City · Wilkinson County, Georgia

Gordon, Georgia

Gordon is a city in Wilkinson County, Georgia. It has 2,485 residents. Gordon, Georgia has a quality-of-life score of 5 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,924 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Georgia it ranks #298 of 386 cities and towns. It ranks best on grocery stores (high), home price to income ratio (low) and public libraries (high). It ranks worst on traffic deaths (high), arts, entertainment and recreation (low) and restaurants and bars (low).

5Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,924 of 15,651 cities and towns
Georgia: #298 of 386 in GA
Population: 2,485 (2020-2024)
Land area: 5 mi²
Density: 461.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 1333980

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 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.

Safety18#12,803/15,637
Economy23#12,075/15,631
Housing24#11,444/14,977
Health8#14,330/15,609
Healthcare5#14,850/15,650
Environment38#9,544/15,453
Education13#13,673/15,649
Infrastructure2#15,267/15,650
Community48#8,170/15,651
Leisure & amenities11#13,872/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Grocery stores · high3.5 /10k
96/100Georgia 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWilkinson County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.8×
94/100Georgia 3.9×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Public libraries · high2.3 /10k
93/100Georgia 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesWilkinson County value
Unemployment rate · low1.6%
87/100Georgia 3.4%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Child care cost burden · low22.6%
86/100Georgia 23.0%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWilkinson County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Georgia 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWilkinson County value

Weaknesses

Traffic deaths · high66.2 /100k
1/100Georgia 15.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataWilkinson County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.0 /10k
1/100Georgia 4.9 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWilkinson County value
Restaurants and bars · low2.3 /10k
1/100Georgia 8.5 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWilkinson County value
Dentists · low12 /100k
1/100Georgia 54 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWilkinson County value
Primary care shortage · high20.0
1/100Georgia 8.2United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationWilkinson County value
Life expectancy · low69.7 yrs
2/100Georgia 76.0 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWilkinson County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,990 (2015-2019) → 2,485 (2020-2024)
+25%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
58.8% (2015-2019) → 82.8% (2020-2024)
+24 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
New homes permittedWorsening
0.5 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
32.5% (2015-2019) → 51.0% (2020-2024)
+19 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$27,900 (2015-2019) → $47,243 (2020-2024)
+69%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Unemployment rateImproving
12.7% (2015-2019) → 1.6% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

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, Gordon, Georgia improved on 2 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 9 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

Household income+69%$27,900 → $47,243
Broadband+24 points58.8% → 82.8%

Declined1

Rent / income+19 points32.5% → 51.0%

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Gordon, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.9 min2015-2019	23.1 min2020-2024	−2.9 min	Within the margin of error	78%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%2015-2019	11.7%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Broadband subscriptions	58.8%2015-2019	82.8%2020-2024	+24 points	Improved	95%
Child poverty rate	42.7%2015-2019	34.0%2020-2024	−8.7 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Effective property tax rate	1.09%2015-2019	1.05%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	23%
High school diploma or higher	85.7%2015-2019	93.7%2020-2024	+8 points	Within the margin of error	92%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	1.8×2020-2024	−0.6×	Within the margin of error	94%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5252015-2019	0.5082020-2024	−0.017	Within the margin of error	65%
Median household income	$27,9002015-2019	$47,2432020-2024	+69%	Improved	94%
Poverty rate	28.7%2015-2019	23.9%2020-2024	−4.7 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Rent as share of income	32.5%2015-2019	51.0%2020-2024	+19 points	Declined	3%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.7%2015-2019	8.0%2020-2024	−1.7 points	Within the margin of error	66%

“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 Gordon, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Gordon, 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, Gordon, Georgia itself moved +6.9 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

2,485 residents (±361)

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

891 households (±148)

Gordon, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k34%†302
$25k–50k18%†164
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

891 households (±148)

Gordon, Georgia
Georgia share

Own63%560
Rent37%331

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

894 workers (±184)

Gordon, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone83%743
Carpool12%†110
Public transit0.3%†3

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 Wilkinson County, the county holding most of Gordon's residents.

Wilkinson County has 143 employer establishments, 163 for every 10,000 residents (0.66× the US rate of 248; 0.69× Georgia's), with 2,543 paid employees at an average annual pay of $53,622. The Census Bureau also counts 664 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 143; 664 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 163; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 2,543
Average annual pay: $53,622; US $68,342

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

Religious organizations	12	13.7	2.47×More than typical	21	$21,095	—
Specialty trade contractors	12	13.7	0.88×About typical	377	$43,562	54
Gasoline stations	10	11.4	3.52×More than typical	67	$20,881	—
Truck transportation	8	9.1	1.81×Too few to compare	118	$55,331	50
Ambulatory health care services	7	8	0.38×Too few to compare	35	$60,771	33
Automotive repair and maintenance	6	6.8	1.36×Too few to compare	16	$29,625	21
Restaurants and other eating places	6	6.8	0.37×Too few to compare	23	$13,043	3
General merchandise stores	5	5.7	3.23×Too few to compare	41	$17,293	—
Other specialty trade contractors	5	5.7	2.27×Too few to compare	302	$38,858	18
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	4	4.6	1.45×Too few to compare	38	$63,053	8
Limited-service restaurants	4	4.6	0.57×Too few to compare	16	$11,500	—
Veterinary services	4	4.6	4.48×Too few to compare	25	$26,640	—

Rank places for an industry Open Wilkinson County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 8,762 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: Gordon is mostly in Wilkinson County.

See federal money in Wilkinson 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.

Gordon, 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.

Wilkinson County8100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Wilkinson 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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