Town · Berrien County, Georgia

Enigma, Georgia

Enigma is a town in Berrien County, Georgia. It has 1,140 residents. Enigma, Georgia has a quality-of-life score of 3 out of 100 (very low), ranking #15,207 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Georgia it ranks #327 of 386 cities and towns. It ranks best on time spent in the emergency room (low), grocery stores (high) and gyms and fitness centers (high). It ranks worst on dentists (low), dental care shortage (high) and child poverty rate (high).

3Very low

Quality-of-life score: #15,207 of 15,651 cities and towns
Georgia: #327 of 386 in GA
Population: 1,140 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 350.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 1327596

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 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.

Safety19#12,693/15,637
Economy14#13,493/15,631
Housing31#10,298/14,977
Health7#14,465/15,609
Healthcare4#15,101/15,650
Environment20#12,296/15,453
Education29#11,178/15,649
Infrastructure0#15,638/15,650
Community1#15,558/15,651
Leisure & amenities51#7,605/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Enigma, Georgia ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Berrien 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 · low92 min
98/100Georgia 168 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesBerrien County value
Grocery stores · high3.2 /10k
95/100Georgia 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsBerrien County value
Gyms and fitness centers · high2.1 /10k
93/100Georgia 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsBerrien County value
Comfortable days · high33.2%
90/100Georgia 31.5%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationBerrien County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Georgia 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBerrien County value
Unemployment rate · low1.8%
85/100Georgia 3.4%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty

Weaknesses

Dentists · low11 /100k
1/100Georgia 54 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBerrien County value
Dental care shortage · high20.0
1/100Georgia 5.9United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationBerrien County value
Child poverty rate · high81.5%
2/100Georgia 16.9%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Access to exercise opportunities · low26.6%
2/100Georgia 74.6%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBerrien County value
Preventable hospital stays · high4,996 /100k
2/100Georgia 3,147 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBerrien County value
Poverty rate · high49.7%
2/100Georgia 12.8%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,245 (2015-2019) → 1,140 (2020-2024)
−8.4%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateWorsening
44.6% (2015-2019) → 81.5% (2020-2024)
+37 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
51.0% (2015-2019) → 67.6% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Average commute timeWorsening
20.3 min (2015-2019) → 36.8 min (2020-2024)
+81%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Poverty rateWorsening
37.8% (2015-2019) → 49.7% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.9× (2015-2019) → 2.8× (2020-2024)
+51%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

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, Enigma, Georgia improved on 1 of 8 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 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+17 points51.0% → 67.6%

Declined1

Child poverty+37 points44.6% → 81.5%

All 8 measures

Change of every measure of Enigma, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Broadband subscriptions	51.0%2015-2019	67.6%2020-2024	+17 points	Improved	84%
Child poverty rate	44.6%2015-2019	81.5%2020-2024	+37 points	Declined	1%
High school diploma or higher	68.5%2015-2019	73.5%2020-2024	+4.9 points	Within the margin of error	81%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4532015-2019	0.4872020-2024	+0.034	Within the margin of error	24%
Poverty rate	37.8%2015-2019	49.7%2020-2024	+12 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent-burdened households	40.4%2015-2019	50.3%2020-2024	+9.9 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	32.7%2015-2019	31.5%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	62%

“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 Enigma, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Enigma, 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, Enigma, Georgia itself moved −10.2 points in standing on average over the same 4 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

1,140 residents (±345)

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

457 households (±133)

Enigma, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k47%†214
$25k–50k21%†94
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

457 households (±133)

Enigma, Georgia
Georgia share

Own52%†237
Rent48%†220

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.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

278 workers (±128)

Enigma, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone81%†224
Carpool17%†46
Public transit

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 Berrien County, the county holding most of Enigma's residents.

Berrien County has 253 employer establishments, 136 for every 10,000 residents (0.55× the US rate of 248; 0.57× Georgia's), with 2,904 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,279. The Census Bureau also counts 1,348 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 253; 1,348 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 136; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 2,904
Average annual pay: $49,279; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	21	11.3	0.61×Fewer than typical	229	$17,624	5
Gasoline stations	13	7	2.15×More than typical	47	$20,404	—
Ambulatory health care services	10	5.4	0.26×Fewer than typical	55	$71,745	44
Lessors of real estate	10	5.4	0.44×Fewer than typical	12	$31,583	83
Limited-service restaurants	10	5.4	0.67×Fewer than typical	149	$16,966	4
Full-service restaurants	9	4.8	0.63×Too few to compare	77	$18,922	—
Religious organizations	9	4.8	0.87×Too few to compare	31	$21,452	—
Specialty trade contractors	9	4.8	0.31×Too few to compare	26	$60,962	131
Banks and credit unions	8	4.3	1.33×Too few to compare	96	$45,219	—
Construction of buildings	7	3.8	0.50×Too few to compare	14	$41,714	72
Insurance agencies and brokerages	7	3.8	0.86×Too few to compare	20	$50,500	26
General merchandise stores	6	3.2	1.82×Too few to compare	62	$18,919	6

Rank places for an industry Open Berrien County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 18,630 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: Enigma is mostly in Berrien County.

See federal money in Berrien 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.

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

House

Austin ScottR-GA-8 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.3%

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.

Berrien County10100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Berrien 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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