Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Comer’s best subject grades are an A− for walkability and schools; its weakest is a D for incomes. 23% of residents live below the poverty line in Comer, where Georgia’s towns sit at 15% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 87% of the country. Comer has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Howard's Covered Bridge and Smithonia. Comer's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 82% of U.S. towns. Comer has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Comer beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Comer Elementary School | K–5 | 419 |
1,126 counted in 2010 and 1,512 in 2020; an estimated 1,631 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Georgia), ordered by how far Comer is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 336 in 1900, 1,512 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1940 and 3 maps from 1891 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Comer, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Comer.
40% of adults feel lonely in Comer, above both Georgia’s towns (39%) and U.S. towns (33%). 35% of adults get no exercise outside work in Comer. Comer beats the Georgia average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 17.
| Comer | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 33% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 29% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 12% |
| What stands out | Comer | GA |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 23.6% | 14.5% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.1% | 6.5% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.5% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Madison County school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comer Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 419 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within GA on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Comer for work: only 5% work in town. Comer’s median household income is $53,000. Since 2013, Comer has lost 46 jobs, to 466 in 2023.
| Comer | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 4.8% | 9.2% | 11% |
| Median household income | $53,000 | $63,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.7% | 9.1% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 76% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Adults 35 to 64 are 27% of residents (39% statewide); children under 18 are 29% of residents (23% statewide). The median age in Comer is 31.9 years. Comer has grown 7.3% since 2020, to 1,631 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Comer | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 31.9 years | 36.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 34% | 25% | 29% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.9 points. Across Georgia, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Comer | GA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 15.7% | 12.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.9% | 11.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.8% | 9.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 17.4% | 13.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.1% | 13.4% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.5% | 12.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 6.4% | 12.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 4.4% | 9.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 15.8% | 5.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 11.2% | 10.8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 29.7% | 26.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.7% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 4.9% | 8.4% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 7.4% | 21.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 26.1% | 13.9% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,600, single groups can be off by several points
Comer has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 90°, January nights drop to 32° and about 2 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical Comer home is worth about $310,000, up 3.2% in a year, 6% below the Georgia typical home.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Comer. Close and well known come first.
16 mi Stadium & arenaSanford Stadium
35 mi MountainCurrahee Mountain
32 mi LakeLake Hartwell
27 mi MuseumCallaway Plantation16 mi MuseumGeorgia Museum of Art
18 mi GardenThe State Botanical Garden of GeorgiaSanford Stadium: The original uploader was Clio64 at French Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Currahee Mountain: Wikilackey (talk), Public domain · Lake Hartwell: blahedo, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Callaway Plantation: A P Wood, CC BY-SA 3.0 · The State Botanical Garden of Georgia: Pendragon98 (Talk / contribs), Public domain
1 within 15 miles of the center of Comer
About 3 of every 100 Comer residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Georgia.
Where Comer’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
City in Georgia, United States
Comer is a city in Madison County, Georgia, United States. It had a population of 1,512 as of the 2020 census, up from 1,126 in 2010. Comer is the largest city in Madison County based on population and total land area. The city is included in the Athens – Clarke County metropolitan area, part of the Atlanta metropolitan area.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. That is 4.7 years of the area's median household income ($65,608 across the Athens-Clarke County, GA metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
