30 Rural Counties In Metro Atlanta For A Better Lifestyle

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People In Rural Metro Atlanta Enjoy Quality Of Life!

Rural counties in metro Atlanta are not hard to find if you’re looking for a country homestead in large wooded areas with less traffic.

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Moving to rural counties in metro Atlanta replaces the congestion of new neighborhoods with homes on zero land lots, expansive supermarkets, and four-lane roads that attract fast food and gas station development.

The rural counties in metro Atlanta listed in this post is part of the 2015 American Community Survey, a collection of five years of U.S. Census Bureau data.

Every community in the country was surveyed on more than 40 topics, including housing, employment, education and more.

It found notable differences between people living in rural and urban areas.

Residents of rural areas are more likely to own their own homes and less likely to live in poverty.

They’re also more likely to have served in the military.

Of the 30 counties in metro Atlanta, all of them share urban and rural characteristics.

Most Georgians live in counties with some mix of urban and rural.

Here are the Atlanta metro area rural counties based on the percentage of the population living in areas designated “rural” by the Census Bureau.

30 Rural Counties In Metro Atlanta Where The Living Is Good

1. Heard County: 100 percent rural
2. Pike County: 99 percent rural
3. Meriwether County: 83.3 percent rural
4. Jasper County: 81.8 percent rural
5. Dawson County: 80.3 percent rural
6. Butts County: 77.9 percent rural
7. Haralson County: 77.4 percent rural
8. Morgan County: 75.4 percent rural
9. Pickens County: 73.1 percent rural
10. Lamar County: 60.9 percent rural
11. Walton County: 42.7 percent rural
12. Carroll County: 41.8 percent rural
13. Spalding County: 41.6 percent rural
14. Bartow County: 35.2 percent rural
15. Coweta County: 32.9 percent rural
16. Newton County: 31.2 percent rural
17. Barrow County: 30.1 percent rural
18. Hall County: 20.6 percent rural
19. Paulding County: 20.1 percent rural
20. Fayette County: 18.2 percent rural
21. Cherokee County: 17.1 percent rural
22. Douglas County: 15.8 percent rural
23. Rockdale County: 14.9 percent rural
24. Henry County: 13.9 percent rural
25. Forsyth County: 9.9 percent rural
26. Fulton County: 1.1 percent rural (Rural Money Homestead)
27. Clayton County: 0.9 percent rural
28. Gwinnett County: 0.5 percent rural
29. DeKalb County: 0.3 percent rural
30. Cobb County: 0.2 percent rural

What Are The Differences In Rural America?

Among the national data, census estimates found:

• Most adults in both rural and urban areas own their own homes, but the percentage is higher in rural areas (81.1 percent compared to 59.8 percent).
• Adults in rural areas are also more likely to live in single-family homes (78.3 percent compared to 64.6 percent) and live in their state of birth (65.4 percent compared with 48.3 percent).
• Veterans comprise 10.4 percent of the population of adults in rural areas compared to 7.8 percent of adults in urban areas.
• More of the residents of rural areas are older, with a median age of 51, compared to adults in urban areas with a median age of 45.

If you’re considering moving to a rural county in metro Atlanta, be aware that rural households have slightly lower household incomes, but there are fewer in poverty.

Home values are lower, but mortgage costs are less and they are more likely to own their home.

Data Curated From The Patch.com And Enhanced By Rural Money

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