Scores by category

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

Safety18#758/924
Economy28#666/925
Housing65#322/925
Health14#799/925
Healthcare23#710/923
Environment61#355/917
Education4#884/925
Infrastructure20#739/925
Community22#720/925
Leisure & amenities8#848/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Distance to an Amtrak station · low4 mi
99/100Georgia 38 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Pharmacies · high3.2 /10k
99/100Georgia 1.8 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Distance to an emergency room · low3.6 mi
96/100Georgia 7.4 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAggregated from counties
Child care cost burden · low23.0%
85/100Georgia 23.0%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Comfortable days · high30.8%
84/100Georgia 31.5%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Social associations · high13.2 /10k
75/100Georgia 8.8 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Some college · low44.7%
4/100Georgia 65.6%United States 67.8%2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Bachelor's degree or higher · low15.1%
4/100Georgia 35.0%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low1.8 /10k
6/100Georgia 4.9 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Preventable hospital stays · high4,191 /100k
7/100Georgia 3,147 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high18.4%
7/100Georgia 14.0%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Life expectancy · low71.7 yrs
8/100Georgia 76.0 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 52% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+52 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
New homes permittedImproving
0.6 /1k (2021) → 1.3 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+116%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
69.2% (2015-2019) → 86.4% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
New business applicationsImproving
7.3 /1k (2020) → 12.4 /1k (2025)
+68%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
37.4 /100k (2021) → 18.1 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−52%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.2× (2015-2019) → 3.2× (2020-2024)
+43%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

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, Toccoa, GA micropolitan area improved on 7 of 28 measures with a comparison and declined on 7. 9 moved within the margin of error and 5 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved7

Broadband+17 points69.2% → 86.4%
Traffic deaths−27%26.3 /100k → 19.2 /100k
New businesses+68%7.3 /1k → 12.4 /1k
Real income+34%$42,405 → $57,012
Weekly wage+24%$779 → $965

Declined7

Bachelor's+−5.9 points21.0% → 15.1%
Grocery stores−42%1.9 /10k → 1.1 /10k
Arts & recreation−31%2.6 /10k → 1.8 /10k
Price / income+1.0×2.2× → 3.2×
Gyms−28%1.5 /10k → 1.1 /10k

All 28 measures

Change of every measure of Toccoa, GA micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.6 /10k2020	1.8 /10k2025	−31%	Declined	2%
Average commute time	22.3 min2015-2019	23.8 min2020-2024	+1.5 min	Within the margin of error	21%
Average weekly wage	$7792020	$9652025	+24%	Improved	56%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%2015-2019	15.1%2020-2024	−5.9 points	Declined	0%
Broadband subscriptions	69.2%2015-2019	86.4%2020-2024	+17 points	Improved	94%
Child poverty rate	14.4%2015-2019	17.2%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	7%
Distance to an airport	65 mi2020	65 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	18.5 /100k2020	18.1 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−2.2%	Little change	30%
Effective property tax rate	0.87%2015-2019	0.71%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Firearm deaths	17.2 /100k2020	17.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	0%	Little change	49%
Grocery stores	1.9 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	−42%	Declined	1%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.5 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	−28%	Declined	13%
High school diploma or higher	82.1%2015-2019	85.1%2020-2024	+3 points	Within the margin of error	81%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	3.2×2020-2024	+1.0×	Declined	13%
Income adjusted for local prices	$42,4052019	$57,0122024	+34%	Improved	68%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4532015-2019	0.4392020-2024	−0.014	Within the margin of error	83%
Median household income	$47,1642015-2019	$54,7542020-2024	+16%	Improved	6%
New business applications	7.3 /1k2020	12.4 /1k2025	+68%	Improved	78%
Pharmacies	3.4 /10k2020	3.2 /10k2025	−3.7%	Little change	60%
Poverty rate	13.2%2015-2019	15.8%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Within the margin of error	5%
Public libraries	0.4 /10k2019	0.4 /10k2024	−5.6%	Declined	22%
Rent as share of income	30.2%2015-2019	27.1%2020-2024	−3.1 points	Within the margin of error	93%
Rent-burdened households	50.3%2015-2019	43.9%2020-2024	−6.3 points	Within the margin of error	92%
Restaurants and bars	5.2 /10k2020	5.4 /10k2025	+3.2%	Little change	59%
Suicide rate	17.8 /100k2020	18.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+5.1%	Declined	48%
Traffic deaths	26.3 /100k2015-2019	19.2 /100k2020-2024	−27%	Improved	93%
Unemployment rate	6.1%2020	4.1%2025	−2 points	Improved	22%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	16.8%2015-2019	18.4%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	12%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 879 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Toccoa, GA micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Toccoa, GA 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.

