsville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30677. 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 Watkinsville is

The Census internal point of Watkinsville is at 33.859700, -83.404800. Atlanta, the capital, is 57.0 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Athens-Clarke County, GA (128,691 people), 6.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.859700, -83.404800
DMS
33°51'34.92"N 83°24'17.28"W
UTM
17N 277532.5E 3749202.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
865RVH5W+V3

Daylight in Watkinsville

At 33.86° N, Watkinsville gets about 14 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Watkinsville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Athens-Clarke County, 6.5 miles away, with 128,691 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Watkinsville, GA?

3,897 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 993 (34.2%) from 2,904 in July 2020.

What county is Watkinsville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Watkinsville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 30677.

How far is Watkinsville from Atlanta?

57.0 miles (91.7 km) in a straight line, heading W from Watkinsville.

What is the nearest larger city to Watkinsville?

Athens-Clarke County, GA, with 128,691 residents, 6.5 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.

  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.