Scores by category

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

Safety70#4,641/15,637
Economy22#12,247/15,631
Housing21#11,786/14,977
Health53#7,347/15,609
Healthcare28#11,276/15,650
Environment94#873/15,453
Education67#5,163/15,649
Infrastructure45#8,556/15,650
Community83#2,608/15,651
Leisure & amenities46#8,453/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Access to exercise opportunities · high100.0%
100/100Georgia 74.6%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTowns County value
Property crime rate · low112 /100k
100/100Georgia 1,409 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2024Federal Bureau of InvestigationTowns County value
Pharmacies · high3.8 /10k
99/100Georgia 1.8 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsTowns County value
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Georgia 14.1 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataTowns County value
Job growth · high4.0%
97/100Georgia 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataTowns County value
Hot days · low1 days
97/100Georgia 66 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationTowns County value

Weaknesses

Median household income · low$31,316
3/100Georgia $79,912United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Georgia 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsTowns County value
Mental health providers · low46 /100k
5/100Georgia 201 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTowns County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low1.5 /10k
6/100Georgia 4.9 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsTowns County value
Average weekly wage · low$908
6/100Georgia $1,404United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsTowns County value
Traffic deaths · high27.9 /100k
9/100Georgia 15.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataTowns County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,029 (2015-2019) → 1,252 (2020-2024)
+22%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
45.6% (2015-2019) → 77.8% (2020-2024)
+32 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
4.7× (2015-2019) → 9.4× (2020-2024)
+102%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Poverty rateWorsening
18.6% (2015-2019) → 37.3% (2020-2024)
+19 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Child poverty rateWorsening
42.7% (2015-2019) → 54.1% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
28.4% (2015-2019) → 39.8% (2020-2024)
+11 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, Young Harris, Georgia improved on 0 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 10 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

Rent burden+32 points45.6% → 77.8%

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Young Harris, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	14.1 min2015-2019	13.3 min2020-2024	−0.8 min	Within the margin of error	57%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%2015-2019	26.5%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Broadband subscriptions	80.6%2015-2019	85.8%2020-2024	+5.2 points	Within the margin of error	33%
High school diploma or higher	87.9%2015-2019	79.5%2020-2024	−8.3 points	Within the margin of error	2%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5202015-2019	0.4542020-2024	−0.066	Within the margin of error	89%
Median household income	$32,5002015-2019	$31,3162020-2024	−3.6%	Within the margin of error	5%
Poverty rate	18.6%2015-2019	37.3%2020-2024	+19 points	Within the margin of error	1%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	28.4%2015-2019	39.8%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	8%
Rent-burdened households	45.6%2015-2019	77.8%2020-2024	+32 points	Declined	2%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	18.8%2015-2019	12.1%2020-2024	−6.7 points	Within the margin of error	91%

“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 Young Harris, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Young Harris, 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, Young Harris, Georgia itself moved −17.3 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

1,252 residents (±176)

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: Under 10 men (+4.6 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

1,252 residents (±176)

Young Harris, Georgia
Georgia share

White77%964
Black14%†175
Hispanic or Latino5.5%†69

Education

332 residents (±95)

Young Harris, Georgia
Georgia share

No high school diploma20%†68
High school or GED21%†70
Some college14%†

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

232 households (±56)

Young Harris, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k39%†90
$25k–50k17%†40
$50k–75k17%†39
$75k–100k13%†29
$100k–150k15%†34
$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

232 households (±56)

Young Harris, Georgia
Georgia share

Own39%†90
Rent61%†142

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

142 households (±52)

Young Harris, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $75044%†62
$750–1,00051%†73
$1,000–1,5004.9%†7

Home values

90 homes (±34)

Young Harris, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $150k7.8%†7
$150k–250k21%†19
$250k–400k37%†33

Age of homes

273 homes (±60)

Young Harris, Georgia
Georgia share

2010 or later23%†64
2000–200930%†82
1980–199916%†44

Size of homes

273 homes (±60)

Young Harris, Georgia
Georgia share

Studio1.5%†4
1 bedroom10%†28
2 bedrooms34%†94

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

576 workers (±143)

Young Harris, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone39%†226
Carpool7.3%†42
Public transit0.0%0
Walk34%†196
Bike0.0%0
Work from home19%†112
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+16.2 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

464 workers (±120)

Young Harris, Georgia
Georgia share

Under 15 min56%†262
15–29 min34%†158
30–44 min7.5%†35

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 Towns County, the county holding most of Young Harris's residents.

Towns County has 320 employer establishments, 246 for every 10,000 residents (0.99× the US rate of 248; 1.04× Georgia's), with 3,053 paid employees at an average annual pay of $40,398. The Census Bureau also counts 1,477 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 320; 1,477 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 246; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 3,053
Average annual pay: $40,398; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	36	27.7	1.51×More than typical	408	$22,164	6
Ambulatory health care services	22	16.9	0.81×About typical	190	$50,242	24
Specialty trade contractors	22	16.9	1.09×About typical	87	$48,391	158
Full-service restaurants	20	15.4	2.00×More than typical	240	$22,938	—
Lessors of real estate	14	10.8	0.87×About typical	39	$44,051	162
Religious organizations	14	10.8	1.94×More than typical	64	$19,422	—
Limited-service restaurants	12	9.2	1.15×About typical	167	$19,946	—
Construction of buildings	11	8.5	1.12×About typical	98	$111,990	91
Building equipment contractors	10	7.7	1.28×More than typical	57	$45,544	34
Traveler accommodation	9	6.9	3.83×Too few to compare	234	$37,359	10
Gasoline stations	8	6.2	1.90×Too few to compare	19	$26,053	3
Real estate agents and brokers	8	6.2	1.26×Too few to compare	27	$47,037	54

Rank places for an industry Open Towns County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 13,006 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 $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Young Harris, Georgia: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; 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

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

426.5FY2017

What was bought

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 Young Harris, Georgia, so they do not add up across cities.

Young Harris, Georgia's figures are part of those of Towns County, GA ($358.4K in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

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

See federal money in Towns 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.

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

House

Andrew S. ClydeR-GA-9 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 4.6%

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.

Towns County64100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Towns 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

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