City · Haralson County, Georgia

Bremen, Georgia

Bremen is a city in Haralson County, Georgia, part of the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area. It has 7,488 residents. Bremen, Georgia has a quality-of-life score of 33 out of 100 (low), ranking #10,441 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Georgia it ranks #117 of 386 cities and towns. It ranks best on job growth (high), pharmacies (high) and child care cost burden (low). It ranks worst on arts, entertainment and recreation (low), drug overdose deaths (high) and gyms and fitness centers (low).

33Low

Quality-of-life score: #10,441 of 15,651 cities and towns
Georgia: #117 of 386 in GA
Population: 7,488 (2020-2024)
Land area: 11 mi²
Density: 701.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 1310132

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.

Safety28#11,195/15,637
Economy85#2,397/15,631
Housing62#5,635/14,977
Health24#11,884/15,609
Healthcare13#13,647/15,650
Environment71#4,502/15,453
Education42#9,007/15,649
Infrastructure53#7,392/15,650
Community16#13,089/15,651
Leisure & amenities4#15,015/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Job growth · high10.1%
100/100Georgia 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataHaralson County value
Pharmacies · high3.0 /10k
96/100Georgia 1.8 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHaralson County value
Child care cost burden · low19.6%
95/100Georgia 23.0%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHaralson County value
Unemployment rate · low1.7%
86/100Georgia 3.4%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Georgia 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHaralson County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low126 min
84/100Georgia 168 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesHaralson County value

Weaknesses

Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.9 /10k
2/100Georgia 4.9 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHaralson County value
Drug overdose deaths · high37.5 /100k
4/100Georgia 14.1 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataHaralson County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Georgia 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHaralson County value
Flu vaccinations · low28.0%
5/100Georgia 41.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHaralson County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low40.2%
6/100Georgia 74.6%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHaralson County value
Mammography screening · low34.0%
6/100Georgia 44.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHaralson County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
6,394 (2015-2019) → 7,488 (2020-2024)
+17%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
45.0% (2015-2019) → 27.8% (2020-2024)
−17 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
New homes permittedWorsening
15.4 /1k (2021) → 3.6 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−77%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Median household incomeImproving
$57,120 (2015-2019) → $93,780 (2020-2024)
+64%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Average commute timeWorsening
22.7 min (2015-2019) → 35.0 min (2020-2024)
+54%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
86.6% (2015-2019) → 94.8% (2020-2024)
+8.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

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, Bremen, Georgia improved on 2 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 8 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.

Improved2

Household income+64%$57,120 → $93,780
Broadband+8.3 points86.6% → 94.8%

Declined1

Commute+12.2 min22.7 min → 35.0 min

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Bremen, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.7 min2015-2019	35.0 min2020-2024	+12.2 min	Declined	1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.2%2015-2019	23.6%2020-2024	−5.7 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Broadband subscriptions	86.6%2015-2019	94.8%2020-2024	+8.3 points	Improved	51%
Effective property tax rate	1.17%2015-2019	0.83%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	79%
High school diploma or higher	93.2%2015-2019	90.2%2020-2024	−3 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Home price to income ratio	3.1×2015-2019	3.1×2020-2024	−0.0×	Within the margin of error	80%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4682015-2019	0.4122020-2024	−0.057	Within the margin of error	86%
Median household income	$57,1202015-2019	$93,7802020-2024	+64%	Improved	92%
Rent as share of income	28.0%2015-2019	23.2%2020-2024	−4.8 points	Within the margin of error	82%
Rent-burdened households	45.0%2015-2019	27.8%2020-2024	−17 points	Within the margin of error	91%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.8%2015-2019	7.3%2020-2024	−1.5 points	Within the margin of error	64%

“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 Bremen, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Bremen, 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, Bremen, Georgia itself moved +5.2 points in standing on average over the same 10 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

7,488 residents (±20)

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

2,444 households (±207)

Bremen, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k9.1%†223
$25k–50k11%†271
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

2,444 households (±207)

Bremen, Georgia
Georgia share

Own74%1,812
Rent26%†632

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

3,816 workers (±363)

Bremen, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone74%2,832
Carpool14%†522
Public transit1.3%†50

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 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, 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 Haralson County, the county holding most of Bremen's residents.

Haralson County has 519 employer establishments, 162 for every 10,000 residents (0.65× the US rate of 248; 0.69× Georgia's), with 6,280 paid employees at an average annual pay of $48,223. The Census Bureau also counts 2,743 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 519; 2,743 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 162; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 6,280
Average annual pay: $48,223; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	54	16.9	1.09×About typical	444	$59,450	346
Restaurants and other eating places	44	13.7	0.75×Fewer than typical	697	$15,610	17
Gasoline stations	32	10	3.08×More than typical	252	$29,405	4
Religious organizations	30	9.4	1.69×More than typical	173	$13,908	—
Building equipment contractors	28	8.7	1.45×More than typical	249	$56,426	91
Ambulatory health care services	26	8.1	0.39×Fewer than typical	322	$58,609	83
Automotive repair and maintenance	20	6.2	1.24×About typical	70	$51,900	108
Limited-service restaurants	20	6.2	0.78×Fewer than typical	528	$14,803	—
Construction of buildings	19	5.9	0.78×Fewer than typical	191	$77,717	140
Full-service restaurants	19	5.9	0.77×Fewer than typical	154	$17,584	10
Truck transportation	18	5.6	1.11×About typical	72	$54,944	74
Electrical contractors and wiring installation	17	5.3	2.14×More than typical	184	$58,299	35

Rank places for an industry Open Haralson County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 32,045 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 Bremen, Georgia: $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

0FY2017
0FY2018

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

Bremen, Georgia's figures are part of those of Haralson County, GA and Carroll County, GA ($174.1K 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: Bremen is mostly in Haralson County.

See federal money in Haralson 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.

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

House

Brian JackR-GA-3 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 0.0%

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.

Haralson County26100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA57

Other cities and towns in Haralson 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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