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Lavonia city, Georgia: commercial real estate data.
Lavonia city is a Census city of 2,279 people across 4.51 square miles of land, in Franklin County. Median household income is $36,859, 59.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 8 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $6.8 m.
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Lavonia
What Lavonia is
- Census place typecity
- Land area4.51 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land506 plus or minus 109
- County holding the largest share of its areaFranklin County, 99.7 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lavonia
How many people live in Lavonia
- Population2,279 plus or minus 489
- Median age33.7
- Population under 18732 plus or minus 196
- Share under 1832.1 percent
- Population 65 and over337 plus or minus 102
- Share 65 and over14.8 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Households916
- Family households562 plus or minus 161
- Share of households that are families61.4 percent plus or minus 13.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lavonia
Income and work in Lavonia
- Median household income$36,859
- Per capita income$21,645
- Civilian labor force912 plus or minus 252
- Employed806 plus or minus 223
- Unemployed106 plus or minus 104
- Unemployment rate11.6 percent plus or minus 10.9
- Adults 25 and over1,398
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher86.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher26.8 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree13.0 percent plus or minus 6.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lavonia
Housing in Lavonia
- Housing units1,132
- Occupied units916
- Vacant units216 plus or minus 99
- Vacancy rate19.1 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Owner occupied545 plus or minus 127
- Renter occupied371 plus or minus 129
- Ownership rate59.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$198,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$904
- Annual rent as a share of median income29.4 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Single family units711 plus or minus 168
- Share single family62.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more145 plus or minus 77
- Share in buildings of two or more12.8 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Mobile homes276 plus or minus 119
- Median year structure built1980
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lavonia
How Lavonia gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute779 plus or minus 218
- Commuting under 15 minutes344 plus or minus 133
- Share commuting under 15 minutes44.2 percent plus or minus 11.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more142 plus or minus 80
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more18.2 percent plus or minus 8.9
- Drove alone84.5 percent
- Carpooled8.2 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.7 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Worked from home3.3 percent plus or minus 3.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lavonia
SBA 7(a) lending to Lavonia borrowers
- Approvals8
- Gross approval$6,819,000
- Average approval$852,375
- Median approval$840,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$3,060,000
- Largest approval$3,060,000
- Jobs supported50
- Jobs per approval6.3
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more50.0 percent
- Share to franchises50.0 percent
- Distinct lenders6
- Distinct industries by NAICS6
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Lavonia
SBA 504 lending to Lavonia borrowers
- Approvals8
- Gross approval$6,214,000
- Average approval$776,750
- Median approval$564,000
- Largest approval$1,974,000
- Jobs supported96
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs5
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Lavonia
Flood programme status in Lavonia
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number130586
- Currently effective map date(NSFHA)
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Franklin County, not Lavonia
Franklin County context, not Lavonia figures
These are Franklin County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Lavonia measurements.
- Establishments in Franklin County515
- Employment at those establishments, Franklin County7,184
- Covered employment, Franklin County8,125
- Average annual pay, Franklin County$46,716
- Average weekly wage, Franklin County$898
- Housing units permitted, Franklin County215
- Of those, single family, Franklin County215
- County product, 2024, Franklin County$1,502,446,000
- County product change over the prior year, Franklin County13.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Franklin County$51,312
Every figure in this section is published for Franklin County as a whole and is not a measurement of Lavonia. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Lavonia questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Lavonia, Georgia?
2,279, in 916 households. Lavonia city covers 4.51 square miles of land, which is 506 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Lavonia in?
Franklin County, which holds 99.7 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Lavonia?
$36,859. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $198,100. Median gross rent is $904 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Lavonia businesses?
8 7(a) approvals totalling $6.8 m, across 6 lenders, median approval $840,000, plus 8 504 approvals worth $6.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Lavonia, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Lavonia borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Lavonia. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Lavonia in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Lavonia appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 130586, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Lavonia figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Franklin County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Lavonia.
Is zoning published for Lavonia?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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