Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Vienna earns a D, 201st among Georgia's 258 graded towns, mostly because of health and schools. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 90% of the country. Its schools rank behind 90% of the state's. What it does well: homes are within reach, about $92K for a typical one, or 1.5 years of the county’s $61K median household income. On walkability, just 20 of Georgia’s 371 towns do worse. Vienna has 6 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Dooly County Courthouse and Vienna High and Industrial School. Among 229 Georgia towns, just 3 have a lower typical home value than Vienna.
Where Vienna beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| Widest gap | Vienna | GA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing food insecurity | 29.8% | 17.7% |
Census counts: 536 in 1890, a peak of 4,011 in 2010, 2,928 in 2020. The archive holds 11 old photos and papers going back to 1890 and a map from 1972 on.
6 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Georgia), ordered by how far Vienna is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for cost of living (better than 95% of comparable towns) to D for walkability (better than 8%), so the D overall blends very different results.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Vienna, 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 Vienna.
Vienna trades lower home prices for longer drives to work and draws workers from Cordele and beyond, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Georgia (mostly inland flooding).
Homes are within reach (about $92K for the typical one, A+ for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 27 miles. At 1.5 years of the county’s $61K median household income, the typical home (about $92K) costs less against local pay than in 98% of Georgia towns; that ratio is one input to its A+ for cost of living.
38% of Vienna households own their home, against 58% in Georgia’s towns and 73% across U.S. towns. The typical Vienna home is worth about $92,000, about the same as a year ago, 72% below the Georgia typical home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its public schools are run by the Dooly County school district. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Dooly County High School, with 329 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dooly County High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 329 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within GA on state tests and graduation
2,208 jobs are based in Vienna, 2.4 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 17.9 minutes, against 28.3 across Georgia.
About one in 5 of Vienna’s working residents works in town. At 18 minutes, Vienna’s average trip to work is below both the Georgia town median (26 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Jobs based in Vienna grew to 2,208 in 2023, 962 more than in 2013.
| Vienna | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 20% | 9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $58,000 | $63,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 15% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
19% of Vienna adults have diabetes. Vienna beats the Georgia average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 20. 47% of Vienna adults have high blood pressure.
| Vienna | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 14% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 47% | 38% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 40% | 36% |
| What stands out | Vienna | GA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 10.9% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.1% | 7% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 29.8% | 17.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Vienna has mild winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain. Vienna’s July high is 92°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 83% of Georgia towns; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on.
The FEMA risk score in Vienna is 60 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Vienna | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.4% | 2.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Walter F George Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Vienna; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Vienna residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Georgia.
4,011 counted in 2010 and 2,928 in 2020; an estimated 2,961 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
6 places in Vienna on the National Register of Historic Places.
9 notable people were born in Vienna.
City in Georgia, United States
Vienna () is a city in and the county seat of Dooly County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,928 in 2020. Vienna is situated on the Flint River. It was established as Berrien in 1826. In 1833, its name was changed to Drayton. In 1841, it was renamed Vienna after the city of Vienna, Austria.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Vienna grades D overall, better than 10% of U.S. towns and #201 of 258 in Georgia. It grades D for health and D for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
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+.
9 notable people were born here, including Roger Kingdom and Vincent Sherman.
