Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Grantville gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $284K, 3.2 years of the Atlanta metro’s $90K median household income. It grades B+ overall, 36th of 258 graded towns in Georgia. On the plus side, its schools outperform 80% of the state's. Grantville's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 97% of U.S. towns. Grantville Historic District is on the National Register of Historic Places. Only 7 of the 149 Georgia towns we compare have a lower level of property crime than Grantville.
Where Grantville beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Glanton Elementary | PK–5 | 271 |
Where Grantville’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 Grantville is from typical.
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Census counts: 618 in 1880, 3,103 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and 3 maps from 1964 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Grantville, 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 Grantville.
Grantville pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices, trades lower home prices for longer drives to work and fares better on crime within Georgia than nationally.
That grade comes with an A− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $284K.
Its public schools are run by the Coweta County school district. Grantville’s only public school teaches 271 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glanton ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 271 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within GA on state tests and graduation
Grantville has 269 jobs for its 1,598 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Nearly a tenth of Grantville residents live below the poverty line, below both the Georgia town median (15%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Commuting out is the norm locally: 1% of working residents work locally. Since 2013, Grantville has added 65 jobs, to 269 in 2023. Its mean commuting time stands at 29 minutes.
| Grantville | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.8% | 9.2% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 8.2% | 15% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $69,000 | $63,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Grantville, the risk rating from FEMA is 22 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 57% come from inland flooding and 16% from tornadoes. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Grantville once, in 2009.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The Newnan 7 Wnw weather station, 12 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 214 days: longer than most of the country, but shorter than 92% of Georgia places with climate records. The Newnan 7 Wnw weather station, 12 miles away, records that about 42 days a year reach 90°: more than most of the country, but fewer than 82% of Georgia places with climate records.
In July, afternoons reach 90°; in January, nights fall to 33°, and about 2 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Homes are within reach (about $284K for the typical one, A− for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 29 miles.
Grantville’s rent at the middle of the market comes in at $1,380 a month. Three quarters of Grantville households own their home, above Georgia’s towns (58%) and close to U.S. towns (73%). Also worth knowing: the typical Grantville home is worth about $284,000, up 2.1% in a year, 14% below the Georgia typical home.
| Grantville | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 75% | 58% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,380 a month | $1,152 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
For adults in Grantville, the share who report frequent mental distress is 19%. Against the Georgia average, Grantville comes out ahead on 5 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 1. 76% of adults in the town had a checkup this year; 33% have high blood pressure.
| Grantville | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 76% | 79% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 38% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| What stands out | Grantville | GA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 4.9% | 6.1% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 2.9% | 3.6% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 74% | 77.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
At 17.1 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 76% of Georgia’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 47 to 17 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
The violent offense rate in Grantville is 1.8 per 1,000 residents.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Count the trails in 1 park or preserve and they come to 0.3 miles. For Grantville, the density of trails is 0.1 miles per square mile. This Georgia town has one park or preserve, 5 acres in all.
| Grantville | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1% | 2.3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Grantville City Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Grantville; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Grantville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Georgia.
City in Georgia, United States
Grantville is a city in Coweta County, Georgia, United States. The 2020 census shows a population of 3,103.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Grantville grades B+ overall, better than 69% of U.S. towns and #36 of 258 in Georgia. It grades B− for health, B− for safety and A− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.