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Across the 118 Georgia towns we route calls in, 65% of housing units are detached houses and 25% are in multi-unit buildings. That split decides who owns the machine under the sink, which decides who pays for it.

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Across the 118 Georgia towns covered here, 65% of housing units are detached houses, 25% are in multi-unit buildings and 4% are manufactured homes. That split decides who owns the machine under the sink, and therefore who arranges and pays for the repair.

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25024.

SinkGrind is a referral service, not a contractor. We connect homeowners with independent contractors. Contractors are required to hold whatever credential their state or municipality demands. Every state page sets out who licenses plumbers there and where to check, so you can confirm before work begins. We carry out no work, we sell no equipment, we do not set prices, and we never charge homeowners anything — the contractors in our network pay us when we route them a call.

How Georgia is built

Housing type	Share of housing units
Detached houses	65%
Attached houses	6%
Multi-unit buildings	25%
Manufactured and mobile homes	4%

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25024 (units in structure), 2023 release. Universe: 2,339,753 housing units including vacant ones, across the areas we cover.

The state does not divide evenly: 58 Georgia towns lead on detached houses, 36 Georgia towns lead on manufactured homes, 17 Georgia towns lead on single-family housing, 6 Georgia towns lead on a mix of building types, 1 Georgia towns lead on multi-unit buildings. That is why the town pages below carry their own figure rather than inheriting this one.

The largest towns we route

Town	Detached	Multi-unit	Housing units
Atlanta	40%	53%	513,068
Marietta	70%	22%	128,572
Augusta	61%	30%	93,395
Lawrenceville	74%	18%	91,079
Alpharetta	66%	21%	73,862
Cumming	86%	6%	66,389
Gainesville	72%	18%	51,450
Decatur	55%	36%	50,512

Checking a plumber in Georgia

Georgia licenses are issued by the Georgia Secretary of State, Division of Master and Journeyman Plumbers, which publishes a public search you can use before work begins.

