DeenwoodGA
A town of 2,360.
Is Deenwood a good place to live?
Deenwood’s weakest subject grade is a D for health. Only 6 of the 265 Georgia towns we compare have a higher July high than Deenwood. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 77% of U.S. towns. On the outdoors, just 11 of Georgia’s 374 towns do worse. Deenwood has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
98% of working residents leave Deenwood for work
Where Deenwood’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Deenwood grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Georgia), ordered by how far Deenwood is from typical.
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Moving to Deenwood: who provides what
Deenwood is unincorporated, so Ware County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Deenwood.
Health in Deenwood trails 91% of U.S. towns
Deenwood beats the Georgia average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 14. 18% of Deenwood adults report frequent physical distress, above both Georgia’s towns (14%) and U.S. towns (14%). 17% of Deenwood adults have diabetes.
| Deenwood | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 38% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 29% | 25% |
| What stands out | Deenwood | GA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 80.6% | 77.4% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 24.2% | 14.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Public schools in Deenwood fall behind 59% of Georgia districts
Its public schools are run by the Ware County school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wacona Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 885 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within GA on state tests and graduation
With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Deenwood’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Deenwood for work: only 2% work in town. At 21 minutes, Deenwood’s average trip to work is where Georgia’s towns sit at 26 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Since 2013, Deenwood has added 60 jobs, to 389 in 2023.
| Deenwood | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2% | 9.1% | 8% |
| Median household income | $57,000 | $63,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 15% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Deenwood, expect mild winters and hot summers
Deenwood has mild winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain. Deenwood’s January low is 39°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Low risk in Deenwood, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 62% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Deenwood since 2009.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Homes in Deenwood sell for about $218K
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Deenwood
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Deenwood
About 0 of every 100 Deenwood residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Georgia.
About Deenwood
Place in Georgia, United States
Deenwood is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Ware County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,207 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Waycross micropolitan statistical area. Deenwood Baptist Church is named after this geographical area.
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- Area
- 3.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 135 ft
- Area code
- 912
Deenwood’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Deenwood.
Deenwood and Sunnyside have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Deenwood and Sunnyside report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Deenwood with a neighbor →
Questions about Deenwood
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Deenwood, GA expensive?
The typical home is worth about $138,000, 58% below the Georgia typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.