The population of Rabun county is estimated at 16,528. In 2017 there were 157 births and 217 deaths in Rabun county. Rabun county has 2,711 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,390 that are owned free and clear and 1,679 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Rabun County filed 7,420 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.2% of all Georgia filings and 0.005% of the entire nation. Rabun had a combined total federal tax liability of $52,342,000 on earned income of $374,426,000. Other notable statistics from Rabun County were 200 unemployment claims which collected a total of $391,000 and 1,530 charitable contributions valued at $9,545,000. 1,610 filings from Rabun County paid a combined total of $5,139,000 in property taxes and 1,220 filings paid $9,147,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Rabun county had 49 religious congregations with an estimated 13,486 members.
25.3% of the Rabun population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 16.2% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 48% of Rabun County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 511 votes.
At $43,042 the median income is 76.7% of the Georgia average. An estimated 345 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Rabun, the equivalant of around 5.0% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.9%.

Top 15 Industries in Rabun County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
902	Retail trade
736	Accommodation and food services
532	Health care and social assistance
495	Food services and drinking places
336	Manufacturing
241	Accommodation
235	Full-service restaurants
175	Food and beverage stores
170	Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers
157	Traveler accommodation
156	Finance and insurance
130	Fabricated metal product manufacturing
124	Ambulatory health care services
122	Professional, scientific, and technical services
113	Other services (except public administration)

In 2018 the average price reduction was 6.67% in Rabun County.

In 2018 9.32% of listings in Rabun County (averaging across 3 zip codes; 30525, 30537 and 30552) dropped their price.

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