Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Donalsonville grades D overall, 198th among Georgia's 258 graded towns, mostly because of incomes and health. The median household income is $43K, and 29% of residents live below the poverty line. Residents are less healthy than 95% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. What it does well: it is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns. 29% of residents live below the poverty line in Donalsonville, against 15% in Georgia’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Only 26 of Georgia’s 374 towns score lower on hazard risk. Its National Register listings include Seminole County Courthouse and Southeastern Holiness Institute.
Where Donalsonville beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where Donalsonville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Georgia), ordered by how far Donalsonville is from typical.
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Census counts: 519 in 1900, 2,833 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and 2 maps from 1974 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Donalsonville, 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 Donalsonville.
Donalsonville fares better on crime within Georgia than nationally and draws workers from Dothan and beyond, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Georgia (mostly hurricanes).
19% of adults have diabetes in Donalsonville. Donalsonville beats the Georgia average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 19. 47% of adults have high blood pressure in Donalsonville.
| Donalsonville | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 14% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 47% | 38% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 16% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 22% | 14% |
| What stands out | Donalsonville | GA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 11.2% | 14.5% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 80.7% | 77.4% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 27.4% | 14.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Seminole County school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seminole County Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 638 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within GA on state tests and graduation
1,470 jobs are based in Donalsonville, 1.6 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 20.5 minutes, against 28.3 across Georgia.
About one in 4 of Donalsonville’s working residents works in town. Donalsonville’s average trip to work is 21 minutes. The top destinations are Bainbridge (8%), Colquitt (5%) and Albany (5%).
| Donalsonville | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 28% | 9% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $43,000 | $63,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
At 2.8 years of the county’s $49K median household income, the typical home (about $138K) costs less against local pay than in 78% of Georgia towns; that ratio is one input to its C+ for cost of living.
The typical Donalsonville home is worth about $138,000, up 2.2% in a year, 58% below the Georgia typical home. The median rent in Donalsonville is $914 a month.
| Donalsonville | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $914 a month | $1,160 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 58% | 58% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 92% of Georgia towns; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1984, 24 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Donalsonville.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Donalsonville has mild winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 92° and January nights drop to 39°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
At 15.4 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 79% of Georgia’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 39 to 24 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
0.2 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The biggest park or preserve is Davis Park, at 36 acres.
| Donalsonville | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.6% | 2.3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Davis Park | — | 36 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Donalsonville; the nearest are
About 5 of every 100 Donalsonville residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Georgia.
3 places in Donalsonville on the National Register of Historic Places.
8 notable people were born in Donalsonville.
City in Georgia, United States
Donalsonville is a city in and the county seat of Seminole County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,833 in 2020.
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Donalsonville grades D overall, better than 11% of U.S. towns and #198 of 258 in Georgia. It grades D− for health, B for safety and B− for schools. Jobs & income is its weak spot, with a D−.
That is 2.8 years of the area's median household income ($49,495 across the county). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
8 notable people were born here, including Haywood Sullivan and Phillip Daniels.
