City · Oglethorpe County, Georgia

Crawford, Georgia

Crawford is a city in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, part of the Athens-Clarke County, GA metro area. It has 1,016 residents. Crawford, Georgia has a quality-of-life score of 8 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,466 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Georgia it ranks #264 of 386 cities and towns. It ranks best on child care cost burden (low), job growth (high) and voter turnout (high). It ranks worst on restaurants and bars (low), primary care physicians (low) and dentists (low).

8Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,466 of 15,651 cities and towns
Georgia: #264 of 386 in GA
Population: 1,016 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 871.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 1320288

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 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.

Safety23#12,112/15,637
Economy17#13,052/15,631
Housing24#11,410/14,977
Health35#10,094/15,609
Healthcare5#14,817/15,650
Environment54#7,053/15,453
Education40#9,445/15,649
Infrastructure2#15,276/15,650
Community17#12,945/15,651
Leisure & amenities0#15,636/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Crawford, Georgia ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Oglethorpe 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 · low17.3%
99/100Georgia 23.0%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOglethorpe County value
Job growth · high3.3%
95/100Georgia 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataOglethorpe County value
Voter turnout · high75.4%
87/100Georgia 67.6%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionOglethorpe County value
Comfortable days · high30.8%
82/100Georgia 31.5%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationOglethorpe County value
Effective property tax rate · low0.59%
81/100Georgia 0.79%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090High uncertainty
Natural hazard risk · low14.1
78/100Georgia 24.82025Federal Emergency Management AgencyOglethorpe County value

Weaknesses

Restaurants and bars · low0.6 /10k
0/100Georgia 8.5 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsOglethorpe County value
Primary care physicians · low7 /100k
0/100Georgia 67 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOglethorpe County value
Dentists · low6 /100k
0/100Georgia 54 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOglethorpe County value
Mental health providers · low19 /100k
1/100Georgia 201 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOglethorpe County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low26.2%
2/100Georgia 74.6%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOglethorpe County value
Grocery stores · low0.6 /10k
3/100Georgia 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsOglethorpe County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
947 (2015-2019) → 1,016 (2020-2024)
+7.3%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
High school diploma or higherImproving
55.6% (2015-2019) → 86.7% (2020-2024)
+31 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
41.2% (2015-2019) → 68.7% (2020-2024)
+28 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
34.6% (2015-2019) → 50.3% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
9.7% (2015-2019) → 24.5% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Child poverty rateImproving
42.2% (2015-2019) → 28.4% (2020-2024)
−14 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, Crawford, Georgia improved on 1 of 7 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 6 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

Broadband+28 points41.2% → 68.7%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 7 measures

Change of every measure of Crawford, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%2015-2019	24.5%2020-2024	+15 points	Within the margin of error	97%
Broadband subscriptions	41.2%2015-2019	68.7%2020-2024	+28 points	Improved	97%
High school diploma or higher	55.6%2015-2019	86.7%2020-2024	+31 points	Within the margin of error	100%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4712015-2019	0.5272020-2024	+0.055	Within the margin of error	14%
Poverty rate	24.4%2015-2019	25.7%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	26.9%2015-2019	30.1%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Within the margin of error	31%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 10944 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 Crawford, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Crawford, 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, Crawford, Georgia itself moved +5.5 points in standing on average over the same 5 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

1,016 residents (±332)

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

1,016 residents (±332)

Crawford, Georgia
Georgia share

White38%†382
Black60%†613
Hispanic or Latino0.0%0

Education

678 residents (±218)

Crawford, Georgia
Georgia share

No high school diploma13%†90
High school or GED37%†250
Some college16%†

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

342 households (±122)

Crawford, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k44%†151
$25k–50k16%†54
$50k–75k4.4%†15
$75k–100k23%†77
$100k–150k7.6%†26
$150k–200k1.5%†5
$200k or more4.1%†14

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

342 households (±122)

Crawford, Georgia
Georgia share

Own42%†143
Rent58%†199

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 B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

167 households (±101)

Crawford, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $75049%†81
$750–1,0009.6%†16
$1,000–1,50042%†70

Home values

143 homes (±66)

Crawford, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $150k21%†30
$150k–250k34%†49
$250k–400k27%†39

Age of homes

430 homes (±131)

Crawford, Georgia
Georgia share

2010 or later4.0%†17
2000–20090.9%†4
1980–199944%†191

Size of homes

430 homes (±131)

Crawford, Georgia
Georgia share

Studio2.6%†11
1 bedroom16%†68
2 bedrooms26%†113

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

432 workers (±186)

Crawford, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone91%†392
Carpool8.1%†35
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home1.2%†5
Other0.0%0

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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

427 workers (±185)

Crawford, Georgia
Georgia share

Under 15 min15%†65
15–29 min15%†65
30–44 min21%†89

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 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 Oglethorpe County, the county holding most of Crawford's residents.

Oglethorpe County has 182 employer establishments, 116 for every 10,000 residents (0.47× the US rate of 248; 0.49× Georgia's), with 1,104 paid employees at an average annual pay of $39,708. The Census Bureau also counts 1,453 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 182; 1,453 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 116; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 1,104
Average annual pay: $39,708; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	28	17.8	1.15×About typical	133	$49,496	191
Services to buildings and dwellings	18	11.4	1.70×More than typical	83	$17,867	226
Building equipment contractors	13	8.3	1.37×More than typical	61	$48,295	37
Landscaping services	10	6.4	1.81×More than typical	21	$33,048	75
Religious organizations	8	5.1	0.92×Too few to compare	24	$10,375	—
Restaurants and other eating places	8	5.1	0.28×Too few to compare	96	$17,698	7
Electrical contractors and wiring installation	7	4.4	1.80×Too few to compare	45	$48,289	9
Truck transportation	7	4.4	0.88×Too few to compare	32	$43,188	38
Ambulatory health care services	6	3.8	0.18×Too few to compare	28	$81,321	50
Limited-service restaurants	6	3.8	0.48×Too few to compare	75	$18,560	—
Other specialty trade contractors	6	3.8	1.52×Too few to compare	10	$73,100	57
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	6	3.8	1.15×Too few to compare	16	$48,313	25

Rank places for an industry Open Oglethorpe County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 15,741 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 Crawford, Georgia: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0; −100% vs FY2025
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
209.8FY2018
660.9FY2019
609.2FY2023
2.6KFY2024
2KFY2025

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

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

See federal money in Oglethorpe 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.

Crawford, 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.

Oglethorpe County18100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Athens-Clarke County, GA53

Other cities and towns in Oglethorpe 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
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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