Town · Butler County, Alabama

Georgiana, Alabama

Georgiana is a town in Butler County, Alabama. It has 1,578 residents. Georgiana, Alabama has a quality-of-life score of 2 out of 100 (very low), ranking #15,408 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Alabama it ranks #309 of 319 cities and towns. It ranks best on effective property tax rate (low), pharmacies (high) and time spent in the emergency room (low). It ranks worst on math scores (low), median household income (low) and traffic deaths (high).

2Very low

Quality-of-life score: #15,408 of 15,651 cities and towns
Alabama: #309 of 319 in AL
Population: 1,578 (2020-2024)
Land area: 6 mi²
Density: 253.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 0129560

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety1#15,473/15,637
Economy1#15,519/15,631
Housing56#6,565/14,977
Health4#15,020/15,609
Healthcare11#13,970/15,650
Environment55#7,005/15,453
Education1#15,435/15,649
Infrastructure3#15,190/15,650
Community4#15,004/15,651
Leisure & amenities8#14,432/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Georgiana, Alabama ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Butler County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Effective property tax rate · low0.18%
100/100Alabama 0.37%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090High uncertainty
Pharmacies · high3.3 /10k
97/100Alabama 2.3 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsButler County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low115 min
90/100Alabama 155 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesButler County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Alabama 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteButler County value
Comfortable days · high30.8%
82/100Alabama 28.8%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationButler County value
Public EV charging ports · high9.9 /10k
81/100Alabama 3.3 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyButler County value

Weaknesses

Math scores · low2.15
0/100Alabama 2.65United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteButler County value
Median household income · low$24,321
1/100Alabama $66,704United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Traffic deaths · high62.2 /100k
1/100Alabama 19.0 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataButler County value
Dental care shortage · high20.0
1/100Alabama 6.0United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationButler County value
Reading scores · low2.46
1/100Alabama 2.83United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteButler County value
Physical inactivity · high41.4%
2/100Alabama 30.5%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
1,806 (2015-2019) → 1,578 (2020-2024)
−13%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
45.4% (2015-2019) → 76.1% (2020-2024)
+31 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.9× (2015-2019) → 2.8× (2020-2024)
+50%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
High school diploma or higherImproving
74.6% (2015-2019) → 83.2% (2020-2024)
+8.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
59.0% (2015-2019) → 64.2% (2020-2024)
+5.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
10.3% (2015-2019) → 6.9% (2020-2024)
−3.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Georgiana, Alabama improved on 1 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Broadband+31 points45.4% → 76.1%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Georgiana, Alabama between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.7 min2015-2019	21.8 min2020-2024	+1.1 min	Within the margin of error	35%
Broadband subscriptions	45.4%2015-2019	76.1%2020-2024	+31 points	Improved	98%
Child poverty rate	29.9%2015-2019	29.9%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	46%
High school diploma or higher	74.6%2015-2019	83.2%2020-2024	+8.6 points	Within the margin of error	93%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	2.8×2020-2024	+0.9×	Within the margin of error	25%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4452015-2019	0.5172020-2024	+0.071	Within the margin of error	10%
Median household income	$28,7502015-2019	$24,3212020-2024	−15%	Within the margin of error	2%
Poverty rate	20.9%2015-2019	24.1%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	33.9%2015-2019	32.9%2020-2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Rent-burdened households	59.0%2015-2019	64.2%2020-2024	+5.3 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	17.0%2015-2019	16.9%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	48%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Georgiana, Alabama five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Georgiana, Alabama in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Georgiana, Alabama itself moved −4.9 points in standing on average over the same 8 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,578 residents (±346)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

699 households (±132)

Georgiana, Alabama
Alabama share

Under $25k52%†362
$25k–50k23%†159
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

699 households (±132)

Georgiana, Alabama
Alabama share

Own46%†325
Rent54%374

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

556 workers (±159)

Georgiana, Alabama
Alabama share

Drive alone89%†493
Carpool9.5%†53
Public transit

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Butler County, the county holding most of Georgiana's residents.

Butler County has 432 employer establishments, 235 for every 10,000 residents (0.95× the US rate of 248; 1.14× Alabama's), with 5,646 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,172. The Census Bureau also counts 1,137 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 432; 1,137 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 235; US 248 · Alabama 207
Paid employees: 5,646
Average annual pay: $44,172; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Butler County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	33	18	0.86×About typical	276	$52,688	49
Restaurants and other eating places	32	17.4	0.95×About typical	627	$18,000	9
Specialty trade contractors	25	13.6	0.88×About typical	213	$72,554	98
Gasoline stations	24	13.1	4.03×More than typical	84	$27,476	4
Limited-service restaurants	18	9.8	1.22×About typical	324	$15,781	4
Lessors of real estate	17	9.3	0.75×Fewer than typical	27	$24,593	42
Religious organizations	17	9.3	1.67×More than typical	53	$20,038	—
Truck transportation	14	7.6	1.51×More than typical	238	$56,155	59
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	11	6	3.43×More than typical	101	$31,574	4
Banks and credit unions	11	6	1.85×More than typical	70	$51,100	—
Building equipment contractors	11	6	0.99×About typical	128	$76,172	17
Full-service restaurants	11	6	0.78×Fewer than typical	295	$20,708	4

Rank places for an industry Open Butler County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 18,372 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Georgiana, Alabama: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

16.4FY2018
41.7FY2019

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Georgiana, Alabama, so they do not add up across cities.

Georgiana, Alabama's figures are part of those of Butler County, AL ($9,823 in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Georgiana is mostly in Butler County.

See federal money in Butler County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Georgiana, Alabama is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Shomari FiguresD-AL-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 94%Missed 1.9%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Butler County9100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Butler County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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