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Grady County, Georgia
Located 225 miles south of Atlanta.
| Year | County | GA (millions) | U.S. (millions) | | 2007 | 25,042 | 9.5 | 304 | | 2005 | 24,466 | 9.1 | 296 | | 2004 | 24,280 | 8.8 | 296 |
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| Year | County | GA | U.S. | | 2006 | $22,812 | $32,095 | $36,714 | | 2004 | $21,101 | $29,782 | $33,050 | | 2003 | $21,122 | $29,000 | $31,472 |
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| COMMUNITY SCHOOLS: 7 county public schools with 316 teachers, 4,248 students, and 196 high school graduates in 2005. | HIGHER EDUCATION:
Technical College: Southwest Georgia at Thomasville (17 miles) with 2,795 students.
2-yr: Bainbridge College at Bainbridge (20 miles) with 2,124 students.
4-yr: F.A.M.U. at Tallahassee (35 miles) with 12,161 students; Thomas University at Thomasville (14 miles) with 671 students; Florida State University at Tallahassee (35 miles) with 36,683 students; Valdosta State University at Valdosta (60 miles) with 9,900 students.
Southwest Georgia Technical College has a campus in Cairo. |
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PROPERTY: Property taxes are determined by tax rates and assessment ratios which vary by location. The only realistic way to compare property taxes from different locations is to use 'effective tax rates' (tax rate multiplied by assessmen ratio). Effective tax rates combine city, county, school, and state tax rates into one convenient figure -- the annual tax for each $1000 of property at its fair market value. This rate applies to all property: land, buildings, machinery, equipment, and inventory. | Effective Rates: | | City | | Year | | Within City | | Outside City | | Cairo | | 2007 | | $12.03 | | $9.02 |
| | SALES: City and county have 3% local sales tax in addition to the 4% state sales tax. |
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| | INVENTORY (Freeport): Freeport is the general term used for the exemption of ad valorem tax on inventories as defined by Georgia law. The law offers manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers and warehouse operations an attractive inventory tax exemption on three classes of property. | | Cairo and Grady County exempt 100% on all classes of certain business inventory from property taxation. | JOB TAX CREDIT: Tier: 2, Amount: $2,500 as of 2009
Tier refers to the economic well-being of a county. For more information go to http://www.dca.state.ga.us/economic/TaxCredits/programs/taxcredit.asp
JOINT DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY: Yes
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| FIRE PROTECTION: 17 full-time and 15 volunteer personnel. Protection outside city limits. Fire insurance classification 4 in city. | | ZONING: City has subdivision design standards (Southern Building Code). |
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COMMERCIAL AIRPORT: Tallahassee Airport (35 miles) service by AirTran, ASA, Comair, Chautauqua, Delta, Pinnacle, US Airways Express.
GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT: Cairo Airport (local) with a 4,000 feet bituminous runway, aircraft tiedown, airframe & power plant repair, hangar, lighted runway, NDB, VASI. | | RAIL: CSX piggyback - Cordele (85 miles); CSX rail - Cairo (local). | WATER:
Navigable River: Flint River (9 foot channel depth) with public barge dock at Bainbridge (20 miles).
Seaport: St. Marys Seaport (158 miles) with maintained channel depth of 32 feet. |
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ELECTRICITY: A part of Georgia's modern integrated electrical transmission system, Grady County has excellent ability to supply industrial demands. Compared to 47% for the U.S., coal accounts for 84% of fuel used by the state's power generating plants. This assures long-term continuity. If demand exceeds 900kw, any supplier can step in and offer service.
| | NATURAL GAS: Supplied by city and available in industrial quantities on an interruptible basis. | | WATER: Plant capacity: 5,500,000 gal/day. Consumption: 2,000,000 gal/day average. Storage capacity: 750,000 gal. ground and 1,100,000 gal. elevated. Source: 6 deep wells. Pumping capacity: 4,000 gal/min. | | SEWER: Plant Capacity: 3,000,000 gal/day; Plant Load: 2,000,000 gal/day; Primary, secondary treatment plant. |
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