Scores by category

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

Safety90#1,540/15,637
Economy28#11,212/15,631
Housing83#2,542/14,977
Health33#10,420/15,609
Healthcare29#11,089/15,650
Environment66#5,301/15,453
Education65#5,411/15,649
Infrastructure49#8,014/15,650
Community1#15,487/15,651
Leisure & amenities0#15,601/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Cusseta-Chattahoochee County, Georgia ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Chattahoochee 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

Dentists · high831 /100k
100/100Georgia 54 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteChattahoochee County value
Job growth · high10.2%
100/100Georgia 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataChattahoochee County value
Average commute time · low10.5 min
100/100Georgia 28.3 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Firearm deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Georgia 16.7 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataChattahoochee County value
Natural hazard risk · low2.3
97/100Georgia 24.82025Federal Emergency Management AgencyChattahoochee County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.7×
96/100Georgia 3.9×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077

Weaknesses

Voter turnout · low22.9%
0/100Georgia 67.6%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionChattahoochee County value
Grocery stores · low0.0 /10k
0/100Georgia 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsChattahoochee County value
Food environment index · low3.6
0/100Georgia 6.2United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteChattahoochee County value
Social associations · low0.0 /10k
0/100Georgia 8.8 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteChattahoochee County value
Mental health providers · low12 /100k
0/100Georgia 201 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteChattahoochee County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.0 /10k
1/100Georgia 4.9 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsChattahoochee County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
10,560 (2015-2019) → 8,887 (2020-2024)
−16%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
28.6% (2015-2019) → 9.3% (2020-2024)
−19 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
78.1% (2015-2019) → 89.7% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$47,096 (2015-2019) → $61,042 (2020-2024)
+30%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Poverty rateImproving
19.8% (2015-2019) → 13.9% (2020-2024)
−5.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Public transit commutersImproving
0.0% (2015-2019) → 5.4% (2020-2024)
+5.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B08301US 5.0% → 3.2%

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, Cusseta-Chattahoochee County, Georgia improved on 3 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 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

Transit use+5.4 points0.0% → 5.4%
Broadband+12 points78.1% → 89.7%
Household income+30%$47,096 → $61,042

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Cusseta-Chattahoochee County, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	12.9 min2015-2019	10.5 min2020-2024	−2.4 min	Within the margin of error	74%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%2015-2019	29.6%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Broadband subscriptions	78.1%2015-2019	89.7%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	67%
Effective property tax rate	0.82%2015-2019	0.67%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	49%
High school diploma or higher	94.3%2015-2019	96.5%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Home price to income ratio	1.5×2015-2019	1.7×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	70%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4662015-2019	0.3982020-2024	−0.068	Within the margin of error	90%
Median household income	$47,0962015-2019	$61,0422020-2024	+30%	Improved	54%
Poverty rate	19.8%2015-2019	13.9%2020-2024	−5.9 points	Within the margin of error	84%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	5.4%2020-2024	+5.4 points	Improved	100%
Rent as share of income	28.5%2015-2019	24.7%2020-2024	−3.8 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Rent-burdened households	46.5%2015-2019	41.4%2020-2024	−5.1 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Unemployment rate	11.3%2015-2019	9.1%2020-2024	−2.2 points	Within the margin of error	84%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.6%2015-2019	6.8%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	43%

“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 Cusseta-Chattahoochee County, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Cusseta-Chattahoochee County, 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, Cusseta-Chattahoochee County, Georgia itself moved +10 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

8,887 residents

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 (+9.8 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

8,887 residents

Cusseta-Chattahoochee County, Georgia
Georgia share

White54%4,804
Black19%1,714
Hispanic or Latino18%1,594

Education

4,234 residents (±266)

Cusseta-Chattahoochee County, Georgia
Georgia share

No high school diploma3.5%†147
High school or GED25%1,051
Some college31%1,321

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

1,866 households (±284)

Cusseta-Chattahoochee County, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k19%†354
$25k–50k20%†380
$50k–75k23%†422
$75k–100k10%†187
$100k–150k20%†375
$150k–200k4.8%†89
$200k or more3.2%†59

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (+10.5 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 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

1,866 households (±284)

Cusseta-Chattahoochee County, Georgia
Georgia share

Own39%733
Rent61%1,133

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+14.7 points).

