Micro area · Georgia

LaGrange, GA-AL micropolitan area

LaGrange, GA-AL is a micropolitan area of 2 counties in Georgia, Alabama, home to 107,097 residents. LaGrange, GA-AL micropolitan area has a quality-of-life score of 6 out of 100 (very low), ranking #874 of 925 US metro and micro areas. Among metro and micro areas based in Georgia it ranks #24 of 37. It ranks best on unemployment rate (low), new homes permitted (high) and grocery stores (high). It ranks worst on gyms and fitness centers (low), property crime rate (high) and homicide rate (high).

6Very low
Quality-of-life score
#874 of 925 metro and micro areas
Georgia
#24 of 37 in GA
Population
107,097 (2025)
Land area
1,011 mi²
Density
106.0 /mi²
CBSA code
29300

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 66 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Location of LaGrange, GA-AL micropolitan area

Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

  • Safety5#879/924
  • Economy31#642/925
  • Housing20#736/925
  • Health17#768/925
  • Healthcare14#792/923
  • Environment36#591/917
  • Education22#720/925
  • Infrastructure21#735/925
  • Community17#772/925
  • Leisure & amenities19#746/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where LaGrange, GA-AL micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Weaknesses

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.

Metro and micro areas like LaGrange, GA-AL micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of LaGrange, GA-AL micropolitan area 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.

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).

Income

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

Homes

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

Getting to work

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

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

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.

Federal contract spending

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Counties in LaGrange, GA-AL

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

  1. Troup CountyCentral county2772,844
  2. Chambers CountyOutlying county1134,253

States

The share of the area's residents living in each state.

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

  1. LaGrangePrincipal city32,078

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

  1. LaGrange32,078
  2. Valley10,277
  3. Lanett6,814
  4. West Point3,403
  5. Hogansville3,246
  6. La Fayette2,633
  7. Huguley2,577
  8. Fredonia329
  9. Abanda257
  10. Cusseta148
  11. Five Points139
  12. Penton93
  13. Standing Rock56

Other metro and micro areas in Georgia

Areas based in Georgia, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

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