Hall County Quick Facts

From downtown Atlanta: 54 miles • From Airport: 64 miles • Population: 180,175 • Millage Rate: 6.26 • Median cost a a new home: $245,000 • Median cost of a resale home: $157,200

Founded in 1818 as a trading center, Hall County became a frontier boom town as settlers moved in to establish homesteads in the rolling hills. Today the county is home to the Atlanta Falcons professinal football team, and has the region’s largest major hospital with more than 300 physicians.

Residents enjoy the 38,000 acre Lake Lanier including millions of visitors who flock to the 540 miles of shoreline each year to enjoy recreational water sports and sports fishing.

Other outdoor recreational activities include championship goft courses, Olympic rowing and canoe/kayak facilities. Lanier Raceway, Road Atlanta and many public parks and recreation facilities.

The county offers quality public and private education options with its two public school systems and several top-rated private schools including Riverside Military Academy and Lakeview Academy. Hall county is also home to Gainesville State college and Brenau University, a private college.

Since 1990 the county’s population has grown by 40 percent. Today the county is home to 175,000 residents.

Mountain and lake views from home and business. A prime location within minutes of North Atlanta. Gainesville-Hall County has been saluted as the “hospitality capital of the world.”
Thirty-four international and Fortune 500 firms flourish alongside homegrown favorites. A strong, diverse economy leads the growth north of Atlanta. Successful partnerships exist between educational and industrial efforts.

Although the population of Gainesville and Hall County is relatively small, our community serves as the center for medical (2 hospitals), legal, financial, shopping, employment, and transportation services for Northeast Georgia. In addition to Gainesville, there are the growing communities of Oakwood, Flowery, Branch, Lula and Clermont in Hall County.

…when your business is done for the day, enjoy the lake, wonder at the changing leaf colors, or simply breathe in the fresh air from the North Georgia Mountains.

Lake Lanier
 is the recreation center for all of Northeast Georgia and the most popular water recreation area in the United States. Covering 38,000 acres, it has 607 miles of shoreline and receives over 16 million visitors per year, who take advantage of the swimming, skiing, sailing, rafting, camping, hiking, fishing and horseback riding.