Census-designated place · Jeff Davis County, Georgia

Satilla, Georgia

Satilla is a census-designated place in Jeff Davis County, Georgia. It has 1,057 residents. Satilla, Georgia has a quality-of-life score of 0 out of 100 (very low), ranking #15,637 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Georgia it ranks #386 of 386 cities and towns. It ranks best on effective property tax rate (low), pharmacies (high) and job growth (high). It ranks worst on bachelor's degree or higher (low), dentists (low) and uninsured residents (under 65) (high).

0Very low

Quality-of-life score: #15,637 of 15,651 cities and towns
Georgia: #386 of 386 in GA
Population: 1,057 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 345.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 1368805

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.

Safety20#12,512/15,637
Economy17#12,938/15,631
Housing—
Health5#14,873/15,609
Healthcare8#14,453/15,650
Environment18#12,632/15,453
Education5#14,934/15,649
Infrastructure3#15,222/15,650
Community3#15,201/15,651
Leisure & amenities1#15,549/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Effective property tax rate · low0.23%
99/100Georgia 0.79%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090High uncertainty
Pharmacies · high3.3 /10k
97/100Georgia 1.8 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsJeff Davis County value
Job growth · high4.2%
97/100Georgia 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataJeff Davis County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low108 min
93/100Georgia 168 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesJeff Davis County value
Comfortable days · high33.2%
90/100Georgia 31.5%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationJeff Davis County value
Child care cost burden · low24.4%
77/100Georgia 23.0%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteJeff Davis County value

Weaknesses

Bachelor's degree or higher · low0.0%
0/100Georgia 35.0%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Dentists · low7 /100k
1/100Georgia 54 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteJeff Davis County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high56.7%
1/100Georgia 14.0%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Adult smoking · high26.8%
1/100Georgia 17.8%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Dental care shortage · high20.0
1/100Georgia 5.9United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationJeff Davis County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.7 /10k
2/100Georgia 4.9 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsJeff Davis County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
356 (2015-2019) → 1,057 (2020-2024)
+197%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
63.5% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−64 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateWorsening
44.9% (2015-2019) → 100.0% (2020-2024)
+55 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
18.1% (2015-2019) → 56.7% (2020-2024)
+39 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Unemployment rateWorsening
0.0% (2015-2019) → 16.7% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
High school diploma or higherWorsening
79.1% (2015-2019) → 67.7% (2020-2024)
−11 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, Satilla, Georgia improved on 0 of 6 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 6 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.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 6 measures

Change of every measure of Satilla, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Broadband subscriptions	45.7%2015-2019	55.1%2020-2024	+9.4 points	Within the margin of error	57%
High school diploma or higher	79.1%2015-2019	67.7%2020-2024	−11 points	Within the margin of error	1%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3762015-2019	0.2942020-2024	−0.082	Within the margin of error	93%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Unemployment rate	0.0%2015-2019	16.7%2020-2024	+17 points	Within the margin of error	0%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 5712 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 Satilla, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Satilla, 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.

No place that looked like Satilla, Georgia five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

For comparison, Satilla, Georgia itself moved +1.9 points in standing on average over the same 4 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

1,057 residents (±503)

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: 70–79 men (−24.7 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

1,057 residents (±503)

Satilla, Georgia
Georgia share

White81%†859
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino19%†198

Education

781 residents (±327)

Satilla, Georgia
Georgia share

No high school diploma32%†252
High school or GED65%†506
Some college2.9%†

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

274 households (±82)

Satilla, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k16%†43
$25k–50k29%†80
$50k–75k34%†94
$75k–100k21%†57
$100k–150k0.0%0
$150k–200k0.0%0
$200k or more0.0%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 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

274 households (±82)

Satilla, Georgia
Georgia share

Own84%†231
Rent16%†43

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+33.3 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 B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

43 households (±45)

Satilla, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $750100%†43
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,5000.0%0

Home values

231 homes (±79)

Satilla, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $150k71%†165
$150k–250k0.0%0
$250k–400k29%†66

Age of homes

288 homes (±94)

Satilla, Georgia
Georgia share

2010 or later0.0%0
2000–200965%†188
1980–199930%†86

Size of homes

288 homes (±94)

Satilla, Georgia
Georgia share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms13%†37

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

555 workers (±165)

Satilla, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone66%†367
Carpool34%†188
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home0.0%0
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

555 workers (±165)

Satilla, Georgia
Georgia share

Under 15 min34%†191
15–29 min23%†126
30–44 min33%†181

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 Jeff Davis County, the county holding most of Satilla's residents.

Jeff Davis County has 260 employer establishments, 174 for every 10,000 residents (0.70× the US rate of 248; 0.74× Georgia's), with 3,834 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,594. The Census Bureau also counts 1,169 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 260; 1,169 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 174; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 3,834
Average annual pay: $45,594; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	25	16.7	0.91×About typical	462	$15,558	7
Ambulatory health care services	14	9.4	0.45×Fewer than typical	96	$60,563	38
Religious organizations	13	8.7	1.57×More than typical	71	$20,085	—
Limited-service restaurants	12	8	1.00×About typical	289	$14,903	—
Gasoline stations	10	6.7	2.06×More than typical	53	$25,792	—
Specialty trade contractors	9	6	0.39×Too few to compare	141	$48,085	118
Truck transportation	9	6	1.19×Too few to compare	87	$72,310	51
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	7	4.7	2.68×Too few to compare	76	$38,895	6
Fabricated metal product manufacturing	7	4.7	2.93×Too few to compare	100	$47,450	—
Full-service restaurants	7	4.7	0.61×Too few to compare	153	$16,510	4
General merchandise stores	6	4	2.27×Too few to compare	207	$31,700	9
Banks and credit unions	5	3.3	1.03×Too few to compare	56	$46,679	—

Rank places for an industry Open Jeff Davis County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 14,955 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 $61.20 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Satilla, Georgia: $0.06 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $61.20; −97% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0.06; 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

Federal Emergency Management Agency$61.20100%

Top recipients

STAGGER LEE MUSIC PARK LLC$61.20100%

Spending by fiscal year

473.8FY2017
2KFY2025
61.2FY2026

What was bought

Construction & real property$61.20100%

Top industries (NAICS)

RV parks and recreational camps · 7212$61.20100%

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

Satilla, Georgia's figures are part of those of Jeff Davis County, GA ($5,400 in FY2026), never added to them: 1.1% of that total.

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

See federal money in Jeff Davis 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.

Satilla, 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.

Jeff Davis County2100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Jeff Davis 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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