Scores by category

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

Safety46#8,419/15,637
Economy17#12,948/15,631
Housing22#11,669/14,977
Health25#11,741/15,609
Healthcare16#13,105/15,650
Environment64#5,487/15,453
Education54#7,164/15,649
Infrastructure31#10,759/15,650
Community12#13,831/15,651
Leisure & amenities27#11,484/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Child care cost burden · low16.4%
99/100Georgia 23.0%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCarroll County value
New homes permitted · high12.8 /1k
91/100Georgia 5.5 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Georgia 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCarroll County value
Dental care shortage · low0.0
84/100Georgia 5.9United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationCarroll County value
Depression · low20.9%
78/100Georgia 19.3%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Comfortable days · high30.0%
78/100Georgia 31.5%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationCarroll County value

Weaknesses

Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.522
3/100Georgia 0.477United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Loneliness · high39.0%
5/100Georgia 37.9%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Poverty rate · high25.4%
6/100Georgia 12.8%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Child poverty rate · high31.5%
7/100Georgia 16.9%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Food environment index · low6.4
7/100Georgia 6.2United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCarroll County value
Preventable hospital stays · high4,032 /100k
8/100Georgia 3,147 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCarroll County value

Trends

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

New homes permittedImproving
5.7 /1k (2021) → 12.8 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+125%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Home price to income ratioWorsening
3.6× (2015-2019) → 5.7× (2020-2024)
+58%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
80.8% (2015-2019) → 88.5% (2020-2024)
+7.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
50.5% (2015-2019) → 57.8% (2020-2024)
+7.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$42,942 (2015-2019) → $54,379 (2020-2024)
+27%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Poverty rateImproving
30.4% (2015-2019) → 25.4% (2020-2024)
−5 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

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, Carrollton, Georgia improved on 3 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 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.

Improved3

Unemployment−4.5 points9.7% → 5.2%
Household income+27%$42,942 → $54,379
Broadband+7.7 points80.8% → 88.5%

Declined2

Price / income+2.1×3.6× → 5.7×
Commute+3.8 min17.0 min → 20.8 min

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Carrollton, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	17.0 min2015-2019	20.8 min2020-2024	+3.8 min	Declined	15%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%2015-2019	35.2%2020-2024	+4.5 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Broadband subscriptions	80.8%2015-2019	88.5%2020-2024	+7.7 points	Improved	48%
Child poverty rate	36.5%2015-2019	31.5%2020-2024	−5 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Effective property tax rate	0.84%2015-2019	0.74%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	36%
High school diploma or higher	83.4%2015-2019	86.4%2020-2024	+3 points	Within the margin of error	68%
Home price to income ratio	3.6×2015-2019	5.7×2020-2024	+2.1×	Declined	4%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5062015-2019	0.5222020-2024	+0.016	Within the margin of error	37%
Median household income	$42,9422015-2019	$54,3792020-2024	+27%	Improved	48%
Poverty rate	30.4%2015-2019	25.4%2020-2024	−5 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Rent as share of income	30.3%2015-2019	34.7%2020-2024	+4.4 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Rent-burdened households	50.5%2015-2019	57.8%2020-2024	+7.3 points	Within the margin of error	30%
Unemployment rate	9.7%2015-2019	5.2%2020-2024	−4.5 points	Improved	95%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	13.5%2015-2019	13.7%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	45%

“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 Carrollton, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Carrollton, 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, Carrollton, Georgia itself moved −7.8 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

27,392 residents (±60)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

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.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

27,392 residents (±60)

Carrollton, Georgia
Georgia share

White48%13,077
Black34%9,336
Hispanic or Latino12%3,240

Education

15,716 residents (±739)

Carrollton, Georgia
Georgia share

No high school diploma14%2,142
High school or GED28%4,371
Some college17%2,733

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

9,992 households (±513)

