Town · Oconee County, Georgia

Bogart, Georgia

Bogart is a town in Oconee County, Georgia, part of the Athens-Clarke County, GA metro area. It has 1,403 residents. Bogart, Georgia has a quality-of-life score of 81 out of 100 (very high), ranking #2,929 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Georgia it ranks #6 of 386 cities and towns. It ranks best on voter turnout (high), reading scores (high) and child care cost burden (low). It ranks worst on grocery stores (low), new homes permitted (low) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (high).

81Very high

Quality-of-life score: #2,929 of 15,651 cities and towns
Georgia: #6 of 386 in GA
Population: 1,403 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 575.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 1309068

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 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.

Safety76#3,703/15,637
Economy79#3,305/15,631
Housing38#9,342/14,977
Health91#1,454/15,609
Healthcare78#3,485/15,650
Environment52#7,482/15,453
Education85#2,271/15,649
Infrastructure50#7,858/15,650
Community70#4,631/15,651
Leisure & amenities64#5,616/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Bogart, Georgia ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Oconee 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

Voter turnout · high88.8%
100/100Georgia 67.6%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionOconee County value
Reading scores · high3.75
100/100Georgia 2.97United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOconee County value
Child care cost burden · low13.0%
100/100Georgia 23.0%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOconee County value
Gyms and fitness centers · high3.6 /10k
100/100Georgia 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsOconee County value
Math scores · high3.67
99/100Georgia 2.92United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOconee County value
Job growth · high4.9%
98/100Georgia 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataOconee County value

Weaknesses

Grocery stores · low0.9 /10k
9/100Georgia 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsOconee County value
New homes permitted · low0.0 /1k
13/100Georgia 5.5 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high8.8 µg/m³
17/100Georgia 9.1 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyOconee County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high13.5%
19/100Georgia 14.0%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Loneliness · high34.1%
21/100Georgia 37.9%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Child poverty rate · high10.9%
21/100Georgia 16.9%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty

Trends

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

New homes permittedWorsening
14.3 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Median household incomeImproving
$51,406 (2015-2019) → $90,292 (2020-2024)
+76%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
High school diploma or higherWorsening
95.8% (2015-2019) → 86.0% (2020-2024)
−9.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Income inequality (Gini index)Worsening
0.334 (2015-2019) → 0.458 (2020-2024)
+37%5 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
23.9% (2015-2019) → 31.3% (2020-2024)
+7.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateWorsening
4.2% (2015-2019) → 10.9% (2020-2024)
+6.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%

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, Bogart, Georgia improved on 1 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 9 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

Household income+76%$51,406 → $90,292

Declined1

Inequality+0.1240.334 → 0.458

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Bogart, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.3 min2015-2019	22.7 min2020-2024	−2.6 min	Within the margin of error	76%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.3%2015-2019	35.9%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Broadband subscriptions	85.5%2015-2019	91.2%2020-2024	+5.6 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Effective property tax rate	0.83%2015-2019	0.75%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	30%
High school diploma or higher	95.8%2015-2019	86.0%2020-2024	−9.8 points	Within the margin of error	2%
Home price to income ratio	3.3×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	−0.3×	Within the margin of error	90%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3342015-2019	0.4582020-2024	+0.124	Declined	3%
Median household income	$51,4062015-2019	$90,2922020-2024	+76%	Improved	96%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	22.7%2015-2019	18.3%2020-2024	−4.4 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	13.4%2015-2019	13.5%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	46%

“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 Bogart, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Bogart, Georgia 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, Bogart, Georgia itself moved −7.7 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

1,403 residents (±225)

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

565 households (±98)

Bogart, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k11%†63
$25k–50k15%†87
$50k–75k13%

Homes

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

Owners and renters

565 households (±98)

Bogart, Georgia
Georgia share

Own84%472
Rent16%†93

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

683 workers (±136)

Bogart, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone81%555
Carpool10.0%†68
Public transit0.0%0

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Athens-Clarke County, GA

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 Oconee County, the county holding most of Bogart's residents.

Oconee County has 1,458 employer establishments, 331 for every 10,000 residents (1.33× the US rate of 248; 1.40× Georgia's), with 16,843 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,558. The Census Bureau also counts 4,978 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,458; 4,978 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 331; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 16,843
Average annual pay: $46,558; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	192	43.5	2.09×More than typical	1,950	$64,901	274
Lessors of real estate	107	24.3	1.97×More than typical	202	$50,015	716
Specialty trade contractors	103	23.3	1.51×More than typical	664	$67,883	288
Restaurants and other eating places	79	17.9	0.98×About typical	2,124	$18,543	10
Services to buildings and dwellings	69	15.6	2.32×More than typical	451	$44,929	209
Offices of physicians	66	15	2.31×More than typical	570	$93,261	81
Real estate agents and brokers	60	13.6	2.79×More than typical	88	$52,568	176
Construction of buildings	57	12.9	1.71×More than typical	245	$72,776	151
Management, scientific and technical consulting	57	12.9	1.93×More than typical	149	$63,470	302
Offices of other health practitioners	57	12.9	2.13×More than typical	416	$49,625	134
Landscaping services	50	11.3	3.24×More than typical	274	$47,672	98
Insurance agencies and brokerages	42	9.5	2.17×More than typical	228	$64,026	132

Rank places for an industry Open Oconee County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 44,114 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 $1,825 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Bogart, Georgia: $1.30 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1,825
Per resident: $1.30; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

Federal Emergency Management Agency$1,825100%

Top recipients

MLU SERVICES, LLC$1,825100%

Spending by fiscal year

135.4KFY2020
-40.7KFY2021
7KFY2024
1.8KFY2026

What was bought

Professional services$1,825100%

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonresidential building construction · 2362$1,825100%

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 Bogart, Georgia, so they do not add up across cities.

Bogart, Georgia's figures are part of those of Oconee County, GA and Clarke County, GA ($106.1M 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: Bogart is mostly in Oconee County.

See federal money in Oconee 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.

Bogart, Georgia is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Mike CollinsR-GA-10 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 2.1%

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.

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Athens-Clarke County, GA53

Other cities and towns in Oconee 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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