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Varnell city, Georgia: commercial real estate data.
Varnell city is a Census city of 2,920 people across 3.97 square miles of land, in Whitfield County. Median household income is $86,100, 91.4 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Varnell
What Varnell is
- Census place typecity
- Land area3.97 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land735 plus or minus 175
- County holding the largest share of its areaWhitfield 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.
Varnell
How many people live in Varnell
- Population2,920 plus or minus 694
- Median age36.1
- Population under 18930 plus or minus 211
- Share under 1831.8 percent plus or minus 10.5
- Population 65 and over246 plus or minus 63
- Share 65 and over8.4 percent
- Households858
- Family households738
- Share of households that are families86.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Varnell
Income and work in Varnell
- Median household income$86,100
- Per capita income$33,666
- Civilian labor force1,500 plus or minus 440
- Employed1,468 plus or minus 435
- Unemployed32 plus or minus 29
- Unemployment rate2.1 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Adults 25 and over1,782 plus or minus 365
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher87.3 percent plus or minus 25.0
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher24.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree11.8 percent plus or minus 3.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Varnell
Housing in Varnell
- Housing units886
- Occupied units858
- Vacant units28 plus or minus 32
- Vacancy rate3.2 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Owner occupied784
- Renter occupied74 plus or minus 44
- Ownership rate91.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$229,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,216
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.9 percent
- Single family units785
- Share single family88.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more47 plus or minus 42
- Share in buildings of two or more5.3 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Mobile homes54 plus or minus 75
- Median year structure built1989
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Varnell
How Varnell gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,423 plus or minus 430
- Commuting under 15 minutes267 plus or minus 282
- Share commuting under 15 minutes18.8 percent plus or minus 19.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more311 plus or minus 87
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more21.9 percent plus or minus 9.0
- Drove alone90.2 percent
- Carpooled6.8 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home2.8 percent plus or minus 1.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Varnell
SBA 504 lending to Varnell borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$933,000
- Average approval$933,000
- Median approval$933,000
- Largest approval$933,000
- Jobs supported16
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Varnell
Flood programme status in Varnell
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number130667
- Currently effective map date09/19/07
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.
Whitfield County, not Varnell
Whitfield County context, not Varnell figures
These are Whitfield County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Varnell measurements.
- Establishments in Whitfield County2,373
- Employment at those establishments, Whitfield County55,064
- Covered employment, Whitfield County57,828
- Average annual pay, Whitfield County$54,855
- Average weekly wage, Whitfield County$1,055
- Housing units permitted, Whitfield County374
- Of those, single family, Whitfield County270
- County product, 2024, Whitfield County$7,746,432,000
- County product change over the prior year, Whitfield County6.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Whitfield County$52,283
Every figure in this section is published for Whitfield County as a whole and is not a measurement of Varnell. 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
Varnell questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Varnell, Georgia?
2,920, in 858 households. Varnell city covers 3.97 square miles of land, which is 735 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Varnell in?
Whitfield 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 Varnell?
$86,100. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $229,400. Median gross rent is $1,216 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Varnell in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Varnell appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 130667, 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 Varnell figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Whitfield 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 Varnell.
Is zoning published for Varnell?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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