Georgia · Census place 1382972

Willacoochee, Georgia

Willacoochee is a city in Atkinson County, Georgia with an estimated 1,258 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 282nd largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,258
#282 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
+1.4%
+17 people
Land area
3.8 sq mi
Density
329 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Willacoochee. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Willacoochee population, 2020 to 2024

Willacoochee added 17 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +8.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,238. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Willacoochee covers 3.82 square miles of land, for 329 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Willacoochee is less dense than the typical town.

What county Willacoochee is in

All of Willacoochee's residents live in Atkinson County, which had 8,435 residents in 2024. Willacoochee holds 14.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Willacoochee

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Willacoochee by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 31650. 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 Willacoochee is

The Census internal point of Willacoochee is at 31.335100, -83.044000. Atlanta, the capital, is 184.2 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pearson, GA (1,898 people), 11.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tallahassee, FL, 94.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
31.335100, -83.044000
DMS
31°20'6.36"N 83°02'38.40"W
UTM
17N 305534.0E 3468544.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
863R8XP4+2C

Daylight in Willacoochee

At 31.34° N, Willacoochee gets about 14 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Willacoochee

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Pearson, 11.5 miles away, with 1,898 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Willacoochee, GA?

1,258 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 17 (1.4%) from 1,241 in July 2020.

What county is Willacoochee in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Willacoochee?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 31650.

How far is Willacoochee from Atlanta?

184.2 miles (296.5 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Willacoochee.

What is the nearest larger city to Willacoochee?

Pearson, GA, with 1,898 residents, 11.5 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.