City · Catoosa County, Georgia

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia

Fort Oglethorpe is a city in Catoosa County, Georgia, part of the Chattanooga, TN-GA metro area. It has 10,416 residents. Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia has a quality-of-life score of 19 out of 100 (very low), ranking #12,700 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Georgia it ranks #192 of 386 cities and towns. It ranks best on distance to an airport (low), child care cost burden (low) and time spent in the emergency room (low). It ranks worst on public libraries (low), average weekly wage (low) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (high).

19Very low

Quality-of-life score: #12,700 of 15,651 cities and towns
Georgia: #192 of 386 in GA
Population: 10,416 (2020-2024)
Land area: 14 mi²
Density: 749.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 1330956

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 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.

Safety67#5,112/15,637
Economy30#10,991/15,631
Housing45#8,304/14,977
Health42#9,090/15,609
Healthcare32#10,636/15,650
Environment13#13,375/15,453
Education35#10,151/15,649
Infrastructure26#11,651/15,650
Community11#13,872/15,651
Leisure & amenities8#14,353/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Distance to an airport · low8 mi
97/100Georgia 42 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauCatoosa County value
Child care cost burden · low21.1%
91/100Georgia 23.0%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCatoosa County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low118 min
88/100Georgia 168 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesCatoosa County value
Pharmacies · high2.3 /10k
84/100Georgia 1.8 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCatoosa County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.379
83/100Georgia 0.477United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Distance to an emergency room · low4.1 mi
78/100Georgia 7.4 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesCatoosa County value

Weaknesses

Public libraries · low0.1 /10k
1/100Georgia 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesCatoosa County value
Average weekly wage · low$904
6/100Georgia $1,404United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCatoosa County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.3 µg/m³
7/100Georgia 9.1 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyCatoosa County value
Restaurants and bars · low4.6 /10k
7/100Georgia 8.5 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCatoosa County value
Broadband subscriptions · low81.0%
8/100Georgia 91.0%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Loneliness · high37.8%
8/100Georgia 37.9%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Trends

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

New homes permittedWorsening
6.7 /1k (2020) → 0.0 /1k (2025)
−100%5 yearsUS 4.4 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.8× (2015-2019) → 3.9× (2020-2024)
+36%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
35.0% (2015-2019) → 40.9% (2020-2024)
+5.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
15.5% (2015-2019) → 19.5% (2020-2024)
+4 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
13.4% (2015-2019) → 16.6% (2020-2024)
+3.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Median household incomeImproving
$45,394 (2015-2019) → $51,867 (2020-2024)
+14%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, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia improved on 0 of 15 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 14 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.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined1

Price / income+1.0×2.8× → 3.9×

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.9 min2015-2019	20.9 min2020-2024	−0.0 min	Within the margin of error	47%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%2015-2019	19.5%2020-2024	+4 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Broadband subscriptions	78.8%2015-2019	81.0%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Child poverty rate	23.2%2015-2019	23.7%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Effective property tax rate	0.89%2015-2019	0.73%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	49%
High school diploma or higher	87.5%2015-2019	89.0%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	52%
Home price to income ratio	2.8×2015-2019	3.9×2020-2024	+1.0×	Declined	21%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4222015-2019	0.3792020-2024	−0.043	Within the margin of error	81%
Median household income	$45,3942015-2019	$51,8672020-2024	+14%	Within the margin of error	22%
Poverty rate	13.0%2015-2019	11.1%2020-2024	−1.9 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	25.9%2015-2019	25.0%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Rent-burdened households	35.0%2015-2019	40.9%2020-2024	+5.9 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Unemployment rate	6.8%2015-2019	5.7%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	13.4%2015-2019	16.6%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Within the margin of error	18%

“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 Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Fort Oglethorpe, 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, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia itself moved −2.3 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

10,416 residents (±146)

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

4,615 households (±269)

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k19%898
$25k–50k28%1,293
$50k–75k19%†893

Homes

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

Owners and renters

4,615 households (±269)

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia
Georgia share

Own47%2,174
Rent53%2,441

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−13.7 points).

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

4,579 workers (±530)

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone84%3,864
Carpool8.4%†384
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 Chattanooga, TN-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 Catoosa County, the county holding most of Fort Oglethorpe's residents.

