City · Floyd County, Georgia

Rome, Georgia

Rome is a city in Floyd County, Georgia, part of the Rome, GA metro area. It has 38,189 residents. Rome, Georgia has a quality-of-life score of 12 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,762 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Georgia it ranks #223 of 386 cities and towns. It ranks best on primary care physicians (high), drinking water violations (low) and days with unhealthy air (low). It ranks worst on child poverty rate (high), distance to an emergency room (high) and primary care shortage (high).

12Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,762 of 15,651 cities and towns
Georgia: #223 of 386 in GA
Population: 38,189 (2020-2024)
Land area: 32 mi²
Density: 1,199.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 1366668

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 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.

Safety24#11,836/15,637
Economy12#13,739/15,631
Housing21#11,800/14,977
Health22#12,223/15,609
Healthcare23#12,125/15,650
Environment59#6,283/15,453
Education46#8,401/15,649
Infrastructure18#12,806/15,650
Community7#14,597/15,651
Leisure & amenities31#10,802/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Primary care physicians · high142 /100k
98/100Georgia 67 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFloyd County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Georgia 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFloyd County value
Days with unhealthy air · low0.0%
84/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyFloyd County value
Suicide rate · low10.0 /100k
83/100Georgia 14.7 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataFloyd County value
Pharmacies · high2.2 /10k
80/100Georgia 1.8 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsFloyd County value
Hospital quality rating · high4.0
80/100Georgia 3.0United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesFloyd County value

Weaknesses

Child poverty rate · high30.2%
5/100Georgia 16.9%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Distance to an emergency room · high17.2 mi
5/100Georgia 7.4 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesFloyd County value
Primary care shortage · high18.0
5/100Georgia 8.2United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationFloyd County value
Preventable hospital stays · high4,335 /100k
6/100Georgia 3,147 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFloyd County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high19.3%
7/100Georgia 14.0%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.496
7/100Georgia 0.477United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083

Trends

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

PopulationRising
36,332 (2015-2019) → 38,189 (2020-2024)
+5.1%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
73.6% (2015-2019) → 87.5% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$38,443 (2015-2019) → $54,435 (2020-2024)
+42%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Child poverty rateImproving
35.1% (2015-2019) → 30.2% (2020-2024)
−4.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateImproving
24.8% (2015-2019) → 20.6% (2020-2024)
−4.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
High school diploma or higherImproving
78.1% (2015-2019) → 82.2% (2020-2024)
+4.1 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, Rome, Georgia improved on 2 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 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.

Improved2

Broadband+14 points73.6% → 87.5%
Household income+42%$38,443 → $54,435

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Rome, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.5 min2015-2019	21.7 min2020-2024	−0.8 min	Within the margin of error	57%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%2015-2019	28.4%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Broadband subscriptions	73.6%2015-2019	87.5%2020-2024	+14 points	Improved	76%
Child poverty rate	35.1%2015-2019	30.2%2020-2024	−4.9 points	Within the margin of error	68%
Effective property tax rate	0.99%2015-2019	1.05%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	9%
High school diploma or higher	78.1%2015-2019	82.2%2020-2024	+4.1 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Home price to income ratio	3.9×2015-2019	4.3×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	56%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5232015-2019	0.4962020-2024	−0.027	Within the margin of error	72%
Median household income	$38,4432015-2019	$54,4352020-2024	+42%	Improved	76%
Poverty rate	24.8%2015-2019	20.6%2020-2024	−4.2 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Rent as share of income	29.9%2015-2019	31.2%2020-2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Rent-burdened households	49.7%2015-2019	52.2%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Unemployment rate	5.3%2015-2019	5.9%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	17.6%2015-2019	19.3%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	28%

“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 Rome, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Rome, 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, Rome, Georgia itself moved +1.4 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

38,189 residents (±43)

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

14,983 households (±439)

Rome, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k22%3,290
$25k–50k24%3,556
$50k–75k16%2,420

Homes

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

Owners and renters

14,983 households (±439)

Rome, Georgia
Georgia share

Own49%7,369
Rent51%7,614

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

15,610 workers (±679)

Rome, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone72%11,184
Carpool14%2,113
Public transit0.2%†25

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Rome, GA

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 Floyd County, the county holding most of Rome's residents.

Floyd County has 2,128 employer establishments, 212 for every 10,000 residents (0.86× the US rate of 248; 0.90× Georgia's), with 39,783 paid employees at an average annual pay of $52,108. The Census Bureau also counts 8,719 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,128; 8,719 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 212; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 39,783
Average annual pay: $52,108; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	283	28.2	1.36×More than typical	3,459	$67,302	422
Restaurants and other eating places	161	16.1	0.87×About typical	3,951	$19,956	44
Offices of physicians	152	15.2	2.34×More than typical	2,038	$76,118	93
Specialty trade contractors	87	8.7	0.56×Fewer than typical	739	$55,748	642
Limited-service restaurants	83	8.3	1.03×About typical	2,137	$18,488	13
Lessors of real estate	78	7.8	0.63×Fewer than typical	292	$39,226	801
Religious organizations	78	7.8	1.40×More than typical	531	$21,751	—
Legal services	62	6.2	1.15×About typical	182	$77,901	70
Gasoline stations	61	6.1	1.88×More than typical	272	$24,809	17
Full-service restaurants	58	5.8	0.75×Fewer than typical	1,532	$22,564	17
Offices of other health practitioners	57	5.7	0.94×About typical	293	$46,474	129
Automotive repair and maintenance	52	5.2	1.03×About typical	351	$54,786	156

Rank places for an industry Open Floyd County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 100,193 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 $255.3K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Rome, Georgia: $6.69 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $255.3K; +190% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6.69; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; 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

Public Buildings Service$245.2K96%
USTRANSCOM$6,5062.5%
U.S. Coast Guard$2,7781.1%
Defense Information Systems Agency$1,7940.7%
Department of the Army$0.100.0%

Top recipients

MCKENZIE CONSTRUCTION & SITE DEVELOPMENT LLC$236.3K93%
SIERRA PACIFIC AIRLINES, INC$6,5062.5%
SOUTH DADE AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION INC$4,2511.7%
TK ELEVATOR CORP$3,7411.5%
WWH TRADING LLC$2,7781.1%

Spending by fiscal year

69.2KFY2017
30.2KFY2018
24KFY2019
128.3KFY2020
95.7KFY2021
62KFY2022
120.8KFY2023
59.9K

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonresidential building construction · 2362$236.3K93%
Nonscheduled air transportation · 4812$6,5062.5%
Facilities support services · 5612$4,2511.7%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$3,7411.5%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$2,7781.1%
Wired telecommunications carriers · 5171$1,7930.7%

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

Rome, Georgia's figures are part of those of Floyd County, GA ($3.7M in FY2026), never added to them: 7.0% of that total.

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

See federal money in Floyd 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.

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

House

Clay FullerR-GA-14 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.0%

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.

Floyd County29100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Rome, GA23

Other cities and towns in Floyd 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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Scores by category

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