Table view

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

Rent paid

1,118 households (±285)

Cusseta-Chattahoochee County, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $7507.5%†84
$750–1,0008.8%†98
$1,000–1,50052%†

Home values

733 homes (±98)

Cusseta-Chattahoochee County, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $150k68%†502
$150k–250k16%†120
$250k–400k11%†

Age of homes

2,815 homes (±312)

Cusseta-Chattahoochee County, Georgia
Georgia share

2010 or later8.2%†231
2000–200918%†507
1980–199925%696

Size of homes

2,815 homes (±312)

Cusseta-Chattahoochee County, Georgia
Georgia share

Studio0.7%†20
1 bedroom1.9%†54
2 bedrooms17%477

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

6,034 workers (±329)

Cusseta-Chattahoochee County, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone57%3,423
Carpool12%732
Public transit5.4%†327
Walk16%994
Bike0.0%0
Work from home8.7%524
Other0.6%†34

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (−18.9 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

5,510 workers (±330)

Cusseta-Chattahoochee County, Georgia
Georgia share

Under 15 min75%4,134
15–29 min19%1,045
30–44 min5.0%†274

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 Columbus, GA-AL

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 Chattahoochee County, the county holding most of Cusseta-Chattahoochee County's residents.

Chattahoochee County has 86 employer establishments, 101 for every 10,000 residents (0.41× the US rate of 248; 0.43× Georgia's), with 1,026 paid employees at an average annual pay of $39,182. The Census Bureau also counts 271 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 86; 271 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 101; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 1,026
Average annual pay: $39,182; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	11	12.9	0.70×Fewer than typical	144	$22,493	—
Limited-service restaurants	10	11.7	1.46×More than typical	138	$22,819	—
Computer systems design and related services	7	8.2	1.90×Too few to compare	79	$58,810	3
Architectural, engineering and related services	5	5.9	1.68×Too few to compare	59	$83,729	—
Schools, colleges and instruction	5	5.9	1.67×Too few to compare	33	$52,333	6
Specialty trade contractors	5	5.9	0.38×Too few to compare	29	$39,966	12
Ambulatory health care services	3	3.5	0.17×Too few to compare	14	$58,929	10
Health and personal care stores	3	3.5	1.33×Too few to compare	9	$38,667	—
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Advertising, public relations and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	4
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—

Rank places for an industry Open Chattahoochee County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 8,530 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 $310.2M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Cusseta-Chattahoochee County, Georgia: $34,900 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $310.2M; −18% vs FY2025
Per resident: $34,900; US $2,007
Sole-source: 19%; US 30%
Single offer: 18%; US 8.7%

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 the Army$229.7M74%
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$63.1M20%
Defense Logistics Agency$7.6M2.4%
Defense Health Agency$7.2M2.3%
Defense Commissary Agency$1.7M0.5%
U.S. Special Operations Command$621.8K0.2%
Federal Acquisition Service$157.7K0.1%
USTRANSCOM$110.6K0.0%

Top recipients

V2X SYSTEMS LLC$52.1M17%
GEORGIA VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AGENCY$47.5M15%
TIYA SERVICES, L.L.C.$44.7M14%
SPEEGLE CONSTRUCTION, INC$31.5M10%
STARKEY LABORATORIES INC$20M6.4%

Spending by fiscal year

310.9MFY2017
345MFY2018
328.7MFY2019
229.9MFY2020
309.6MFY2021
332.4MFY2022
541.8MFY2023
404.2M

Top industries (NAICS)

Facilities support services · 5612$101.8M33%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$57.8M19%
Special food services · 7223$47.5M15%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$20.4M6.6%
Communications equipment manufacturing · 3342$13.5M4.3%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$13.1M

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Cusseta-Chattahoochee County, Georgia

LOGISTICS SUPPORT SERVICES TO INCLUDE MAINTENANCE, SUPPLY, AND TRANSPORTATION FUNCTIONS TO THE LOGISTICS READINESS CENTER (LRC) AT FORT BENNING, GA.$366.1M
VS2 LLC· Chattahoochee County, GA· Professional services· Oct 17, 2016 – Apr 21, 2026· 0001
EAGLE LOGISTIC SERVICES AT FT BENNING GA$287.4M
V2X SYSTEMS LLC· Chattahoochee County, GA· Equipment maintenance· Dec 4, 2020 – Jun 1, 2026· W52P1J21F0035
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BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS OF COLUMBUS· Chattahoochee County, GA

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 Cusseta-Chattahoochee County, Georgia, so they do not add up across cities.

Cusseta-Chattahoochee County, Georgia's figures are part of those of Chattahoochee County, GA ($310.2M in FY2026), never added to them: 100.0% of that total.

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

See federal money in Chattahoochee 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.

Cusseta-Chattahoochee County, 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.

Chattahoochee County40100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Columbus, GA-AL16

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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