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Demorest city, Georgia: commercial real estate data.
Demorest city is a Census city of 2,512 people across 2.24 square miles of land, in Habersham County. Median household income is $77,941, 53.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 6 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $3.3 m.
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Demorest
What Demorest is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.24 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,120 plus or minus 239
- County holding the largest share of its areaHabersham County, 100.0 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.
Demorest
How many people live in Demorest
- Population2,512 plus or minus 535
- Median age25.3
- Population under 18439 plus or minus 144
- Share under 1817.5 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Population 65 and over327 plus or minus 139
- Share 65 and over13.0 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Households702
- Family households487 plus or minus 136
- Share of households that are families69.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Demorest
Income and work in Demorest
- Median household income$77,941 plus or minus $25,678
- Per capita income$25,745 plus or minus $5,204
- Civilian labor force1,264 plus or minus 313
- Employed1,171 plus or minus 305
- Unemployed93 plus or minus 51
- Unemployment rate7.4 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Adults 25 and over1,265 plus or minus 330
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.3 percent plus or minus 31.4
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher28.3 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree14.5 percent plus or minus 6.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Demorest
Housing in Demorest
- Housing units808
- Occupied units702
- Vacant units106 plus or minus 55
- Vacancy rate13.1 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Owner occupied376 plus or minus 94
- Renter occupied326 plus or minus 109
- Ownership rate53.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$232,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,302 plus or minus $428
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.0 percent plus or minus 9.3
- Single family units544 plus or minus 129
- Share single family67.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more195 plus or minus 78
- Share in buildings of two or more24.1 percent plus or minus 8.6
- Mobile homes69 plus or minus 63
- Median year structure built1986
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Demorest
How Demorest gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute981 plus or minus 286
- Commuting under 15 minutes387 plus or minus 127
- Share commuting under 15 minutes39.4 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more262 plus or minus 84
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more26.7 percent
- Drove alone65.4 percent
- Carpooled18.5 percent plus or minus 13.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.4 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Worked from home13.6 percent plus or minus 6.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Demorest
SBA 7(a) lending to Demorest borrowers
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$3,326,000
- Average approval$554,333
- Median approval$600,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,070,000
- Largest approval$1,070,000
- Jobs supported38
- Jobs per approval6.3
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full1
- Charged off1
- 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 2 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.
Demorest
SBA 504 lending to Demorest borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$253,000
- Average approval$253,000
- Median approval$253,000
- Largest approval$253,000
- Jobs supported0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Demorest
Flood programme status in Demorest
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number130330
- Currently effective map date01/05/18
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.
Habersham County, not Demorest
Habersham County context, not Demorest figures
These are Habersham County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Demorest measurements.
- Establishments in Habersham County951
- Employment at those establishments, Habersham County11,474
- Covered employment, Habersham County15,000
- Average annual pay, Habersham County$48,929
- Average weekly wage, Habersham County$941
- Housing units permitted, Habersham County241
- Of those, single family, Habersham County232
- County product, 2024, Habersham County$2,106,039,000
- County product change over the prior year, Habersham County11.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Habersham County$60,468
Every figure in this section is published for Habersham County as a whole and is not a measurement of Demorest. 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
Demorest questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Demorest, Georgia?
2,512, in 702 households. Demorest city covers 2.24 square miles of land, which is 1,120 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Demorest in?
Habersham County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Demorest?
$77,941. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $232,600. Median gross rent is $1,302 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Demorest businesses?
6 7(a) approvals totalling $3.3 m, across 6 lenders, median approval $600,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $253,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Demorest, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Demorest borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Demorest. only 2 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 Demorest in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Demorest appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 130330, 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 Demorest figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Habersham 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 Demorest.
Is zoning published for Demorest?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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