City · Dooly County, Georgia

Unadilla, Georgia

Unadilla is a city in Dooly County, Georgia. It has 3,064 residents. Unadilla, Georgia has a quality-of-life score of 0 out of 100 (very low), ranking #15,616 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Georgia it ranks #384 of 386 cities and towns. It ranks best on home price to income ratio (low), depression (low) and public libraries (high). It ranks worst on math scores (low), arts, entertainment and recreation (low) and primary care shortage (high).

0Very low

Quality-of-life score: #15,616 of 15,651 cities and towns
Georgia: #384 of 386 in GA
Population: 3,064 (2020-2024)
Land area: 6 mi²
Density: 507.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 1378156

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.

Safety4#15,058/15,637
Economy2#15,324/15,631
Housing37#9,458/14,977
Health22#12,218/15,609
Healthcare1#15,513/15,650
Environment17#12,828/15,453
Education3#15,114/15,649
Infrastructure1#15,544/15,650
Community3#15,247/15,651
Leisure & amenities11#13,911/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Home price to income ratio · low1.6×
96/100Georgia 3.9×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Depression · low15.8%
96/100Georgia 19.3%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Public libraries · high2.7 /10k
95/100Georgia 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesDooly County value
Grocery stores · high2.7 /10k
92/100Georgia 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsDooly County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Georgia 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDooly County value
Child care cost burden · low23.1%
84/100Georgia 23.0%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDooly County value

Weaknesses

Math scores · low1.85
0/100Georgia 2.92United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDooly County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.0 /10k
1/100Georgia 4.9 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsDooly County value
Primary care shortage · high21.0
1/100Georgia 8.2United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationDooly County value
Primary care physicians · low10 /100k
1/100Georgia 67 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDooly County value
Dental care shortage · high20.0
1/100Georgia 5.9United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationDooly County value
Voter turnout · low47.1%
2/100Georgia 67.6%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionDooly County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
3,583 (2015-2019) → 3,064 (2020-2024)
−14%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
58.6% (2015-2019) → 21.4% (2020-2024)
−37 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
28.0% (2015-2019) → 53.6% (2020-2024)
+26 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Poverty rateImproving
31.3% (2015-2019) → 20.9% (2020-2024)
−10 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
High school diploma or higherImproving
73.9% (2015-2019) → 83.2% (2020-2024)
+9.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Unemployment rateWorsening
5.0% (2015-2019) → 13.6% (2020-2024)
+8.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

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, Unadilla, Georgia improved on 0 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 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 11 measures

Change of every measure of Unadilla, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	17.3 min2015-2019	22.8 min2020-2024	+5.4 min	Within the margin of error	9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%2015-2019	7.7%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Broadband subscriptions	60.2%2015-2019	65.4%2020-2024	+5.2 points	Within the margin of error	33%
High school diploma or higher	73.9%2015-2019	83.2%2020-2024	+9.3 points	Within the margin of error	94%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	1.6×2020-2024	−0.3×	Within the margin of error	90%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4882015-2019	0.4642020-2024	−0.023	Within the margin of error	70%
Median household income	$35,3022015-2019	$36,8752020-2024	+4.5%	Within the margin of error	11%
Poverty rate	31.3%2015-2019	20.9%2020-2024	−10 points	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%
Rent as share of income	23.4%2015-2019	31.1%2020-2024	+7.7 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	16.0%2015-2019	12.7%2020-2024	−3.3 points	Within the margin of error	78%

“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 Unadilla, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Unadilla, 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, Unadilla, Georgia itself moved −7.1 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

3,064 residents (±13)

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: 60–69 men (+11.6 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

3,064 residents (±13)

Unadilla, Georgia
Georgia share

White30%904
Black52%1,604
Hispanic or Latino13%†412

Education

2,701 residents (±138)

Unadilla, Georgia
Georgia share

No high school diploma17%†453
High school or GED39%1,044
Some college25%668

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

419 households (±102)

Unadilla, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k36%†150
$25k–50k30%†125
$50k–75k12%†49
$75k–100k7.4%†31
$100k–150k5.5%†23
$150k–200k9.1%†38
$200k or more0.7%†3

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $150k–200k (+8.1 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

419 households (±102)

Unadilla, Georgia
Georgia share

Own74%†309
Rent26%†110

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

110 households (±72)

Unadilla, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $75039%†43
$750–1,00040%†44
$1,000–1,5009.1%†10

Home values

309 homes (±99)

Unadilla, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $150k92%†283
$150k–250k8.4%†26
$250k–400k0.0%0

Age of homes

545 homes (±114)

Unadilla, Georgia
Georgia share

2010 or later9.2%†50
2000–20096.2%†34
1980–199937%†200

Size of homes

545 homes (±114)

Unadilla, Georgia
Georgia share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom6.2%†34
2 bedrooms15%†80

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

328 workers (±106)

Unadilla, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone72%†237
Carpool2.4%†8
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home14%†45
Other12%†38

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Carpool (−17.5 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

283 workers (±96)

Unadilla, Georgia
Georgia share

Under 15 min39%†110
15–29 min22%†62
30–44 min24%†68

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 Dooly County, the county holding most of Unadilla's residents.

Dooly County has 151 employer establishments, 137 for every 10,000 residents (0.55× the US rate of 248; 0.58× Georgia's), with 2,671 paid employees at an average annual pay of $35,763. The Census Bureau also counts 865 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 151; 865 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 137; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 2,671
Average annual pay: $35,763; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	13	11.8	0.64×Fewer than typical	98	$16,469	4
Gasoline stations	12	10.9	3.35×More than typical	87	$30,184	—
Limited-service restaurants	11	9.9	1.24×About typical	97	$16,072	—
Religious organizations	10	9	1.63×More than typical	28	$22,143	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	8	7.2	1.65×Too few to compare	22	$52,409	13
Services to buildings and dwellings	7	6.3	0.94×Too few to compare	282	$23,947	148
Ambulatory health care services	6	5.4	0.26×Too few to compare	17	$73,235	39
Grocery and convenience stores	6	5.4	1.83×Too few to compare	41	$22,537	—
General merchandise stores	5	4.5	2.56×Too few to compare	42	$21,857	8
Schools, colleges and instruction	4	3.6	1.03×Too few to compare	47	$27,830	18
Specialty trade contractors	4	3.6	0.23×Too few to compare	11	$28,727	36
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	3	2.7	1.55×Too few to compare	23	$29,348	—

Rank places for an industry Open Dooly County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 11,059 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: Unadilla is mostly in Dooly County.

See federal money in Dooly 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.

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

House

Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.D-GA-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 93%Missed 1.9%

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.

Dooly County2100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Dooly 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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