Climax, Georgia.
Typical home $199,417 (+12.0% in a year). Bainbridge, GA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$398 (+61%) since Feb 2022.
- 1 year
- Up $21,423 +12%
- $177,994$199,417 since Sep 2025
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Climax$1,047
- Georgia$1,727
- United States$1,922
Typical home values in Climax, GA rose 12.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Climax, Decatur County, Georgia
Climax is a city of 276 people in Decatur County. Unemployment in Decatur County was 3.6% in August 2026, and the county had 0.5% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Decatur County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Climax is a very small city in Decatur County, in the southwest corner of Georgia, and it is among the smallest places a person could choose to live. Homes here are worth less than in much of the country, and household incomes across the county run below the national level. Winters are mild, with January the coldest month and cool days that rarely turn harsh, while summers are hot, with July the warmest month and afternoons that can be very hot.
Work. Residents work mainly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by shops, manufacturing, and professional and business services. Across Decatur County, the largest workplaces include Decatur County Schools, Pacific Tomato Growers, and Memorial Hospital. The typical commute is short, and the county has recently seen slightly fewer jobs than the year before, with unemployment a little lower than a year earlier.
Things to do. Fort Hughes, a historic fort, is a short drive away. Farther afield, Lake Seminole is a large reservoir, and Seminole State Park is a protected area with room to walk and camp. Spring Creek, a river, is another longer drive for those who like to be on the water.
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- 19 mintypical commute
What people in Decatur County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Decatur County had 8,635 jobs in 2025, 0.5% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 64° and lows near 38°; warmest in July, with highs near 93° and lows near 71°.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Bainbridge International Paper weather station, 12 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Decatur County
- Decatur County SchoolsSchool district645FTE
- Pacific Tomato Growers , Ltd. - GeorgiaAcorn squash farming, field, bedding plant and seed production479
- Memorial HospitalGeneral hospital322FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters291
- Shaw Industries GroupPolyester fibers and filaments manufacturing223
- Bainbridge John B. Sanfilippo & SonRoasted nuts and seeds manufacturing209
- BASF Corporation - AttapulgusKaolin, processing beyond beneficiation188
- Publix Super MarketsSupermarkets and other grocery stores124
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 18 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,102 people in all across the county; Climax has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- LightningVery high
- HurricanesRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- DroughtRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Climax’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Decatur County and the Bainbridge, GA metro.
Climax home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Climax$199,417
- Georgia$329,115
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Climax6
Zip codes with a Climax address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Climax — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.