Scores by category

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

Safety79#3,348/15,637
Economy16#13,095/15,631
Housing36#9,594/14,977
Health33#10,382/15,609
Healthcare7#14,489/15,650
Environment67#5,149/15,453
Education37#9,870/15,649
Infrastructure6#14,772/15,650
Community43#8,941/15,651
Leisure & amenities1#15,420/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Job growth · high10.6%
100/100Georgia 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataPike County value
Voter turnout · high83.4%
98/100Georgia 67.6%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionPike County value
Child care cost burden · low18.4%
97/100Georgia 23.0%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePike County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Georgia 7.4 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataPike County value
Property crime rate · low393 /100k
93/100Georgia 1,409 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationPike County value
Primary care shortage · low0.0
90/100Georgia 8.2United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationPike County value

Weaknesses

Arts, entertainment and recreation · low1.0 /10k
2/100Georgia 4.9 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPike County value
Pharmacies · low0.5 /10k
3/100Georgia 1.8 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPike County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Georgia 6.7 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyPike County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high26.0%
4/100Georgia 14.0%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Georgia 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPike County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low36.4%
4/100Georgia 74.6%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePike County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,078 (2015-2019) → 1,698 (2020-2024)
+58%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
14.2% (2015-2019) → 26.0% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Child poverty rateWorsening
27.8% (2015-2019) → 38.2% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.9× (2015-2019) → 4.3× (2020-2024)
+47%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
36.6% (2015-2019) → 29.0% (2020-2024)
−7.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
67.0% (2015-2019) → 73.7% (2020-2024)
+6.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

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, Zebulon, Georgia improved on 0 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 13 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

Uninsured+12 points14.2% → 26.0%

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Zebulon, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	33.3 min2015-2019	24.5 min2020-2024	−8.9 min	Within the margin of error	97%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%2015-2019	16.5%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Broadband subscriptions	67.0%2015-2019	73.7%2020-2024	+6.7 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Child poverty rate	27.8%2015-2019	38.2%2020-2024	+10 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Effective property tax rate	1.21%2015-2019	0.81%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	84%
High school diploma or higher	84.2%2015-2019	86.5%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Home price to income ratio	2.9×2015-2019	4.3×2020-2024	+1.4×	Within the margin of error	11%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4622015-2019	0.5212020-2024	+0.059	Within the margin of error	13%
Median household income	$42,2222015-2019	$49,7062020-2024	+18%	Within the margin of error	29%
Poverty rate	24.9%2015-2019	24.3%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	26.3%2015-2019	20.8%2020-2024	−5.5 points	Within the margin of error	84%
Rent-burdened households	36.6%2015-2019	29.0%2020-2024	−7.6 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.2%2015-2019	26.0%2020-2024	+12 points	Declined	2%

“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 Zebulon, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Zebulon, 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, Zebulon, Georgia itself moved +3.4 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

1,698 residents (±487)

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: 50–59 women (+6.9 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

1,698 residents (±487)

Zebulon, Georgia
Georgia share

White69%†1,179
Black22%†378
Hispanic or Latino3.4%†57
Asian2.1%†36
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races2.8%†48

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 B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

1,197 residents (±305)

Zebulon, Georgia
Georgia share

No high school diploma14%†162
High school or GED39%468
Some college24%†286
Associate degree6.9%†83
Bachelor's degree12%†146
Graduate degree4.3%†52

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 B15003View 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.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

612 households (±122)

Zebulon, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k26%†158
$25k–50k25%†150
$50k–75k21%†126
$75k–100k7.8%†48
$100k–150k10%†64
$150k–200k2.3%†14
$200k or more8.5%†52

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

612 households (±122)

Zebulon, Georgia
Georgia share

Own54%333
Rent46%†279

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

252 households (±84)

Zebulon, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $75019%†48
$750–1,00047%†118
$1,000–1,50026%†65

Home values

333 homes (±98)

Zebulon, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $150k33%†110
$150k–250k35%†118
$250k–400k27%†89

Age of homes

747 homes (±141)

Zebulon, Georgia
Georgia share

2010 or later5.6%†42
2000–200915%†110
1980–199943%318

Size of homes

747 homes (±141)

Zebulon, Georgia
Georgia share

Studio2.9%†22
1 bedroom7.1%†53
2 bedrooms30%†225

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

628 workers (±235)

Zebulon, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone80%†500
Carpool8.8%†55
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home11%†68
Other0.8%†5

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

560 workers (±190)

Zebulon, Georgia
Georgia share

Under 15 min40%†224
15–29 min35%†195
30–44 min6.1%†34

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, 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 Pike County, the county holding most of Zebulon's residents.

Pike County has 332 employer establishments, 162 for every 10,000 residents (0.65× the US rate of 248; 0.69× Georgia's), with 2,279 paid employees at an average annual pay of $41,139. The Census Bureau also counts 2,060 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 332; 2,060 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 162; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 2,279
Average annual pay: $41,139; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	54	26.4	1.70×More than typical	492	$49,827	270
Building equipment contractors	22	10.7	1.79×More than typical	129	$54,566	65
Religious organizations	22	10.7	1.94×More than typical	106	$25,868	—
Construction of buildings	19	9.3	1.23×About typical	52	$59,615	90
Restaurants and other eating places	19	9.3	0.51×Fewer than typical	199	$20,010	6
Ambulatory health care services	13	6.3	0.30×Fewer than typical	158	$30,152	62
Lessors of real estate	13	6.3	0.52×Fewer than typical	26	$38,577	176
Other specialty trade contractors	13	6.3	2.53×More than typical	215	$46,019	107
Building finishing contractors	12	5.9	1.54×More than typical	84	$44,893	56
Electrical contractors and wiring installation	12	5.9	2.37×More than typical	103	$58,301	26
Truck transportation	12	5.9	1.16×About typical	26	$45,269	57
Gasoline stations	11	5.4	1.66×More than typical	45	$29,978	—

Rank places for an industry Open Pike County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 20,478 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 $123.7K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Zebulon, Georgia: $72.84 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $123.7K; −0.9% vs FY2025
Per resident: $72.84; US $1,994
Sole-source: 99%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.3%; 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

Department of Veterans Affairs$123.2K99.7%
Defense Logistics Agency$4270.3%

Top recipients

SALVADORINI CONSULTING LLC$122.3K99%
STAXI CORPORATION$1,3391.1%

Spending by fiscal year

613.1FY2018
215.7FY2019
24.6KFY2020
47.5KFY2021
0FY2022
65.7KFY2023
62.4KFY2024
124.8KFY2025

Top industries (NAICS)

Medical and diagnostic laboratories · 6215$122.3K99%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$1,3391.1%

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

Zebulon, Georgia's figures are part of those of Pike County, GA ($1.5M in FY2026), never added to them: 8.5% of that total.

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

See federal money in Pike 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.

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

House

Brian JackR-GA-3 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%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.

Pike County42100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA57

Other cities and towns in Pike 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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