Census-designated place · Spalding County, Georgia

Experiment, Georgia

Experiment is a census-designated place in Spalding County, Georgia, part of the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area. It has 3,387 residents. Experiment, Georgia has a quality-of-life score of 2 out of 100 (very low), ranking #15,395 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Georgia it ranks #347 of 386 cities and towns. It ranks best on natural hazard risk (low), new business applications (high) and drinking water violations (low). It ranks worst on primary care shortage (high), loneliness (high) and public libraries (low).

2Very low

Quality-of-life score: #15,395 of 15,651 cities and towns
Georgia: #347 of 386 in GA
Population: 3,387 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 1,138.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 1328296

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 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.

Safety8#14,395/15,637
Economy2#15,339/15,631
Housing22#11,609/14,977
Health8#14,371/15,609
Healthcare14#13,533/15,650
Environment61#6,081/15,453
Education3#15,247/15,649
Infrastructure8#14,368/15,650
Community4#15,012/15,651
Leisure & amenities19#12,737/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Natural hazard risk · low7.2
89/100Georgia 24.82025Federal Emergency Management AgencySpalding County value
New business applications · high19.1 /1k
87/100Georgia 22.5 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauSpalding County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Georgia 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSpalding County value
Comfortable days · high30.7%
81/100Georgia 31.5%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationSpalding County value
High ozone days · low0 days
76/100Georgia 1 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencySpalding County value
Distance to an emergency room · low4.2 mi
75/100Georgia 7.4 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesSpalding County value

Weaknesses

Primary care shortage · high21.0
1/100Georgia 8.2United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationSpalding County value
Loneliness · high43.0%
1/100Georgia 37.9%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Public libraries · low0.1 /10k
1/100Georgia 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesSpalding County value
Food insecurity · high41.4%
2/100Georgia 18.1%United States 15.6%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Physical inactivity · high41.7%
2/100Georgia 30.5%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Adult obesity · high47.5%
2/100Georgia 39.1%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Trends

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

Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.1× (2015-2019) → 4.1× (2020-2024)
+93%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
65.8% (2015-2019) → 81.8% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
32.8% (2015-2019) → 19.6% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
39.3% (2015-2019) → 50.9% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Poverty rateImproving
42.4% (2015-2019) → 33.7% (2020-2024)
−8.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
26.3% (2015-2019) → 30.8% (2020-2024)
+4.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

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, Experiment, Georgia improved on 2 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 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.

Improved2

Uninsured−13 points32.8% → 19.6%
Broadband+16 points65.8% → 81.8%

Declined1

Price / income+2.0×2.1× → 4.1×

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Experiment, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	26.4 min2015-2019	20.6 min2020-2024	−5.8 min	Within the margin of error	92%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%2015-2019	5.8%2020-2024	−3.6 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Broadband subscriptions	65.8%2015-2019	81.8%2020-2024	+16 points	Improved	82%
Child poverty rate	55.6%2015-2019	55.1%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Effective property tax rate	1.13%2015-2019	0.84%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	73%
High school diploma or higher	73.5%2015-2019	75.0%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	53%
Home price to income ratio	2.1×2015-2019	4.1×2020-2024	+2.0×	Declined	4%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4822015-2019	0.4812020-2024	−0.001	Within the margin of error	52%
Median household income	$29,2862015-2019	$33,3332020-2024	+14%	Within the margin of error	22%
Poverty rate	42.4%2015-2019	33.7%2020-2024	−8.7 points	Within the margin of error	90%
Rent as share of income	26.3%2015-2019	30.8%2020-2024	+4.5 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Rent-burdened households	39.3%2015-2019	50.9%2020-2024	+12 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	32.8%2015-2019	19.6%2020-2024	−13 points	Improved	98%

“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 Experiment, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Experiment, 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, Experiment, Georgia itself moved −6.7 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

3,387 residents (±527)

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

1,222 households (±182)

Experiment, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k31%†381
$25k–50k33%†408
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

1,222 households (±182)

Experiment, Georgia
Georgia share

Own37%454
Rent63%768

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−13.8 points).

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

1,133 workers (±287)

Experiment, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone84%956
Carpool7.7%†87
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 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, 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 Spalding County, the county holding most of Experiment's residents.

Spalding County has 1,240 employer establishments, 177 for every 10,000 residents (0.71× the US rate of 248; 0.75× Georgia's), with 17,205 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,500. The Census Bureau also counts 6,870 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,240; 6,870 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 177; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 17,205
Average annual pay: $51,500; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	112	16	0.77×Fewer than typical	1,729	$64,216	281
Restaurants and other eating places	102	14.6	0.79×Fewer than typical	2,031	$18,174	36
Specialty trade contractors	79	11.3	0.73×Fewer than typical	611	$63,728	572
Limited-service restaurants	59	8.4	1.05×About typical	1,072	$15,933	9
Religious organizations	53	7.6	1.37×More than typical	323	$21,347	—
Lessors of real estate	46	6.6	0.53×Fewer than typical	107	$35,037	410
Gasoline stations	40	5.7	1.76×More than typical	168	$22,357	3
Offices of physicians	38	5.4	0.84×About typical	507	$107,361	17
Building equipment contractors	36	5.1	0.86×About typical	247	$64,623	137
Full-service restaurants	34	4.9	0.63×Fewer than typical	900	$20,648	8
Services to buildings and dwellings	34	4.9	0.72×Fewer than typical	158	$45,399	784
Construction of buildings	31	4.4	0.59×Fewer than typical	98	$43,908	295

Rank places for an industry Open Spalding County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 69,951 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 $5,164 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Experiment, Georgia: $1.52 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $5,164; −29% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1.52; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 28%; 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

Agricultural Research Service$3,62870%
Forest Service$1,53530%

Top recipients

XION CONSTRUCTION COMPANY L.L.C.$2,19843%
VISTA SALES CONSULTING, LLC$1,53530%
ALPHA ROOFING SYSTEMS, LLC$99519%
CARDINAL STATE CONSTRUCTION LLC$61812%
SLEDGE TECH LLC$00.0%

Spending by fiscal year

4.6KFY2017
32.2KFY2018
146.5KFY2019
8.1KFY2020
32.2KFY2021
7.3KFY2022
48.9KFY2023
43.7KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Building equipment contractors · 2382$2,19843%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$1,53530%
Foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors · 2381$99519%
Building finishing contractors · 2383$61812%

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

Experiment, Georgia's figures are part of those of Spalding County, GA ($206.3K in FY2026), never added to them: 2.5% of that total.

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

See federal money in Spalding 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.

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

House

Brian JackR-GA-3 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%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.

Spalding County13100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA57

Other cities and towns in Spalding 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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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

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