City · Schley County, Georgia

Ellaville, Georgia

Ellaville is a city in Schley County, Georgia, part of the Americus, GA metro area. It has 1,668 residents. Ellaville, Georgia has a quality-of-life score of 23 out of 100 (low), ranking #12,036 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Georgia it ranks #165 of 386 cities and towns. It ranks best on preventable hospital stays (low), social associations (high) and child care cost burden (low). It ranks worst on restaurants and bars (low), arts, entertainment and recreation (low) and access to exercise opportunities (low).

23Low

Quality-of-life score: #12,036 of 15,651 cities and towns
Georgia: #165 of 386 in GA
Population: 1,668 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 527.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 1326980

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 70 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.

Safety80#3,186/15,637
Economy17#12,988/15,631
Housing18#12,207/14,977
Health38#9,651/15,609
Healthcare9#14,268/15,650
Environment50#7,665/15,453
Education67#5,243/15,649
Infrastructure3#15,117/15,650
Community46#8,480/15,651
Leisure & amenities8#14,436/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Preventable hospital stays · low1,225 /100k
99/100Georgia 3,147 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSchley County value
Social associations · high22.1 /10k
99/100Georgia 8.8 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSchley County value
Child care cost burden · low19.1%
96/100Georgia 23.0%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSchley County value
Violent crime rate · low60 /100k
95/100Georgia 297 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationSchley County value
Reading scores · high3.40
95/100Georgia 2.97United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSchley County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Georgia 7.4 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataSchley County value

Weaknesses

Restaurants and bars · low0.0 /10k
0/100Georgia 8.5 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSchley County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.0 /10k
1/100Georgia 4.9 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSchley County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low24.0%
1/100Georgia 74.6%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSchley County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Georgia 6.7 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergySchley County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Georgia 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSchley County value
Average weekly wage · low$892
5/100Georgia $1,404United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSchley County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,585 (2015-2019) → 1,668 (2020-2024)
+5.2%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
46.8% (2015-2019) → 19.3% (2020-2024)
−27 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
63.3% (2015-2019) → 85.8% (2020-2024)
+23 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Poverty rateImproving
37.0% (2015-2019) → 16.9% (2020-2024)
−20 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
70.7% (2015-2019) → 54.7% (2020-2024)
−16 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$27,639 (2015-2019) → $46,964 (2020-2024)
+70%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

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, Ellaville, Georgia improved on 5 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 8 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.

Improved5

Poverty−20 points37.0% → 16.9%
Child poverty−27 points46.8% → 19.3%
Broadband+23 points63.3% → 85.8%
Bachelor's++11 points11.5% → 22.6%
Rent burden−16 points70.7% → 54.7%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Ellaville, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.4 min2015-2019	29.0 min2020-2024	+3.6 min	Within the margin of error	16%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%2015-2019	22.6%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	92%
Broadband subscriptions	63.3%2015-2019	85.8%2020-2024	+23 points	Improved	93%
Child poverty rate	46.8%2015-2019	19.3%2020-2024	−27 points	Improved	97%
High school diploma or higher	84.2%2015-2019	82.7%2020-2024	−1.4 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Home price to income ratio	3.7×2015-2019	3.4×2020-2024	−0.3×	Within the margin of error	90%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5232015-2019	0.4692020-2024	−0.053	Within the margin of error	85%
Median household income	$27,6392015-2019	$46,9642020-2024	+70%	Within the margin of error	94%
Poverty rate	37.0%2015-2019	16.9%2020-2024	−20 points	Improved	99%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	45.9%2015-2019	32.0%2020-2024	−14 points	Within the margin of error	96%
Rent-burdened households	70.7%2015-2019	54.7%2020-2024	−16 points	Improved	90%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	16.3%2015-2019	12.7%2020-2024	−3.6 points	Within the margin of error	80%

“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 Ellaville, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Ellaville, 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, Ellaville, Georgia itself moved +13.4 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

1,668 residents (±348)

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

605 households (±134)

Ellaville, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k25%†151
$25k–50k27%†164
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

605 households (±134)

Ellaville, Georgia
Georgia share

Own68%413
Rent32%†192

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+17.9 points).

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

552 workers (±128)

Ellaville, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone72%397
Carpool13%†69
Public transit0.0%0

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 Americus, 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 Schley County, the county holding most of Ellaville's residents.

Schley County has 74 employer establishments, 163 for every 10,000 residents (0.66× the US rate of 248; 0.69× Georgia's), with 937 paid employees at an average annual pay of $43,098. The Census Bureau also counts 432 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 74; 432 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 163; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 937
Average annual pay: $43,098; US $68,342

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

Religious organizations	10	22.1	3.98×More than typical	19	$21,421	—
Landscaping services	4	8.8	2.52×Too few to compare	11	$43,182	42
Management, scientific and technical consulting	4	8.8	1.32×Too few to compare	7	$18,714	6
Restaurants and other eating places	4	8.8	0.48×Too few to compare	21	$12,381	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	4	8.8	1.31×Too few to compare	11	$43,182	82
Specialty trade contractors	4	8.8	0.57×Too few to compare	7	$38,429	40
Ambulatory health care services	3	6.6	0.32×Too few to compare	39	$58,718	12
Limited-service restaurants	3	6.6	0.83×Too few to compare	19	$12,789	—
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	12
Advertising, public relations and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	3
Architectural, engineering and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	6

Rank places for an industry Open Schley County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 4,533 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

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

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

See federal money in Schley 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.

Ellaville, 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.

Schley County33100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Americus, GA4

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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