GumlogGA
2,382 residents make their home in this town in Georgia.
Is Gumlog a good place to live?
Gumlog’s best subject grade is a B+ for the outdoors; its weakest is a D for walkability. Only 15 of Georgia’s 371 towns score lower on walkability. Gumlog’s average commute is 35 minutes, where Georgia’s towns sit at 26 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. 28% of the land in Gumlog is conserved, where Georgia’s towns sit at 2.3% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. Only 10 of Georgia’s 373 towns score lower on history. The biggest place to walk is Tugaloo State Park, 439 acres with 3.8 miles of trail. Gumlog has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Gumlog stand out
Where Gumlog beats most towns.
97% of working residents leave Gumlog for work
Where Gumlog’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Gumlog grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Georgia), ordered by how far Gumlog is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Gumlog: who provides what
Gumlog is unincorporated, so Franklin 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 Gumlog.
Conservation land takes up nearly a quarter of Gumlog
Trails run 4.1 miles in 1 park or preserve. Gumlog’s concentration of trails is 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Tugaloo State Park | 3.8 mi | 439 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
With only 0.1 jobs per working resident, most people in Gumlog work out of town
The top destinations are Lavonia (13%), Toccoa (4%) and Athens (3%). Since 2013, Gumlog has added 54 jobs, to 116 in 2023. The median commute is under 30 miles. For residents locally, the share who live below the poverty line is 11%.
| Gumlog | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 3% | 9.1% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 15% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $69,000 | $63,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers in Gumlog
July afternoons reach 90°, January nights drop to 32° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Health in Gumlog trails 63% of U.S. towns
43% of adults have high blood pressure in Gumlog. Against the Georgia average, Gumlog comes out ahead on 6 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 7. Among adults in the town, 34% sleep under 7 hours and 34% feel lonely.
| Gumlog | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 38% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 40% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 39% | 33% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 22% | 14% |
| What stands out | Gumlog | GA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.9% | 15% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.5% | 9.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11% | 7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The biggest natural risk in Gumlog is inland flooding, at a high overall level
For Gumlog, the risk rating from FEMA is 60 of 100. FEMA puts 64% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 12% to tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Memorial Stadium, Clemson and 11 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Gumlog. Close and well known come first.
19 mi Stadium & arenaMemorial Stadium, Clemson
16 mi MountainCurrahee Mountain
14 mi LakeLake Hartwell
24 mi LakeLake Keowee
33 mi LakeLake Jocassee22 mi WaterfallTallulah GorgePhoto credits
Memorial Stadium, Clemson: Caseyh at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Currahee Mountain: Wikilackey (talk), Public domain · Lake Hartwell: blahedo, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Lake Keowee: Inundated_38Oc1.jpg: Matthew T. Bradley from Berkshire County, Mass., USA deriva, CC BY 2.0 · Lake Jocassee: Clemson3564, Public domain
Everything we know about Gumlog
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Gumlog; the nearest are
About 6 of every 100 Gumlog residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Georgia.
About Gumlog
Place in Georgia, United States
Gumlog is an unincorporated lakeside community and census-designated place in Franklin County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Gumlog had a population of 2,358.
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- Area
- 16 sq mi
- Elevation
- 732 ft
- Area code
- 706
Gumlog’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Gumlog.
Gumlog and Lavonia have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Gumlog reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Gumlog with a neighbor →
Questions about Gumlog
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Gumlog, GA expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.