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33.71° N · 84.27° W · GEOID 1359080

Panthersville

DeKalb County, Georgia · part of the Atlanta, GA metro

GeorgiaPanthersville, GAPanthersvillePanthersville

The short answer

Panthersville is home to 9,053 people. Median household income is $52,236 a year and median rent is $1,401 a month, 32.2% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). That is above the usual 30% line for cost burden. The median home is valued at $222,600, about 4.3x annual median household income.

The story in Panthersville is how fast things are changing. Home values rose 15.6% a year between the 2019 and 2024 surveys while incomes rose 6.7%, a wider gap than in 91% of places its size. Also notable: Home value growth is 15.6% a year, against 9.2% a year in its closest peers.

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CTXCitytistics Index

Weak

Panthersville scores better than 0% of the 6,612 places we rate, and ranks 164th of 165 in Georgia.

How the CTX is built

Category ratings · 0 to 100, typical place 50

Affordability 20%20
Economy 20%10
Safety 20%n/a
Amenities 15%5
Education 10%43
Commute 10%4
Growth 5%n/a

Not rated: safety, growth, for want of data (the city police department does not report a full year to the FBI). The other weights are spread over the categories rated.

Median gross rent
$1,401
3% above the median place
Median household income
$52,236
35% below the median place
Median home value
$222,600
30% below the median place
Unemployment
9.3%
91% above the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Panthersville

  • HousingOwning with a mortgage costs about $105 a month less than the median rent, a rarer pattern than in 96% of the 2,469 places under 10,000 people we track.
01

Moving to Panthersville

DeKalb County loses about 13.8 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in51,159
Moved out58,881
Net−7,722

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Fulton County, GA11,96812,335−367
Gwinnett County, GA7,1629,843−2,681
Cobb County, GA2,4883,337−849
Clayton County, GA2,6553,085−430
Rockdale County, GA1,2611,957−696
Henry County, GA1,2171,955−738
Newton County, GA7151,471−756

Within Georgia, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within GeorgiaOther statesAbroad

Income per tax return

Arrivals$69K
Leavers$73K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of DeKalb County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
8.0% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 3.0% from another state.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into DeKalb County report $68,600 a year in income on average; those leaving, $72,500, so leavers earn more than newcomers.
Income you would need
$56,000 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $1,401 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $1,296 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $222,600.
Getting to work
37 minutes each way on average; 13.1% work from home; 3.7% take transit.
If it is close but not quite
Blytheville, AR matches it on character for less of your income. Compare the two
Moved here in the past year1
8.0%
39% above the median place
Net movers per 1,000 people7
-13.8
below the median place (median -0.6)
Moved from another state1
3.0%
53% above the median place
All 5 moving measures
MeasurePanthersvilleAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year18.0%39% above
Moved from another state1County figure3.0%53% above
Net movers per 1,000 people7County figure-13.8below (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in7County figure$68,6423% below
Income of households moving out7County figure$72,5113% above
02

What it costs to live here

After the median rent, with other prices set to the US average, the median household keeps about $36,200 a year, less than in 93% of the 1,875 places under 10,000 people we track.

Panthersville32.2%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$56,040
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
32.2%
58% above the median place
Home price to income
4.3x
12% above the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
32%
over the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$36,000
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

Uses the median rent in Panthersville, $1,401 a month, and local prices for everything else (97.8 against a US average of 100). It runs in your browser and stores nothing.

Like Panthersville, but easier on the budget

Places that match Panthersville on character (size, age, education, homeownership, household size, housing age, remote work and climate) but where rent takes a clearly smaller share of income. Cost was left out of the match on purpose.

PlaceMatchRent to incomeMore left a year
Blytheville, AR9621.4% vs 32.2%n/aCompare
Dunn, NC9520.2% vs 32.2%n/aCompare
Humboldt, TN9516.8% vs 32.2%$11,900Compare
Demopolis, AL9423.9% vs 32.2%n/aCompare

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Vacant homes1
26.6%
276% above the median place
Homeownership1
48.5%
27% below the median place
Renters paying 30%+1
62.4%
23% above the median place
All 16 cost and housing measures
MeasurePanthersvilleAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1$1,4013% above
Rent to income132.2%58% above
Property tax rate10.6%30% below
Home price to income14.3x12% above
Prices vs US average2Metro figure100.11% below
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$1,7629% above
HUD area median income4County figure$117,80010% above
Property tax paid (median)1$1,42856% below
Median home value1$222,60030% below
Home prices, 1-year change5County figure0.7%78% below
Home prices, 5-year change5County figure41.4%20% below
Homeownership148.5%27% below
Renters paying 30%+162.4%23% above
Owner costs with a mortgage1$1,29631% below
Vacant homes126.6%276% above
Median year built119750% below
03

Work and pay

Counting remote workers as zero, the average worker spends about 245 hours a year commuting, more than in 96% of the 2,101 places under 10,000 people we track.

Mean commute1
37 min
49% above the median place
Unemployment1
9.3%
91% above the median place
Median household income1
$52,236
35% below the median place

More on work and pay, against the typical place

Poverty rate19.6% +82%
Income per person$36,291 −9%
Works from home13.1% +5%
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasurePanthersvilleAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$52,23635% below
Income per person1$36,2919% below
Unemployment19.3%91% above
Average annual pay6County figure$79,86821% above
Pay growth, 1 year6County figure5.1%38% above
Jobs6County figure312,426107% above
Poverty rate119.6%82% above
Mean commute137 min49% above
Works from home113.1%5% above
Commutes by transit1County figure3.7%333% above
04

Who lives here

No health insurance is 16.2%, 153% above the median place.

