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Barnesville city, Georgia: commercial real estate data.
Barnesville city is a Census city of 6,121 people across 6.06 square miles of land, in Lamar County. Median household income is $57,411, 49.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $377,000.
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Barnesville
What Barnesville is
- Census place typecity
- Land area6.06 sq mi
- Water area0.05 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,010
- County holding the largest share of its areaLamar 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.
Barnesville
How many people live in Barnesville
- Population6,121
- Median age31.1
- Population under 181,070 plus or minus 286
- Share under 1817.5 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Population 65 and over782 plus or minus 164
- Share 65 and over12.8 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Households2,163
- Family households1,345
- Share of households that are families62.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Barnesville
Income and work in Barnesville
- Median household income$57,411
- Per capita income$23,378
- Civilian labor force3,044
- Employed2,873
- Unemployed171 plus or minus 158
- Unemployment rate5.6 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Adults 25 and over3,530
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher86.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher17.9 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.7 percent plus or minus 3.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Barnesville
Housing in Barnesville
- Housing units2,423
- Occupied units2,163
- Vacant units260 plus or minus 132
- Vacancy rate10.7 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Owner occupied1,068
- Renter occupied1,095
- Ownership rate49.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$176,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$846
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.7 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Single family units1,771
- Share single family73.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more635 plus or minus 221
- Share in buildings of two or more26.2 percent plus or minus 8.7
- Mobile homes17 plus or minus 27
- Median year structure built1973
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Barnesville
How Barnesville gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,785
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,081 plus or minus 299
- Share commuting under 15 minutes38.8 percent plus or minus 9.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more956 plus or minus 287
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more34.3 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Drove alone85.1 percent
- Carpooled9.4 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.5 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Worked from home2.2 percent plus or minus 1.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Barnesville
SBA loans in Barnesville (7(a))
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$377,000
- Average approval$125,667
- Median approval$100,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$252,000
- Largest approval$252,000
- Jobs supported20
- Jobs per approval6.7
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more33.3 percent
- Share to franchises66.7 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 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.
Barnesville
SBA loans in Barnesville (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$1,456,000
- Average approval$728,000
- Median approval$1,131,000
- Largest approval$1,131,000
- Jobs supported9
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Barnesville
Flood risk in Barnesville
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number130207
- Currently effective map date09/25/09
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.
Lamar County, not Barnesville
Lamar County context, not Barnesville figures
These are Lamar County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Barnesville measurements.
- Establishments in Lamar County275
- Employment at those establishments, Lamar County3,775
- Covered employment, Lamar County4,461
- Average annual pay, Lamar County$50,573
- Average weekly wage, Lamar County$973
- Housing units permitted, Lamar County135
- Of those, single family, Lamar County135
- County product, 2024, Lamar County$668,419,000
- County product change over the prior year, Lamar County6.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Lamar County$55,208
Every figure in this section is published for Lamar County as a whole and is not a measurement of Barnesville. 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
Barnesville questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Barnesville, Georgia?
6,121, in 2,163 households. Barnesville city covers 6.06 square miles of land, which is 1,010 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Barnesville in?
Lamar 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 Barnesville?
$57,411. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $176,500. Median gross rent is $846 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Barnesville businesses?
3 7(a) approvals totalling $377,000, across 2 lenders, median approval $100,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $1.5 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Barnesville, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Barnesville borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Barnesville. only 0 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 Barnesville in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Barnesville appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 130207, 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 Barnesville figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Lamar 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 Barnesville.
Is zoning published for Barnesville?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.