City · Wilcox County, Georgia

Rochelle, Georgia

Rochelle is a city in Wilcox County, Georgia. It has 1,243 residents. Rochelle, Georgia has a quality-of-life score of 1 out of 100 (very low), ranking #15,459 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Georgia it ranks #361 of 386 cities and towns. It ranks best on suicide rate (low), job growth (high) and drinking water violations (low). It ranks worst on broadband subscriptions (low), restaurants and bars (low) and arts, entertainment and recreation (low).

1Very low

Quality-of-life score: #15,459 of 15,651 cities and towns
Georgia: #361 of 386 in GA
Population: 1,243 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 651.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 1366024

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 68 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.

Safety2#15,368/15,637
Economy13#13,650/15,631
Housing30#10,416/14,977
Health17#13,003/15,609
Healthcare2#15,296/15,650
Environment22#12,061/15,453
Education40#9,383/15,649
Infrastructure0#15,646/15,650
Community2#15,290/15,651
Leisure & amenities8#14,376/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Suicide rate · low0.0 /100k
100/100Georgia 14.7 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100k2024Centers for Disease Control and PreventionWilcox County value
Job growth · high7.1%
99/100Georgia 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataWilcox County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Georgia 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWilcox County value
Home price to income ratio · low2.1×
85/100Georgia 3.9×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Comfortable days · high31.2%
84/100Georgia 31.5%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationWilcox County value
Pharmacies · high2.3 /10k
83/100Georgia 1.8 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWilcox County value

Weaknesses

Broadband subscriptions · low65.3%
0/100Georgia 91.0%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Restaurants and bars · low1.1 /10k
0/100Georgia 8.5 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWilcox County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.0 /10k
1/100Georgia 4.9 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWilcox County value
Average weekly wage · low$806
1/100Georgia $1,404United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWilcox County value
Primary care physicians · low11 /100k
1/100Georgia 67 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWilcox County value
Homicide rate · high17.3 /100k
2/100Georgia 7.4 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataWilcox County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,060 (2015-2019) → 1,243 (2020-2024)
+17%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
31.4% (2015-2019) → 60.0% (2020-2024)
+29 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
High school diploma or higherWorsening
88.5% (2015-2019) → 75.5% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
24.8% (2015-2019) → 36.0% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Unemployment rateImproving
13.1% (2015-2019) → 4.3% (2020-2024)
−8.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Average commute timeWorsening
24.7 min (2015-2019) → 34.5 min (2020-2024)
+40%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min

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, Rochelle, Georgia improved on 0 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 12 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

High school+−13 points88.5% → 75.5%

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Rochelle, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	24.7 min2015-2019	34.5 min2020-2024	+9.8 min	Within the margin of error	2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%2015-2019	20.5%2020-2024	+5.9 points	Within the margin of error	74%
Broadband subscriptions	59.5%2015-2019	65.3%2020-2024	+5.8 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Effective property tax rate	1.05%2015-2019	1.25%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	3%
High school diploma or higher	88.5%2015-2019	75.5%2020-2024	−13 points	Declined	1%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	2.1×2020-2024	−0.4×	Within the margin of error	91%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4442015-2019	0.4622020-2024	+0.018	Within the margin of error	35%
Median household income	$35,2822015-2019	$41,6072020-2024	+18%	Within the margin of error	29%
Poverty rate	22.5%2015-2019	23.8%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	24.8%2015-2019	36.0%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	8%
Rent-burdened households	31.4%2015-2019	60.0%2020-2024	+29 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.6%2015-2019	16.2%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	29%

“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 Rochelle, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Rochelle, 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, Rochelle, Georgia itself moved −20.6 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

1,243 residents (±247)

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

527 households (±117)

Rochelle, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k36%†189
$25k–50k17%†91
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

527 households (±117)

Rochelle, Georgia
Georgia share

Own66%346
Rent34%†181

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

445 workers (±123)

Rochelle, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone89%394
Carpool5.2%†23
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 Wilcox County, the county holding most of Rochelle's residents.

Wilcox County has 82 employer establishments, 93.1 for every 10,000 residents (0.37× the US rate of 248; 0.39× Georgia's), with 533 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,021. The Census Bureau also counts 545 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 82; 545 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 93.1; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 533
Average annual pay: $46,021; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	6	6.8	0.44×Too few to compare	15	$22,333	39
Banks and credit unions	5	5.7	1.76×Too few to compare	49	$67,939	—
Gasoline stations	5	5.7	1.75×Too few to compare	15	$19,000	—
General merchandise stores	5	5.7	3.21×Too few to compare	27	$23,778	4
Religious organizations	5	5.7	1.02×Too few to compare	12	$14,583	—
Truck transportation	5	5.7	1.12×Too few to compare	23	$78,304	31
Ambulatory health care services	4	4.5	0.22×Too few to compare	18	$48,389	22
Grocery and convenience stores	4	4.5	1.53×Too few to compare	10	$26,000	—
Restaurants and other eating places	4	4.5	0.25×Too few to compare	11	$11,000	—
Building equipment contractors	3	3.4	0.57×Too few to compare	8	$29,625	9
Building material and supplies dealers (hardware, home centers)	3	3.4	2.06×Too few to compare	12	$23,667	—
Offices of physicians	3	3.4	0.53×Too few to compare	13	$43,769	—

Rank places for an industry Open Wilcox County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 8,809 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: Rochelle is mostly in Wilcox County.

See federal money in Wilcox 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.

Rochelle, 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.

Wilcox County2100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Wilcox 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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