City · Mitchell County, Georgia

Camilla, Georgia

Camilla is a city in Mitchell County, Georgia. It has 5,124 residents. Camilla, Georgia has a quality-of-life score of 0 out of 100 (very low), ranking #15,612 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Georgia it ranks #382 of 386 cities and towns. It ranks best on pharmacies (high), time spent in the emergency room (low) and students per teacher (low). It ranks worst on loneliness (high), restaurants and bars (low) and adult obesity (high).

0Very low

Quality-of-life score: #15,612 of 15,651 cities and towns
Georgia: #382 of 386 in GA
Population: 5,124 (2020-2024)
Land area: 7 mi²
Density: 776.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 1312624

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.

Safety13#13,645/15,637
Economy1#15,408/15,631
Housing25#11,215/14,977
Health11#13,964/15,609
Healthcare18#12,760/15,650
Environment5#14,662/15,453
Education10#14,030/15,649
Infrastructure1#15,510/15,650
Community9#14,288/15,651
Leisure & amenities9#14,206/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Pharmacies · high2.9 /10k
95/100Georgia 1.8 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMitchell County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low109 min
93/100Georgia 168 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMitchell County value
Students per teacher · low11.6×
90/100Georgia 14.1×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsMitchell County value
Comfortable days · high32.7%
89/100Georgia 31.5%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationMitchell County value
Public libraries · high1.5 /10k
86/100Georgia 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesMitchell County value
Depression · low20.0%
83/100Georgia 19.3%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Loneliness · high43.4%
1/100Georgia 37.9%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Restaurants and bars · low2.4 /10k
1/100Georgia 8.5 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMitchell County value
Adult obesity · high48.9%
1/100Georgia 39.1%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Dental care shortage · high20.0
1/100Georgia 5.9United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationMitchell County value
Child poverty rate · high50.0%
2/100Georgia 16.9%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Poverty rate · high38.0%
2/100Georgia 12.8%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001

Trends

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

New homes permittedWorsening
0.2 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
67.4% (2015-2019) → 86.0% (2020-2024)
+19 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
63.2% (2015-2019) → 50.0% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Unemployment rateImproving
19.9% (2015-2019) → 10.9% (2020-2024)
−9 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Average commute timeWorsening
22.9 min (2015-2019) → 27.5 min (2020-2024)
+20%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Rent as share of incomeImproving
36.6% (2015-2019) → 32.7% (2020-2024)
−3.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

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, Camilla, Georgia improved on 2 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 12 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

Child poverty−13 points63.2% → 50.0%
Broadband+19 points67.4% → 86.0%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Camilla, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.9 min2015-2019	27.5 min2020-2024	+4.7 min	Within the margin of error	11%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%2015-2019	10.7%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Broadband subscriptions	67.4%2015-2019	86.0%2020-2024	+19 points	Improved	88%
Child poverty rate	63.2%2015-2019	50.0%2020-2024	−13 points	Improved	87%
High school diploma or higher	76.6%2015-2019	80.0%2020-2024	+3.4 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	2.2×2020-2024	+0.0×	Within the margin of error	79%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5552015-2019	0.4812020-2024	−0.073	Within the margin of error	91%
Median household income	$34,1432015-2019	$38,1372020-2024	+12%	Within the margin of error	19%
Poverty rate	39.6%2015-2019	38.0%2020-2024	−1.6 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	36.6%2015-2019	32.7%2020-2024	−3.9 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Rent-burdened households	58.2%2015-2019	56.9%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Unemployment rate	19.9%2015-2019	10.9%2020-2024	−9 points	Within the margin of error	99%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	23.1%2015-2019	25.2%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	25%

“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 Camilla, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Camilla, 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, Camilla, Georgia itself moved +3.4 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

5,124 residents (±28)

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

2,116 households (±255)

Camilla, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k38%794
$25k–50k18%†371
$50k–75k20%†429

Homes

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

Owners and renters

2,116 households (±255)

Camilla, Georgia
Georgia share

Own36%772
Rent64%1,344

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−17.8 points).

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

1,715 workers (±343)

Camilla, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone81%1,396
Carpool13%†225
Public transit0.0%0

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 Mitchell County, the county holding most of Camilla's residents.

Mitchell County has 360 employer establishments, 173 for every 10,000 residents (0.70× the US rate of 248; 0.73× Georgia's), with 5,013 paid employees at an average annual pay of $38,142. The Census Bureau also counts 1,929 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 360; 1,929 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 173; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 5,013
Average annual pay: $38,142; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	25	12	0.66×Fewer than typical	313	$14,425	19
Specialty trade contractors	19	9.2	0.59×Fewer than typical	80	$49,338	126
Religious organizations	18	8.7	1.56×More than typical	73	$17,233	—
Ambulatory health care services	17	8.2	0.39×Fewer than typical	80	$53,325	88
Gasoline stations	17	8.2	2.53×More than typical	71	$22,887	—
Limited-service restaurants	16	7.7	0.96×About typical	217	$15,774	9
Automotive repair and maintenance	10	4.8	0.96×About typical	40	$36,350	49
Health and personal care stores	10	4.8	1.82×More than typical	70	$34,257	19
Insurance agencies and brokerages	10	4.8	1.10×About typical	30	$30,033	23
Full-service restaurants	9	4.3	0.56×Too few to compare	96	$11,375	8
Legal services	9	4.3	0.81×Too few to compare	22	$30,091	3
Lessors of real estate	9	4.3	0.35×Too few to compare	19	$21,789	128

Rank places for an industry Open Mitchell County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 20,759 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 Camilla, 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

1.3KFY2017
148FY2018
158.5KFY2019
124FY2020
773.6FY2021
283.3FY2022
1KFY2023
973.9FY2024

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

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

See federal money in Mitchell 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.

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

House

Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.D-GA-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 93%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.

Mitchell County3100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Mitchell 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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