No health insurance1
16.2%
153% above the median place
Household size1
2.1
15% below the median place
High school or higher1
87.9%
5% below the median place

More about who lives here, against the typical place

Median age42.1 +8%
Born abroad6.6% −25%
Bachelor's or higher28.8% −10%
Homes with broadband93.0% +1%
All 8 people measures
MeasurePanthersvilleAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population19,0534466th largest
Median age142.18% above
Bachelor's or higher128.8%10% below
High school or higher187.9%5% below
Household size12.115% below
Born abroad16.6%25% below
No health insurance116.2%153% above
Homes with broadband193.0%1% above
05

Life in Panthersville

The nearest National Park Service site is Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park, about 7 miles away.

Its history on Wikipedia

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents6.6 −35%
Playgrounds per 10k0.0 −100%
Grocery stores per 10k0.0 −100%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k0.0 −100%
Libraries per 10k0.0 −100%
Named paths and bike trails0 km −100%
Bus and rail stops per sq mi0.0 −100%

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

National Park Service sites nearby

  • Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park 7 miles
  • Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area 9 miles
  • Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area 20 miles

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars21.4 +3%
Shops28.6 −6%
Arts, recreation and fitness5.2 +27%
Doctors' offices and clinics23.1 +14%
Child care centers2.6 +13%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Nearest National Park Service site10
6.6
79% below the median place
Public school students11
102,624
above the median place (median 4,897)
Public schools11
152
above the median place (median 9)
All 17 schools and local life measures
MeasurePanthersvilleAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools11County figure152above (median 9)
Public school students11County figure102,624above (median 4,897)
Students per teacher11County figure13.711% below
Restaurants and bars per 10k8County figure21.43% above
Shops per 10k8County figure28.66% below
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k8County figure5.227% above
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k8County figure23.114% above
Child care centers per 10k8County figure2.613% above
Parks per 10k96.635% below
Playgrounds per 10k90.0below (median 9.4)
Grocery stores per 10k90.0below (median 2.1)
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k90.0below (median 11.2)
Libraries per 10k90.0below (median 0.9)
Named paths and bike trails90.0below (median 2.0)
Transit stops per sq mi90.0below (median 0.2)
Nearest National Park Service site106.679% below
National Park Service sites within 60 miles104100% above
06

Safety, weather and risk

Annual precipitation is 52.1 in, 19% above the median place.

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached Panthersville. Larger places are fetched first.

Annual precipitation12
52.1 in
19% above the median place
Tornado risk13
96.1
18% above the median place
Average temperature12
62°F
12% above the median place
All 11 weather and risk measures
MeasurePanthersvilleAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high12County figure90°F3% above
January average low12County figure33°F31% above
Average temperature12County figure62°F12% above
Annual precipitation12County figure52.1 in19% above
Natural hazard risk13County figure94.32% above
Hurricane risk13County figure72.63% above
Tornado risk13County figure96.118% above
Wildfire risk13County figure43.729% below
Heat wave risk13County figure92.53% above
Median air quality index14County figure479% above
Good air days14County figure58.4%15% below
08

Panthersville in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 33% of the median income in 2030, up from 32% now.

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases. On projected 2030 affordability, Panthersville does better than 17% of places. Its projected home value growth beats 98%.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median rent$1,401/mo (2024)$1,830/mo$1,500 to $2,230/mo+4.6%
Median household income$52,236 (2024)$66,500$56,500 to $79,000+4.1%
Median home value$222,600 (2024)$342,000$248,000 to $471,000+7.4%

The median home would be worth 5.1 years of the median income in 2030, against 4.3 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

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Places like Panthersville

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
Daytona Beach, FL$1,328$52,058Compare
Milford, DE$1,260$59,464Compare
Candler-McAfee, GA$1,498$64,699Compare
East Highland Park, VA$1,318$64,681Compare
East Highland Park, VACandler-McAfee, GAMilford, DEDaytona Beach, FLPanthersville, GAPanthersvilleDaytona BeachMilfordCandler-McAfeeEast Highland ParkPanthersvilleDaytona BeachMilfordCandler-McAfeeEast Highland Park

Places built like Panthersville

Its statistical peers: the closest matches on size, age, education, homeownership, household size, housing age, origin and remote work, in the same part of the country. Cost and outcomes are left out of the match, so the table shows how Panthersville performs against places like it.

PlaceRent to incomeIncome growthPop. change
Panthersville, GA32.2%6.7%/yrn/a
Oxford, NC27.7%2.2%/yr2.3%Compare
Dunn, NC20.2%8.9%/yr4.2%Compare
Waynesville, NC23.4%5.1%/yr8.7%Compare
Lincolnton, NC25.0%4.6%/yr12.5%Compare
Vidalia, GA19.3%4.0%/yr1.8%Compare
Morehead City, NC24.2%5.5%/yr9.0%Compare

Common questions

Is Panthersville a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. Its Citytistics Index is 0 out of 100, better than 0% of the places we rate and 164th of 165 in Georgia. Owning with a mortgage costs about $105 a month less than the median rent, a rarer pattern than in 96% of the 2,469 places under 10,000 people we track. On cost, space and class size it scores 1 out of 100 for families. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Panthersville expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 32.2% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a heavier load here than usual. The median home is valued at $222,600.

What salary do you need to live in Panthersville?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $56,040 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to Panthersville?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Daytona Beach, FL, Milford, DE, Candler-McAfee, GA and East Highland Park, VA.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  8. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  9. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  10. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  11. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  12. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  13. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  14. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Panthersville with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Panthersville itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/panthersville-georgia

Citytistics. “Panthersville, Georgia.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/panthersville-georgia/

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