Ideal is a city in Macon County, Georgia, home to about 718 people across 1.1 square miles. Its ZIP code is 31041, and parts of 31068 are in Ideal too.
Mostly Ideal
Part is in Ideal, part in Oglethorpe
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| Nearest major airport | Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)89 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Middle Georgia Regional Airport (MCN)38 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Atlanta, GA98 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Chicago, IL682 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Ideal; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Ideal had 407 residents in the 2020 census, down 21% since 2000.
It’s the 442nd largest of 669 towns in Georgia by population.
Macon County grew from 14,093 residents in 1900 to 12,082 in 2020.
Macon County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 91°F in summer, and winter lows average 35°F. About 53.4 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 0 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Americus, GA weather station (23 miles away).
1,948 jobs at 172 businesses in Macon County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
1 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Ideal.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Primary care doctors | 1 |
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Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Libraries
Counts are within about 1 mile of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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Shares ZIP codes with Oglethorpe.
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