Towns we route in Georgia

Acworth 82% detached · 7% multi-unit
Alpharetta 66% detached · 21% multi-unit
Alto 59% detached · 1% multi-unit
Appling 76% detached · 0% multi-unit
Arlington 60% detached · 7% multi-unit
Athens 51% detached · 40% multi-unit
Atlanta 40% detached · 53% multi-unit
Attapulgus 59% detached · 0% multi-unit
Auburn 88% detached · 4% multi-unit
Augusta 61% detached · 30% multi-unit
Austell 63% detached · 27% multi-unit
Avondale Estates 49% detached · 41% multi-unit
Bainbridge 68% detached · 15% multi-unit
Baldwin 71% detached · 14% multi-unit
Ball Ground 87% detached · 1% multi-unit
Bethlehem 91% detached · 5% multi-unit
Blakely 70% detached · 5% multi-unit
Blythe 39% detached · 0% multi-unit
Bowersville 58% detached · under 1% multi-unit
Braselton 93% detached · 0% multi-unit
Brinson 48% detached · 3% multi-unit
Buford 80% detached · 10% multi-unit
Cairo 60% detached · 11% multi-unit
Camilla 66% detached · 23% multi-unit
Canon 53% detached · 1% multi-unit
Canton 81% detached · 13% multi-unit
Clarkesville 79% detached · 4% multi-unit
Clermont 91% detached · 0% multi-unit
Cleveland 69% detached · 5% multi-unit
Climax 65% detached · 0% multi-unit
Colbert 80% detached · 1% multi-unit
Colquitt 71% detached · 5% multi-unit
Comer 58% detached · 10% multi-unit
Commerce 70% detached · 8% multi-unit
Conyers 91% detached · 5% multi-unit
Cornelia 67% detached · 15% multi-unit
Cumming 86% detached · 6% multi-unit
Dacula 95% detached · 2% multi-unit
Dahlonega 70% detached · 9% multi-unit
Damascus 64% detached · 0% multi-unit
Danielsville 56% detached · 1% multi-unit
Dawsonville 80% detached · 10% multi-unit
Dearing 57% detached · 1% multi-unit
Decatur 55% detached · 36% multi-unit
Demorest 73% detached · 8% multi-unit
Donalsonville 63% detached · 6% multi-unit
Duluth 53% detached · 38% multi-unit
Ellenwood 88% detached · 7% multi-unit
Ellijay 83% detached · 1% multi-unit
Evans 86% detached · 7% multi-unit
Fairburn 77% detached · 19% multi-unit
Fayetteville 86% detached · 8% multi-unit
Flowery Branch 79% detached · 10% multi-unit
Gainesville 72% detached · 18% multi-unit
Gillsville 85% detached · 0% multi-unit
Grayson 87% detached · 7% multi-unit
Grovetown 71% detached · 10% multi-unit
Hampton 86% detached · 7% multi-unit
Harlem 67% detached · 10% multi-unit
Hartwell 76% detached · 7% multi-unit
Helen 66% detached · 22% multi-unit
Hephzibah 71% detached · 6% multi-unit
Hiram 80% detached · 10% multi-unit
Homer 62% detached · 7% multi-unit
Hoschton 91% detached · 5% multi-unit
Hull 72% detached · 3% multi-unit
Iron City 66% detached · under 1% multi-unit
Jakin 57% detached · 5% multi-unit
Jasper 82% detached · 8% multi-unit
Jefferson 84% detached · 7% multi-unit
Jonesboro 72% detached · 22% multi-unit
Kennesaw 67% detached · 22% multi-unit
Lawrenceville 74% detached · 18% multi-unit
Lilburn 84% detached · 10% multi-unit
Locust Grove 88% detached · 6% multi-unit
Lula 79% detached · under 1% multi-unit
Mableton 74% detached · 10% multi-unit
Marietta 70% detached · 22% multi-unit
Maysville 66% detached · 1% multi-unit
McDonough 80% detached · 16% multi-unit
Meigs 63% detached · 12% multi-unit
Moreland 96% detached · under 1% multi-unit
Morrow 58% detached · 33% multi-unit
Mount Airy 72% detached · 2% multi-unit
Murrayville 89% detached · 1% multi-unit
Newnan 76% detached · 17% multi-unit
Newton 67% detached · 4% multi-unit
Nicholson 53% detached · 1% multi-unit
Norcross 40% detached · 48% multi-unit
Oakwood 55% detached · 29% multi-unit
Ochlocknee 55% detached · 0% multi-unit
Palmetto 73% detached · 13% multi-unit
Peachtree City 77% detached · 18% multi-unit
Peachtree Corners 37% detached · 50% multi-unit
Pelham 60% detached · 16% multi-unit
Pendergrass 88% detached · 2% multi-unit
Powder Springs 96% detached · 1% multi-unit
Rex 94% detached · under 1% multi-unit
Riverdale 69% detached · 23% multi-unit
Roswell 66% detached · 24% multi-unit
Sautee Nacoochee 94% detached · 2% multi-unit
Senoia 95% detached · under 1% multi-unit
Sharpsburg 96% detached · under 1% multi-unit
Smyrna 43% detached · 40% multi-unit
Snellville 87% detached · 7% multi-unit
Statham 90% detached · 3% multi-unit
Stockbridge 68% detached · 25% multi-unit
Stone Mountain 89% detached · 4% multi-unit
Suwanee 77% detached · 16% multi-unit
Talmo 65% detached · 0% multi-unit
Thomasville 67% detached · 18% multi-unit
Thomson 65% detached · 11% multi-unit
Tucker 63% detached · 26% multi-unit
Tyrone 96% detached · 2% multi-unit
Union City 47% detached · 41% multi-unit
Whigham 67% detached · under 1% multi-unit
Winder 84% detached · 8% multi-unit
Woodstock 77% detached · 13% multi-unit

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