Flowery Branch, Georgia

Population

Growing. Up 37.8% since 2020.

13,110

people, the 91st-largest of Georgia's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Georgia's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

The workday

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

95.7%

of 4,678 jobs located in Flowery Branch are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES

Rent

Median rent is up 134% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$1,814

a month. Georgia's median is $1,393.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

A $2,590 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Hall County.

• $911 Tract 2.03
• $3,501 Tract 3.03

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Room to build

The median rent is above what local wages can carry.

$885–$1,327

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.

• $1,814 median

Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year

Building

15% of the housing here was built before 2000.

• 1,134 homes permitted, 2022–2025
• 2% of those were in multifamily buildings
• 15% of all homes were built before 2000

Census Building Permits Survey, 2022–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year

Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.4–1.0% to the 4,647 homes here.

18–47

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac

Home value

A median home costs 46% more than Georgia's.

$442,500

median home value in Flowery Branch.

• $442,500 Flowery Branch
• $303,300 Georgia
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year