Reed CreekGA
A town of 3,151, settled in 1870.
Is Reed Creek a good place to live?
Reed Creek is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C overall, 113th among Georgia's 258 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its schools rank ahead of 65% of Georgia towns. Expect to pay for it: homes are expensive, about $343K for a typical one and 5.8 times the county’s $59K median household income. Reed Creek’s mean commuting time is 46 minutes, against 26 minutes in Georgia’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 87% of U.S. towns. Among 263 Georgia towns, just one has a higher home-ownership rate than Reed Creek.
98% of working residents leave Reed Creek for work
Where Reed Creek’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Reed Creek grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Georgia), ordered by how far Reed Creek is from typical.
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Moving to Reed Creek: who provides what
Reed Creek is unincorporated, so Hart 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 Reed Creek.
Reed Creek is a second-home town, keeps more of its land conserved than most of Georgia and has more 90° days than most of the country, though not than most of Georgia.
Open space protected for good: nearly a third of Reed Creek
Its 9,427 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in any other Georgia town.
12 miles of trail. Reed Creek’s trail density is 0.3 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A smaller share of residents in Reed Creek are under 18 than in the typical Georgia or U.S. town
28.7% of homes are seasonal or vacation homes, against 1.9% statewide, which helps explain the older median age.
The share of adults 25 and older in Reed Creek who hold a bachelor’s degree or more: 41%. Only 2 of the 263 Georgia towns we compare have a higher midpoint age than Reed Creek.
| Reed Creek | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 8% | 24% | 22% |
| Median age | 59.6 years | 36.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 41% | 25% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.7 points. Across Georgia, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Reed Creek | GA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 3% | 12.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 5% | 11.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7% | 9.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 6.4% | 13.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 4.7% | 13.4% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.6% | 12.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 26.7% | 12.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 21.6% | 9.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 12.9% | 5.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.3% | 10.8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 29.5% | 26.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.6% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6.7% | 8.4% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 27.8% | 21.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.1% | 13.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,200, single groups can be off by several points
Most people working in Reed Creek commute elsewhere
Reed Creek has 71 jobs for its 1,257 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 46.1 minutes, against 28.3 across Georgia.
In Reed Creek, nearly one in ten residents live below the poverty line. Just 2% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. Since 2013, Reed Creek has added 30 jobs, to 71 in 2023. The top destinations are Hartwell (13%), Athens (6%) and Lavonia (5%).
| Reed Creek | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 22% | 9.2% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 9.2% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 9.4% | 15% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $77,000 | $63,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Reed Creek: mild winters and hot summers
The Hartwell weather station, 6 miles away, records that about 36 days a year reach 90°: more than most of the country, but fewer than 90% of Georgia places with climate records.
July afternoons reach 90°, January nights drop to 33° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Reed Creek ranks healthier than 55% of the country’s towns
For adults 18 to 64 in Reed Creek, the share who have no health insurance is 9.2%. This Georgia town does better than the Georgia average on 12 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 7. 43% of adults here have high blood pressure; 15% report frequent mental distress. Among 261 Georgia towns, just 10 have a lower share of adults who sleep under 7 hours than Reed Creek.
| Reed Creek | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 40% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 38% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 19% | 17% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 22% | 14% |
| What stands out | Reed Creek | GA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.2% | 15% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.3% | 9.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.3% | 7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The biggest natural risk in Reed Creek is inland flooding, at a moderate overall level
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 52% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Lake Hartwell and 12 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Reed Creek. Close and well known come first.
4 mi LakeLake Hartwell
17 mi Stadium & arenaMemorial Stadium, Clemson
27 mi MountainCurrahee Mountain
25 mi LakeLake Keowee
36 mi LakeLake Jocassee33 mi WaterfallTallulah GorgePhoto credits
Lake Hartwell: blahedo, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Memorial Stadium, Clemson: Caseyh at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Currahee Mountain: Wikilackey (talk), Public domain · 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 Reed Creek
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Reed Creek; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Reed Creek residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Georgia.
Reed Creek’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Reed Creek.
| Town | GA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reed Creek | #113 | C | C | — | B+ | B |
| Hartwell | #104 | C+ | B+ | D | B+ | C− |
Reed Creek reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Reed Creek with a neighbor →
Questions about Reed Creek
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Reed Creek, GA a good place to live?
Reed Creek grades C overall, better than 34% of U.S. towns and #113 of 258 in Georgia. It grades B for health and B+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Reed Creek, 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.