City · Fannin County, Georgia

McCaysville, Georgia

McCaysville is a city in Fannin County, Georgia. It has 1,392 residents. McCaysville, Georgia has a quality-of-life score of 46 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #8,525 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Georgia it ranks #84 of 386 cities and towns. It ranks best on restaurants and bars (high), unemployment rate (low) and child care cost burden (low). It ranks worst on bachelor's degree or higher (low), average weekly wage (low) and injury deaths (high).

46Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #8,525 of 15,651 cities and towns
Georgia: #84 of 386 in GA
Population: 1,392 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 925.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 1348428

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.

Safety47#8,277/15,637
Economy46#8,368/15,631
Housing73#4,057/14,977
Health23#12,063/15,609
Healthcare18#12,881/15,650
Environment83#2,600/15,453
Education12#13,722/15,649
Infrastructure29#11,121/15,650
Community62#5,883/15,651
Leisure & amenities95#842/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Restaurants and bars · high20.3 /10k
98/100Georgia 8.5 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsFannin County value
Unemployment rate · low0.3%
96/100Georgia 3.4%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Child care cost burden · low19.4%
96/100Georgia 23.0%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFannin County value
Gyms and fitness centers · high2.3 /10k
96/100Georgia 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsFannin County value
Job growth · high3.4%
95/100Georgia 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataFannin County value
Social associations · high16.2 /10k
94/100Georgia 8.8 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFannin County value

Weaknesses

Bachelor's degree or higher · low4.1%
1/100Georgia 35.0%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003High uncertainty
Average weekly wage · low$881
4/100Georgia $1,404United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsFannin County value
Injury deaths · high144 /100k
4/100Georgia 80 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFannin County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high20.6%
8/100Georgia 14.0%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Dentists · low27 /100k
8/100Georgia 54 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFannin County value
Loneliness · high37.4%
9/100Georgia 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.

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
59.7% (2015-2019) → 90.2% (2020-2024)
+31 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
34.8% (2015-2019) → 8.8% (2020-2024)
−26 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
47.9% (2015-2019) → 28.7% (2020-2024)
−19 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$28,321 (2015-2019) → $52,593 (2020-2024)
+86%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Poverty rateImproving
25.5% (2015-2019) → 16.2% (2020-2024)
−9.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
High school diploma or higherImproving
78.0% (2015-2019) → 87.0% (2020-2024)
+9 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

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, McCaysville, Georgia improved on 4 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 7 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.

Improved4

Broadband+31 points59.7% → 90.2%
Household income+86%$28,321 → $52,593
Inequality−0.1260.506 → 0.380
Rent burden−19 points47.9% → 28.7%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of McCaysville, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	33.0 min2015-2019	18.5 min2020-2024	−14.5 min	Within the margin of error	100%
Broadband subscriptions	59.7%2015-2019	90.2%2020-2024	+31 points	Improved	98%
Effective property tax rate	0.57%2015-2019	0.43%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	45%
High school diploma or higher	78.0%2015-2019	87.0%2020-2024	+9 points	Within the margin of error	94%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5062015-2019	0.3802020-2024	−0.126	Improved	98%
Median household income	$28,3212015-2019	$52,5932020-2024	+86%	Improved	97%
Poverty rate	25.5%2015-2019	16.2%2020-2024	−9.3 points	Within the margin of error	92%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	29.6%2015-2019	26.2%2020-2024	−3.4 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Rent-burdened households	47.9%2015-2019	28.7%2020-2024	−19 points	Improved	93%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	21.7%2015-2019	20.6%2020-2024	−1.1 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 McCaysville, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of McCaysville, 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, McCaysville, Georgia itself moved +35.7 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

1,392 residents (±446)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 30–39 women (+10.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,392 residents (±446)

McCaysville, Georgia
Georgia share

White85%†1,180
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino9.2%†128

Education

1,010 residents (±287)

McCaysville, Georgia
Georgia share

No high school diploma13%†131
High school or GED33%†335
Some college31%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

744 households (±206)

McCaysville, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k19%†144
$25k–50k29%†217
$50k–75k33%†243
$75k–100k6.9%†51
$100k–150k5.8%†43
$150k–200k2.3%†17
$200k or more3.9%†29

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−26.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

744 households (±206)

McCaysville, Georgia
Georgia share

Own63%†465
Rent38%†279

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.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

279 households (±101)

McCaysville, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $75052%†146
$750–1,00023%†64
$1,000–1,50017%†47

Home values

465 homes (±184)

McCaysville, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $150k55%†258
$150k–250k33%†154
$250k–400k8.2%†38

Age of homes

818 homes (±220)

McCaysville, Georgia
Georgia share

2010 or later3.7%†30
2000–20097.7%†63
1980–199923%†188

Size of homes

818 homes (±220)

McCaysville, Georgia
Georgia share

Studio1.8%†15
1 bedroom13%†108
2 bedrooms33%†266

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

735 workers (±298)

McCaysville, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone77%†565
Carpool11%†81
Public transit0.0%0
Walk8.2%†60
Bike0.0%0
Work from home3.9%†29
Other0.0%0

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.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

706 workers (±296)

McCaysville, Georgia
Georgia share

Under 15 min28%†196
15–29 min53%†373
30–44 min18%†125

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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 Fannin County, the county holding most of McCaysville's residents.

Fannin County has 740 employer establishments, 285 for every 10,000 residents (1.15× the US rate of 248; 1.21× Georgia's), with 6,371 paid employees at an average annual pay of $39,460. The Census Bureau also counts 3,467 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 740; 3,467 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 285; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 6,371
Average annual pay: $39,460; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	72	27.7	1.51×More than typical	1,024	$26,520	19
Lessors of real estate	62	23.9	1.94×More than typical	317	$43,593	417
Ambulatory health care services	56	21.6	1.04×About typical	515	$65,258	68
Full-service restaurants	42	16.2	2.11×More than typical	625	$29,072	11
Specialty trade contractors	41	15.8	1.02×About typical	228	$52,781	330
Religious organizations	34	13.1	2.36×More than typical	106	$21,991	—
Real estate agents and brokers	32	12.3	2.53×More than typical	82	$48,146	132
Construction of buildings	29	11.2	1.48×More than typical	54	$57,481	406
Limited-service restaurants	25	9.6	1.20×About typical	355	$22,673	5
Building equipment contractors	24	9.2	1.54×More than typical	147	$51,823	72
Offices of physicians	21	8.1	1.25×About typical	212	$83,330	9
Clothing and accessories stores	20	7.7	2.12×More than typical	158	$18,051	24

Rank places for an industry Open Fannin County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 25,957 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: McCaysville is mostly in Fannin County.

See federal money in Fannin 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.

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

House

Andrew S. ClydeR-GA-9 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 4.6%

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.

Fannin County52100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Fannin 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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