Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Jasper is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C overall, 123rd among Georgia's 258 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its public schools beat 61% of Georgia towns on state tests and graduation. Its lowest everyday mark is in health: residents are less healthy than 74% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. A typical home there costs about $377K, 4.2 years of the Atlanta metro’s $90K median household income. 27% of residents live below the poverty line in Jasper, above both Georgia’s towns (15%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Only 11 of Georgia’s 307 towns score higher on civic life. Jasper has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Pickens County Courthouse and Pickens County Jail.
Where Jasper beats most towns.
Pickens County JailWhere Jasper’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 Jasper is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 146 in 1880, 4,084 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1907 and 4 maps from 1926 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Jasper, 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 Jasper.
Jasper draws workers from Canton and beyond, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has a longer frost-free season than most of the country, though not than most of Georgia.
4,985 jobs are based in Jasper, 2.6 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
Most working residents leave Jasper for work: only 16% work in town. Jasper’s average trip to work is 30 minutes. Jobs based in Jasper grew to 4,985 in 2023, 930 more than in 2013.
| Jasper | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 16% | 9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $52,000 | $63,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by the Pickens County school district. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jasper Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–6 | Grades 5–6 | 573 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within GA on state tests and graduation
5.4 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. Dorris Wiggington City Park, at 50 acres with 2.1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. The trail density in Jasper is 0.6 miles per square mile.
| Jasper | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.5% | 2.3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Dorris Wiggington City Park | 2.1 mi | 50 |
| 2. Jasper City Park | — | 14 |
| 3. Lee Newton Park | 0.2 mi | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Against the 6,616 U.S. towns with household incomes like Jasper’s, it is healthier than 53%, so its C isn’t only a matter of income.
40% of Jasper adults have high blood pressure. Among 261 Georgia towns, just 5 have a higher share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Jasper. 14% of Jasper adults have diabetes.
| Jasper | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 39% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 40% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Jasper | GA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 12.4% | 15% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 8.2% | 9.6% |
| More adults with COPD | 9% | 6.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 73% of U.S. communities. Since 2019, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Jasper.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The Jasper 1 Nnw weather station records that the frost-free season runs about 221 days: longer than most of the country, but shorter than 81% of Georgia places with climate records. January nights average 30.6°: milder than most of the country, but colder than 96% of Georgia places with climate records; July afternoons average 86.5°.
Jasper has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. No town among the 264 in Georgia we compare has a lower July high than Jasper. About 3 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Jasper | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 31°F | 33°F | 22°F |
| July high | 87°F | 90°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
50% of households own their home in Jasper. The typical Jasper home is worth about $377,000, up 1.3% in a year, 15% above the Georgia typical home.
| Jasper | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 50% | 58% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,122 a month | $1,160 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Jasper's reported crime rate is below Georgia's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 4 violent crimes were reported in 2024.
| Jasper | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 0.8 per 1,000 residents | 2.4 | 1.7 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 11.9 per 1,000 residents | 18.6 | 11.5 |
FBI crime data, 2024 · crimes reported to police
1 within 15 miles of the center of Jasper
About 4 of every 100 Jasper residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Georgia.
3,684 counted in 2010 and 4,084 in 2020; an estimated 5,400 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 31.9% since 2020, after 10.9% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
3 places in Jasper on the National Register of Historic Places.
3 notable people were born in Jasper.
City and county seat in Georgia, United States
Jasper is a city in Pickens County, Georgia, United States. The population was 4,084 in 2020. The city is the county seat of Pickens County.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Jasper grades C overall, better than 31% of U.S. towns and #123 of 258 in Georgia. It grades C for health and B for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
3 notable people were born here, including Farish Carter Tate and James Larry Edmondson.
