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In Georgia, this town has 3,230 residents.
Homes are affordable here, though not without reasons. Its weakest subject is health: residents are less healthy than 83% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Overall, Hannahs Mill earns a C+: better than 36% of U.S. towns, and 109th of 258 in Georgia. Where it does best is cost of living — a typical home costs about $155K, 2.8 years of the Thomaston area’s $55K median household income. On the outdoors, just 14 of Georgia’s 374 towns do worse. Rose Hill Mill and House is on the National Register of Historic Places. The town’s rent at the middle of the market is $851 a month, against $1,160 a month in Georgia’s towns and $1,185 a month across U.S. towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: C+ for schools, C+ for incomes, B− for walkability and B for hazard risk.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · schools, state test and graduation results · FEMA National Risk Index · USGS PAD-US · National Register of Historic Places.
Where Hannahs Mill’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 Hannahs Mill is from typical.
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Census counts: 2,616 in 1980, 3,121 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 2014 and 3 maps from 1939 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Hannahs Mill is unincorporated, so Upson 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Hannahs Mill.
Hannahs Mill trades lower home prices for longer drives to work, looks healthier within Georgia than nationally and sends most of its workers to Thomaston and beyond.
Within Georgia it is less healthy than 63% of the 261 graded towns: much of Georgia scores lower on these measures.
32% of adults get no exercise outside work in Hannahs Mill. Among adults in the town, 19% smoke cigarettes and 16% have diabetes.
| Hannahs Mill | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 15% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Hannahs Mill | GA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.8% | 6.5% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.4% | 6.1% |
| More smokers | 18.5% | 13.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Hannahs Mill has 353 jobs for its 1,361 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Jobs in Hannahs Mill grew by 177 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 353. For most workers, Hannahs Mill is a place to come home to: only 3% work in town. In Hannahs Mill, 12% of residents live below the poverty line. The top destinations are Thomaston (18%), Atlanta (4%) and Griffin (4%).
| Hannahs Mill | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 3.1% | 9.2% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 15% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $70,000 | $63,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Flood insurance has paid out on 6 claims in Hannahs Mill since 1994. On expected storm and flood damage, Hannahs Mill sits below 57% of U.S. communities. 67% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 10%.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Homes are within reach (A− for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 32 miles. At 2.8 years of the Thomaston area’s $55K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 78% of Georgia towns; that ratio is one input to its A− for cost of living.
For households in Hannahs Mill, the share who own their home is 67%.
| Hannahs Mill | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $851 a month | $1,160 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 67% | 58% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
1 within 15 miles of the center of Hannahs Mill
About 3 of every 100 Hannahs Mill residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Georgia.
Place in Georgia, United States
Hannahs Mill is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Upson County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Hannahs Mill had a population of 3,121.
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One town shares a border with Hannahs Mill.
| Town | GA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hannahs Mill | #109 | C+ | A− | — | C+ | C− |
| Thomaston | #225 | D | C | C− | C+ | D |
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Hannahs Mill grades C+ overall, better than 36% of U.S. towns and #109 of 258 in Georgia. It grades C− for health and C+ for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $155,000, 53% 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 A−.