Catoosa County has 1,044 employer establishments, 151 for every 10,000 residents (0.61× the US rate of 248; 0.64× Georgia's), with 13,316 paid employees at an average annual pay of $40,543. The Census Bureau also counts 5,276 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,044; 5,276 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 151; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 13,316
Average annual pay: $40,543; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	101	14.6	0.80×Fewer than typical	2,091	$19,659	21
Ambulatory health care services	88	12.7	0.61×Fewer than typical	896	$59,386	175
Specialty trade contractors	73	10.6	0.68×Fewer than typical	548	$53,283	477
Limited-service restaurants	58	8.4	1.05×About typical	1,137	$18,521	6
Religious organizations	45	6.5	1.17×About typical	299	$19,047	—
Building equipment contractors	43	6.2	1.03×About typical	430	$53,872	109
Gasoline stations	40	5.8	1.79×More than typical	253	$28,783	4
Automotive repair and maintenance	39	5.6	1.12×About typical	259	$49,633	100
Lessors of real estate	37	5.4	0.43×Fewer than typical	68	$46,647	335
Full-service restaurants	33	4.8	0.62×Fewer than typical	707	$22,216	10
Offices of other health practitioners	30	4.3	0.71×Fewer than typical	164	$44,585	85
Services to buildings and dwellings	30	4.3	0.64×Fewer than typical	154	$58,597	419

Rank places for an industry Open Catoosa County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 69,093 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 $1.2M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia: $113 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1.2M; −40% vs FY2025
Per resident: $113; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.6%; US 30%
Single offer: 13%; 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

National Park Service$977.4K83%
Federal Highway Administration$112.9K9.6%
Defense Logistics Agency$86K7.3%

Top recipients

A1 HOME IMPROVEMENT LLC$624.4K53%
HDR ENGINEERING INC$157.8K13%
APEX FACILITY SERVICES GROUP LLC$153.5K13%
T & T PRODUCE, INC$86K7.3%
JACOBS PROJECT MANAGEMENT CO$60.2K5.1%

Spending by fiscal year

1.2MFY2017
4.2MFY2018
332.6KFY2019
11.2MFY2020
1.1MFY2021
211.5KFY2022
1.1MFY2023
5.3MFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors · 2381$675.9K57%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$200.5K17%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$106.6K9.1%
Other food manufacturing · 3119$86K7.3%
Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$52.8K4.5%

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia

PROJECT GA NP CHCH MULTI (1) THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF THE REHABILITATION OF APPROXIMATELY 1.96 MILES OF BROTHERTON ROAD AND 0.78 MILES OF GLENN-VINIARD ROAD, INCLUDING PARKING AREAS AND PULL-OFFS, WITHIN THE CHICKAMAUGA AND CHATTANOOGA NATIONAL MILIT$5.1M
PIGOTT ASPHALT AND SITEWORK LLC· Catoosa County, GA· Construction & real property· Aug 26, 2024 – Nov 26, 2025· 693C7324C000014
GA NP CHCH MULTI (2): THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF THE REHABILITATION OF 0.44 MILES OF SNODGRASS ROAD AND 0.76 MILES OF DYER ROAD, INCLUDING PARKING AREAS AND PULL-OFFS. THE WORK INCLUDES ASPHALT PAVEMENT REMOVAL, ROADBED RECONDITIONING, GRADING, AGGREG$1.8M
CENTRAL SOUTHERN CONSTRUCTION CORP.· Catoosa County, GA· Construction & real property· Jul 18, 2025 – Mar 5, 2026· 693C7325F00093N
EO 14398, REHABILITATION OF THE MAINTENANCE COMPLEX ROOFS, CHICKAMAUGA AND CHATTANOOGA NATIONAL MILITARY PARK$644.5K
A1 HOME IMPROVEMENT LLC·

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 Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, so they do not add up across cities.

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia's figures are part of those of Catoosa County, GA and Walker County, GA ($5M in FY2026), never added to them: 23% of that total.

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

See federal money in Catoosa 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.

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

House

Clay FullerR-GA-14 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%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.

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Chattanooga, TN-GA52

Other cities and towns in Catoosa 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
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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