Scores by category

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

Safety28#11,321/15,637
Economy6#14,751/15,631
Housing24#11,370/14,977
Health17#12,944/15,609
Healthcare6#14,674/15,650
Environment48#8,054/15,453
Education7#14,515/15,649
Infrastructure5#14,827/15,650
Community8#14,419/15,651
Leisure & amenities12#13,783/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Time spent in the emergency room · low96 min
97/100Georgia 168 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesPolk County value
New homes permitted · high16.2 /1k
94/100Georgia 5.5 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Child care cost burden · low20.7%
93/100Georgia 23.0%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePolk County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Georgia 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePolk County value
Job growth · high1.6%
85/100Georgia 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataPolk County value
Public transit commuters · high1.8%
82/100Georgia 1.1%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301High uncertainty

Weaknesses

Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.561
2/100Georgia 0.477United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Child poverty rate · high44.8%
2/100Georgia 16.9%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Poverty rate · high30.7%
2/100Georgia 12.8%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Median household income · low$34,754
3/100Georgia $79,912United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Preventable hospital stays · high4,548 /100k
4/100Georgia 3,147 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePolk County value
Loneliness · high39.5%
5/100Georgia 37.9%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Trends

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

New homes permittedImproving
0.4 /1k (2021) → 16.2 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+3,995%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
High school diploma or higherImproving
64.6% (2015-2019) → 81.4% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
69.4% (2015-2019) → 85.7% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
58.0% (2015-2019) → 44.8% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.6× (2015-2019) → 4.2× (2020-2024)
+62%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
27.8% (2015-2019) → 17.1% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

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, Cedartown, Georgia improved on 4 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 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.

Improved4

High school++17 points64.6% → 81.4%
Uninsured−11 points27.8% → 17.1%
Child poverty−13 points58.0% → 44.8%
Broadband+16 points69.4% → 85.7%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Cedartown, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.5 min2015-2019	28.5 min2020-2024	+5.0 min	Within the margin of error	10%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%2015-2019	15.0%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Broadband subscriptions	69.4%2015-2019	85.7%2020-2024	+16 points	Improved	83%
Child poverty rate	58.0%2015-2019	44.8%2020-2024	−13 points	Improved	87%
Effective property tax rate	1.15%2015-2019	0.96%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	58%
High school diploma or higher	64.6%2015-2019	81.4%2020-2024	+17 points	Improved	99%
Home price to income ratio	2.6×2015-2019	4.2×2020-2024	+1.6×	Within the margin of error	7%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5342015-2019	0.5612020-2024	+0.027	Within the margin of error	29%
Median household income	$32,5642015-2019	$34,7542020-2024	+6.7%	Within the margin of error	13%
Poverty rate	35.6%2015-2019	30.7%2020-2024	−4.9 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Rent as share of income	30.9%2015-2019	40.4%2020-2024	+9.5 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Rent-burdened households	51.3%2015-2019	60.6%2020-2024	+9.4 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Unemployment rate	5.2%2015-2019	6.8%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	27.8%2015-2019	17.1%2020-2024	−11 points	Improved	97%

“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 Cedartown, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Cedartown, 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, Cedartown, Georgia itself moved −8.9 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

10,227 residents (±22)

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

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 20–29 men (+4.5 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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

10,227 residents (±22)

Cedartown, Georgia
Georgia share

White45%4,609
Black21%2,125
Hispanic or Latino29%3,006

Education

6,008 residents (±374)

Cedartown, Georgia
Georgia share

No high school diploma19%1,120
High school or GED38%2,282
Some college21%1,252

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

3,728 households (±291)

Cedartown, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k38%1,401
$25k–50k18%†678
$50k–75k18%†661
$75k–100k12%†437
$100k–150k6.5%†242
$150k–200k2.1%†78
$200k or more6.2%†231

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 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

3,728 households (±291)

Cedartown, Georgia
Georgia share

Own43%1,615
Rent57%2,113

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

2,065 households (±334)

Cedartown, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $75024%†492
$750–1,00037%†767
$1,000–1,50035%†722

Home values

1,615 homes (±343)

Cedartown, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $150k51%†830
$150k–250k25%†396
$250k–400k19%†309

Age of homes

4,050 homes (±313)

Cedartown, Georgia
Georgia share

2010 or later5.6%†228
2000–200918%†736
1980–199918%†734

Size of homes

4,050 homes (±313)

Cedartown, Georgia
Georgia share

Studio5.3%†215
1 bedroom8.3%†338
2 bedrooms37%1,509

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

4,002 workers (±329)

Cedartown, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone78%3,126
Carpool12%†475
Public transit1.8%†73
Walk2.5%†99
Bike0.0%0
Work from home1.0%†38
Other4.8%†191

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (−4.7 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

3,964 workers (±337)

Cedartown, Georgia
Georgia share

Under 15 min34%1,363
15–29 min25%†973
30–44 min11%†442

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 Cedartown, 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 Polk County, the county holding most of Cedartown's residents.

Polk County has 670 employer establishments, 151 for every 10,000 residents (0.61× the US rate of 248; 0.64× Georgia's), with 10,640 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,053. The Census Bureau also counts 3,187 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 670; 3,187 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 151; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 10,640
Average annual pay: $45,053; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	69	15.5	0.85×About typical	1,343	$19,951	21
Specialty trade contractors	55	12.4	0.80×About typical	345	$59,249	336
Ambulatory health care services	40	9	0.43×Fewer than typical	307	$56,436	79
Limited-service restaurants	35	7.9	0.98×About typical	752	$19,239	7
Religious organizations	33	7.4	1.34×More than typical	150	$21,453	—
Building equipment contractors	27	6.1	1.01×About typical	222	$65,068	76
Full-service restaurants	27	6.1	0.79×Fewer than typical	571	$21,226	11
Gasoline stations	26	5.9	1.81×More than typical	105	$22,676	5
Grocery and convenience stores	26	5.9	1.97×More than typical	312	$25,772	10
Lessors of real estate	18	4.1	0.33×Fewer than typical	37	$42,054	187
Offices of physicians	17	3.8	0.59×Fewer than typical	111	$64,207	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	17	3.8	0.57×Fewer than typical	98	$49,061	428

Rank places for an industry Open Polk County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 44,398 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 Cedartown, 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

5.5KFY2021
-212.3FY2022
-100.4FY2023

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

Cedartown, Georgia's figures are part of those of Polk County, GA ($25.2M 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: Cedartown is mostly in Polk County.

See federal money in Polk 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.

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

House

Clay FullerR-GA-14 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%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.

Polk County9100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Cedartown, GA4

Other cities and towns in Polk 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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