City · Chattooga County, Georgia

Summerville, Georgia

Summerville is a city in Chattooga County, Georgia, part of the Summerville, GA metro area. It has 4,408 residents. Summerville, Georgia has a quality-of-life score of 2 out of 100 (very low), ranking #15,388 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Georgia it ranks #345 of 386 cities and towns. It ranks best on drinking water violations (low), child care cost burden (low) and days with unhealthy air (low). It ranks worst on suicide rate (high), firearm deaths (high) and primary care physicians (low).

2Very low

Quality-of-life score: #15,388 of 15,651 cities and towns
Georgia: #345 of 386 in GA
Population: 4,408 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 1,096.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 1374376

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

Open in the map

Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety19#12,645/15,637
Economy5#14,835/15,631
Housing25#11,302/14,977
Health3#15,101/15,609
Healthcare1#15,447/15,650
Environment54#7,055/15,453
Education20#12,490/15,649
Infrastructure1#15,416/15,650
Community5#14,873/15,651
Leisure & amenities12#13,717/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Georgia 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteChattooga County value
Child care cost burden · low22.7%
86/100Georgia 23.0%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteChattooga County value
Days with unhealthy air · low0.0%
84/1002024U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyChattooga County value
High ozone days · low0 days
76/100Georgia 1 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyChattooga County value
Effective property tax rate · low0.65%
74/100Georgia 0.79%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090High uncertainty
Public transit commuters · high0.9%
73/100Georgia 1.1%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301High uncertainty

Weaknesses

Suicide rate · high39.6 /100k
1/100Georgia 14.7 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataChattooga County value
Firearm deaths · high43.6 /100k
1/100Georgia 16.7 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataChattooga County value
Primary care physicians · low8 /100k
1/100Georgia 67 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteChattooga County value
Distance to an emergency room · high24.9 mi
1/100Georgia 7.4 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesChattooga County value
Broadband subscriptions · low70.2%
2/100Georgia 91.0%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Median household income · low$32,662
2/100Georgia $79,912United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013

Trends

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

Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
38.6% (2015-2019) → 57.7% (2020-2024)
+19 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
45.0% (2015-2019) → 27.1% (2020-2024)
−18 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
59.5% (2015-2019) → 70.2% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$21,981 (2015-2019) → $32,662 (2020-2024)
+49%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Average commute timeWorsening
24.0 min (2015-2019) → 34.7 min (2020-2024)
+44%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
27.5% (2015-2019) → 34.6% (2020-2024)
+7.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

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, Summerville, Georgia improved on 2 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 9 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

Household income+49%$21,981 → $32,662
Broadband+11 points59.5% → 70.2%

Declined1

Rent / income+7.1 points27.5% → 34.6%

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Summerville, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	24.0 min2015-2019	34.7 min2020-2024	+10.7 min	Within the margin of error	2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%2015-2019	6.5%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Broadband subscriptions	59.5%2015-2019	70.2%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	63%
Child poverty rate	45.0%2015-2019	27.1%2020-2024	−18 points	Within the margin of error	92%
High school diploma or higher	71.0%2015-2019	69.0%2020-2024	−2 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	46%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4822015-2019	0.4772020-2024	−0.005	Within the margin of error	55%
Median household income	$21,9812015-2019	$32,6622020-2024	+49%	Improved	83%
Poverty rate	28.9%2015-2019	25.5%2020-2024	−3.4 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Rent as share of income	27.5%2015-2019	34.6%2020-2024	+7.1 points	Declined	15%
Rent-burdened households	38.6%2015-2019	57.7%2020-2024	+19 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.8%2015-2019	10.5%2020-2024	−4.3 points	Within the margin of error	84%

“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 Summerville, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Summerville, 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, Summerville, Georgia itself moved −15.7 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

4,408 residents (±25)

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

1,999 households (±203)

Summerville, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k40%†808
$25k–50k21%†427
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

1,999 households (±203)

Summerville, Georgia
Georgia share

Own43%852
Rent57%1,147

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

1,503 workers (±231)

Summerville, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone93%1,391
Carpool3.7%†55
Public transit0.9%†

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 Summerville, 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 Chattooga County, the county holding most of Summerville's residents.

Chattooga County has 319 employer establishments, 127 for every 10,000 residents (0.51× the US rate of 248; 0.54× Georgia's), with 4,462 paid employees at an average annual pay of $36,734. The Census Bureau also counts 1,707 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 319; 1,707 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 127; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 4,462
Average annual pay: $36,734; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	28	11.1	0.72×Fewer than typical	228	$57,461	189
Ambulatory health care services	24	9.5	0.46×Fewer than typical	239	$51,092	55
Religious organizations	24	9.5	1.72×More than typical	70	$15,229	—
Restaurants and other eating places	24	9.5	0.52×Fewer than typical	692	$14,640	9
Gasoline stations	14	5.6	1.72×More than typical	53	$25,830	6
Grocery and convenience stores	14	5.6	1.87×More than typical	200	$15,015	5
Building equipment contractors	13	5.2	0.86×About typical	192	$57,068	45
Limited-service restaurants	13	5.2	0.64×Fewer than typical	602	$14,686	4
Full-service restaurants	10	4	0.52×Fewer than typical	86	$14,267	4
General merchandise stores	9	3.6	2.02×Too few to compare	314	$27,965	19
Insurance agencies and brokerages	9	3.6	0.81×Too few to compare	25	$95,880	28
Legal services	8	3.2	0.59×Too few to compare	32	$71,219	16

Rank places for an industry Open Chattooga County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 25,167 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 $131 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Summerville, Georgia: $0.03 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $131
Per resident: $0.03; US $1,994
Sole-source: 3.9%; US 30%
Single offer: 7.0%; 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

Defense Logistics Agency$131100%

Top recipients

LYONS PRIDE ENTERPRISE LLC$131100%

Spending by fiscal year

200.9FY2018
195FY2020
123.5FY2021
131.2FY2026

What was bought

Other equipment & supplies$131100%

Top industries (NAICS)

Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing · 3344$63.6348%
Other electrical equipment and component manufacturing · 3359$55.1142%
Electrical equipment manufacturing · 3353$5.394.1%
Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing · 3327$5.153.9%
Cutlery and handtool manufacturing · 3322$1.951.5%

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

Summerville, Georgia's figures are part of those of Chattooga County, GA ($5,720 in FY2026), never added to them: 2.3% of that total.

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

See federal money in Chattooga 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.

Summerville, 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.

Chattooga County4100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Summerville, GA1

Other cities and towns in Chattooga 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
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
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

JSON · /api/v1/places/1374376

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends