Census-designated place · Franklin County, Georgia

Gumlog, Georgia

Gumlog is a census-designated place in Franklin County, Georgia. It has 2,382 residents. Gumlog, Georgia has a quality-of-life score of 22 out of 100 (low), ranking #12,242 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Georgia it ranks #172 of 386 cities and towns. It ranks best on pharmacies (high), rent as share of income (low) and time spent in the emergency room (low). It ranks worst on dentists (low), dental care shortage (high) and traffic deaths (high).

22Low

Quality-of-life score: #12,242 of 15,651 cities and towns
Georgia: #172 of 386 in GA
Population: 2,382 (2020-2024)
Land area: 13 mi²
Density: 176.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 1335814

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.

Safety38#9,752/15,637
Economy43#8,854/15,631
Housing66#5,079/14,977
Health26#11,598/15,609
Healthcare9#14,193/15,650
Environment48#7,973/15,453
Education24#11,956/15,649
Infrastructure31#10,826/15,650
Community24#11,847/15,651
Leisure & amenities22#12,134/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Pharmacies · high3.8 /10k
99/100Georgia 1.8 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsFranklin County value
Rent as share of income · low16.9%
99/100Georgia 31.3%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Time spent in the emergency room · low104 min
95/100Georgia 168 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesFranklin County value
Child care cost burden · low21.9%
89/100Georgia 23.0%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFranklin County value
Social associations · high13.3 /10k
84/100Georgia 8.8 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFranklin County value
Comfortable days · high30.7%
81/100Georgia 31.5%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationFranklin County value

Weaknesses

Dentists · low16 /100k
3/100Georgia 54 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFranklin County value
Dental care shortage · high19.0
3/100Georgia 5.9United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationFranklin County value
Traffic deaths · high33.8 /100k
5/100Georgia 15.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataFranklin County value
Primary care shortage · high18.0
5/100Georgia 8.2United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationFranklin County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low1.5 /10k
6/100Georgia 4.9 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsFranklin County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low41.8%
6/100Georgia 74.6%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFranklin County value

Trends

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

Rent-burdened householdsImproving
46.7% (2015-2019) → 8.3% (2020-2024)
−38 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
73.2% (2015-2019) → 92.1% (2020-2024)
+19 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
24.0% (2015-2019) → 8.8% (2020-2024)
−15 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
26.5% (2015-2019) → 16.9% (2020-2024)
−9.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
High school diploma or higherImproving
83.7% (2015-2019) → 92.6% (2020-2024)
+8.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Poverty rateImproving
20.2% (2015-2019) → 11.4% (2020-2024)
−8.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

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, Gumlog, Georgia improved on 3 of 11 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.

Improved3

Inequality−0.1400.551 → 0.411
High school++8.9 points83.7% → 92.6%
Broadband+19 points73.2% → 92.1%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Gumlog, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	30.7 min2015-2019	34.7 min2020-2024	+4.0 min	Within the margin of error	14%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%2015-2019	20.6%2020-2024	−4.8 points	Within the margin of error	7%
Broadband subscriptions	73.2%2015-2019	92.1%2020-2024	+19 points	Improved	88%
Effective property tax rate	0.74%2015-2019	0.67%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	30%
High school diploma or higher	83.7%2015-2019	92.6%2020-2024	+8.9 points	Improved	94%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	3.6×2020-2024	+1.1×	Within the margin of error	20%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5512015-2019	0.4112020-2024	−0.140	Improved	98%
Median household income	$56,0472015-2019	$68,5712020-2024	+22%	Within the margin of error	38%
Poverty rate	20.2%2015-2019	11.4%2020-2024	−8.8 points	Within the margin of error	91%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	15.7%2015-2019	16.1%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	42%

“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 Gumlog, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Gumlog, 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, Gumlog, Georgia itself moved +7.2 points in standing on average over the same 8 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

2,382 residents (±403)

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

914 households (±134)

Gumlog, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k18%†163
$25k–50k20%†179
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

914 households (±134)

Gumlog, Georgia
Georgia share

Own89%809
Rent11%†105

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+14.5 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

948 workers (±201)

Gumlog, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone86%819
Carpool4.7%†45
Public transit0.0%0

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 Franklin County, the county holding most of Gumlog's residents.

Franklin County has 515 employer establishments, 207 for every 10,000 residents (0.83× the US rate of 248; 0.88× Georgia's), with 7,184 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,960. The Census Bureau also counts 2,125 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 515; 2,125 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 207; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 7,184
Average annual pay: $45,960; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	54	21.7	1.18×About typical	1,018	$21,115	8
Specialty trade contractors	33	13.3	0.86×About typical	199	$58,312	222
Ambulatory health care services	30	12.1	0.58×Fewer than typical	290	$65,386	55
Religious organizations	30	12.1	2.17×More than typical	154	$16,727	—
Full-service restaurants	26	10.5	1.36×More than typical	405	$21,635	4
Limited-service restaurants	23	9.2	1.15×About typical	567	$21,081	3
Building equipment contractors	17	6.8	1.14×About typical	115	$66,304	39
Automotive repair and maintenance	16	6.4	1.28×More than typical	200	$46,470	62
Construction of buildings	15	6	0.80×Fewer than typical	25	$46,680	147
Gasoline stations	14	5.6	1.74×More than typical	179	$31,782	3
Truck transportation	14	5.6	1.11×About typical	143	$55,490	61
Electrical contractors and wiring installation	13	5.2	2.11×More than typical	97	$68,454	19

Rank places for an industry Open Franklin County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 24,875 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 $563 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Gumlog, Georgia: $0.24 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $563; −100% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0.24; US $1,994
Sole-source: 100%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acquisition and Property Management Division$563100%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

105.2KFY2017
347.1KFY2018
301.7KFY2019
407.6KFY2020
161.7KFY2021
428KFY2022
9.4KFY2023
341KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Automotive repair and maintenance · 8111$563100%

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

Gumlog, Georgia's figures are part of those of Franklin County, GA ($359.4K in FY2026), never added to them: 0.2% of that total.

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

See federal money in Franklin 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.

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

House

Mike CollinsR-GA-10 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 2.1%

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.

Franklin County17100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Franklin 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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