City · Telfair County, Georgia

Lumber City, Georgia

Lumber City is a city in Telfair County, Georgia. It has 1,004 residents. Lumber City, Georgia has a quality-of-life score of 1 out of 100 (very low), ranking #15,567 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Georgia it ranks #373 of 386 cities and towns. It ranks best on pharmacies (high), comfortable days (high) and drinking water violations (low). It ranks worst on primary care shortage (high), food environment index (low) and mental health providers (low).

1Very low

Quality-of-life score: #15,567 of 15,651 cities and towns
Georgia: #373 of 386 in GA
Population: 1,004 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 521.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 1347952

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 69 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.

Safety7#14,582/15,637
Economy6#14,680/15,631
Housing31#10,302/14,977
Health4#15,057/15,609
Healthcare1#15,443/15,650
Environment28#11,126/15,453
Education17#13,060/15,649
Infrastructure3#15,171/15,650
Community4#14,994/15,651
Leisure & amenities18#12,769/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Lumber City, Georgia ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Telfair 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 · high2.7 /10k
92/100Georgia 1.8 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsTelfair County value
Comfortable days · high32.2%
87/100Georgia 31.5%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationTelfair County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Georgia 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTelfair County value
High ozone days · low0 days
76/100Georgia 1 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyTelfair County value
Public libraries · high0.9 /10k
73/100Georgia 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesTelfair County value
Unemployment rate · low2.9%
72/100Georgia 3.4%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty

Weaknesses

Primary care shortage · high22.0
0/100Georgia 8.2United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationTelfair County value
Food environment index · low4.4
1/100Georgia 6.2United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTelfair County value
Mental health providers · low18 /100k
1/100Georgia 201 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTelfair County value
Voter turnout · low45.6%
1/100Georgia 67.6%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionTelfair County value
Frequent mental distress · high24.2%
1/100Georgia 19.6%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Adult smoking · high26.3%
1/100Georgia 17.8%United States 16.1%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.

PopulationFalling
1,421 (2015-2019) → 1,004 (2020-2024)
−29%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
25.9% (2015-2019) → 80.6% (2020-2024)
+55 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
High school diploma or higherImproving
71.6% (2015-2019) → 88.9% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Income inequality (Gini index)Worsening
0.499 (2015-2019) → 0.780 (2020-2024)
+56%5 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483
Rent as share of incomeImproving
28.9% (2015-2019) → 19.3% (2020-2024)
−9.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
14.8% (2015-2019) → 20.0% (2020-2024)
+5.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

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, Lumber City, Georgia improved on 1 of 7 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 5 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+55 points25.9% → 80.6%

Declined1

Inequality+0.2820.499 → 0.780

All 7 measures

Change of every measure of Lumber City, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	28.9 min2015-2019	27.9 min2020-2024	−1.0 min	Within the margin of error	59%
Broadband subscriptions	25.9%2015-2019	80.6%2020-2024	+55 points	Improved	100%
Child poverty rate	42.6%2015-2019	40.1%2020-2024	−2.5 points	Within the margin of error	58%
High school diploma or higher	71.6%2015-2019	88.9%2020-2024	+17 points	Within the margin of error	99%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4992015-2019	0.7802020-2024	+0.282	Declined	0%
Median household income	$30,4382015-2019	$32,8412020-2024	+7.9%	Within the margin of error	14%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%

“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 Lumber City, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Lumber City, 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, Lumber City, Georgia itself moved +5.6 points in standing on average over the same 5 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

1,004 residents (±446)

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

247 households (±101)

Lumber City, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k33%†81
$25k–50k40%†100
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

247 households (±101)

Lumber City, Georgia
Georgia share

Own56%†139
Rent44%†108

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

231 workers (±98)

Lumber City, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone90%†208
Carpool6.9%†16
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 Telfair County, the county holding most of Lumber City's residents.

Telfair County has 178 employer establishments, 162 for every 10,000 residents (0.65× the US rate of 248; 0.69× Georgia's), with 1,399 paid employees at an average annual pay of $36,618. The Census Bureau also counts 784 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 178; 784 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 162; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 1,399
Average annual pay: $36,618; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	15	13.7	0.74×Fewer than typical	154	$14,565	7
Religious organizations	12	10.9	1.97×More than typical	24	$18,292	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	9	8.2	1.63×Too few to compare	28	$42,321	31
Gasoline stations	9	8.2	2.53×Too few to compare	33	$26,545	—
Full-service restaurants	8	7.3	0.95×Too few to compare	84	$13,143	—
Limited-service restaurants	7	6.4	0.80×Too few to compare	70	$16,271	—
Ambulatory health care services	6	5.5	0.26×Too few to compare	37	$48,595	22
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	6	5.5	3.13×Too few to compare	27	$31,074	—
General merchandise stores	6	5.5	3.10×Too few to compare	57	$14,351	—
Banks and credit unions	5	4.6	1.41×Too few to compare	42	$43,643	—
Grocery and convenience stores	5	4.6	1.54×Too few to compare	101	$22,455	—
Specialty trade contractors	5	4.6	0.29×Too few to compare	70	$50,171	55

Rank places for an industry Open Telfair County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 10,965 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: Lumber City is mostly in Telfair County.

See federal money in Telfair 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.

Lumber City, 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.

Telfair County1100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Telfair 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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