Carrollton, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k23%2,297
$25k–50k25%2,457
$50k–75k15%1,483
$75k–100k11%†1,055
$100k–150k15%1,458
$150k–200k5.4%†536
$200k or more7.1%†706

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−6.7 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

9,992 households (±513)

Carrollton, Georgia
Georgia share

Own41%4,096
Rent59%5,896

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

5,690 households (±514)

Carrollton, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $75021%1,168
$750–1,00022%1,254
$1,000–1,50038%2,161

Home values

4,096 homes (±477)

Carrollton, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $150k6.5%†266
$150k–250k27%1,119
$250k–400k37%1,532

Age of homes

10,843 homes (±500)

Carrollton, Georgia
Georgia share

2010 or later11%†1,222
2000–200925%2,727
1980–199927%2,882

Size of homes

10,843 homes (±500)

Carrollton, Georgia
Georgia share

Studio2.6%†287
1 bedroom12%1,280
2 bedrooms29%3,167

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

13,091 workers (±918)

Carrollton, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone68%8,938
Carpool13%†1,678
Public transit0.7%†98
Walk4.2%†555
Bike0.0%0
Work from home12%1,614
Other1.6%†208

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−9.7 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

11,477 workers (±884)

Carrollton, Georgia
Georgia share

Under 15 min51%5,905
15–29 min23%2,590
30–44 min12%1,373

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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 Carroll County, the county holding most of Carrollton's residents.

Carroll County has 2,358 employer establishments, 186 for every 10,000 residents (0.75× the US rate of 248; 0.79× Georgia's), with 43,788 paid employees at an average annual pay of $53,903. The Census Bureau also counts 11,690 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,358; 11,690 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 186; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 43,788
Average annual pay: $53,903; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	214	16.9	0.92×About typical	4,537	$17,555	64
Ambulatory health care services	188	14.8	0.71×Fewer than typical	2,179	$85,631	457
Specialty trade contractors	178	14	0.91×About typical	2,343	$80,607	1,033
Limited-service restaurants	111	8.8	1.09×About typical	2,491	$16,282	29
Religious organizations	107	8.4	1.52×More than typical	620	$26,787	—
Lessors of real estate	102	8	0.65×Fewer than typical	273	$37,744	790
Construction of buildings	89	7	0.93×About typical	431	$86,371	496
Building equipment contractors	86	6.8	1.13×About typical	1,216	$83,902	242
Full-service restaurants	80	6.3	0.82×About typical	1,757	$19,999	25
Gasoline stations	71	5.6	1.73×More than typical	479	$27,328	8
Offices of physicians	65	5.1	0.79×Fewer than typical	1,076	$116,340	53
Services to buildings and dwellings	59	4.7	0.69×Fewer than typical	842	$29,341	1,227

Rank places for an industry Open Carroll County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 126,783 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 $139.8K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Carrollton, Georgia: $5.10 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $139.8K; −94% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5.10; US $1,994
Sole-source: 13%; 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

Department of Veterans Affairs$133K95%
Forest Service$9,5946.9%

Top recipients

DOMINGUEZ DESIGN-BUILD, INC$69K49%
ACK3 CONSULTING, LLC$55.1K39%
NTR, INC.$9,5946.9%
HANGER PROSTHETICS & ORTHOTICS, INC.$8,9926.4%
POWER & ENERGY SERVICES INC-$1210.0%

Spending by fiscal year

1.5MFY2017
389.5KFY2018
168.2KFY2019
114.1KFY2020
7.5KFY2021
18.6KFY2022
145.8KFY2023
7.2KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonresidential building construction · 2362$69K49%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$55.1K39%
Other textile product mills · 3149$9,5946.9%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$8,9926.4%

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

Carrollton, Georgia's figures are part of those of Carroll County, GA ($174.1K in FY2026), never added to them: 80% of that total.

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

See federal money in Carroll 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.

Carrollton, 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.

Carroll County37100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA57

Other cities and towns in Carroll 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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