For comparison, Toccoa, GA micropolitan area itself moved −7 points in standing on average over the same 28 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

27,012 residents

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

10,524 households (±293)

Toccoa, GA micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k23%2,471
$25k–50k22%2,366
$50k–75k20%2,059

Homes

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

Owners and renters

10,524 households (±293)

Toccoa, GA micropolitan area
United States share

Own74%7,748
Rent26%2,776

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

11,676 workers (±531)

Toccoa, GA micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone81%9,411
Carpool8.3%974
Public transit0.1%†6

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 no occupation wages for Toccoa, GA micropolitan area.

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.

Toccoa, GA has 539 employer establishments, 197 for every 10,000 residents (0.80× the US rate of 248), with 7,799 paid employees at an average annual pay of $43,655. The Census Bureau also counts 1,966 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 539; 1,966 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 197; US 248
Paid employees: 7,799
Average annual pay: $43,655; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	38	13.9	0.67×Fewer than typical	493	$66,296	66
Restaurants and other eating places	35	12.8	0.70×Fewer than typical	663	$16,446	8
Specialty trade contractors	33	12.1	0.78×Fewer than typical	246	$53,171	190
Religious organizations	32	11.7	2.11×More than typical	199	$20,824	—
Limited-service restaurants	20	7.3	0.91×About typical	535	$15,228	4
Gasoline stations	19	7	2.15×More than typical	37	$29,919	5
Services to buildings and dwellings	19	7	1.03×About typical	74	$36,081	181
Building equipment contractors	14	5.1	0.85×About typical	103	$54,961	41
Grocery and convenience stores	14	5.1	1.73×More than typical	287	$17,930	3
Offices of other health practitioners	13	4.8	0.78×Fewer than typical	65	$42,538	25
Insurance agencies and brokerages	12	4.4	1.00×About typical	27	$52,037	40
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	11	4	0.99×About typical	39	$44,590	22

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 27,300 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated -$1.6M on contracts performed in Toccoa, GA micropolitan area: -$58.16 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: -$1.6M; −184% vs FY2025
Per resident: -$58.16; 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

NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$00.0%
NUTRI-LINK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.-$1.6M0.0%

Spending by fiscal year

74.8KFY2017
519.6KFY2018
305.5KFY2019
337.9KFY2020
126.6KFY2021
-10.8KFY2022
163.3KFY2023
1.7M

Largest awards

SUMMER ELECTRONIC BENEFIT TRANSFER (EBT) APPLICATION AND SUPPORT$2M
NUTRI-LINK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.· Stephens County, GA· IT & telecom· Mar 28, 2024 – Jul 1, 2026· 12314424C0025
8509728853!DUCT ASSEMBLY,AIR C$107.7K
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION· Stephens County, GA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Apr 7, 2023 – Oct 29, 2025· SPE4A523F5754

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.

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.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $194.3M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Toccoa, GA micropolitan area: $6,976 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $194.3M; −3.6% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,976; US $12,955
Loan face value: $7.8M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$124.5M64%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$20M10%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$17.6M9.1%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$11.6M6.0%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$7.6M3.9%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$3.1M1.6%
14.195 · Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA)$2.8M1.4%
64.110 · Veterans Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Service-Connected Death$1.8M0.9%

Top recipients (organizations)

UNIVERSITY OF TOCCOA FALLS, INC.$3.4M1.7%
TOCCOA FALLS, GA
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$1M0.5%
ATLANTA, GA
HOPE FOR A DRUG FREE STEPHENS CORP$750K0.4%
TOCCOA, GA
TOCCOA PINES ANTELOPE, LLC$649.3K0.3%
TOCCOA, GA
CORNELIA PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$163.8M84%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$20.7M11%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$3.4M1.7%
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner$2.8M1.4%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Federal Highway Administration$1M

Assistance by fiscal year

161.6MFY2021
167.4MFY2022
176.2MFY2023
186.8MFY2024
201.6MFY2025
194.3MFY2026

County aggregates

96%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Toccoa, GA

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

Stephens CountyCentral county2427,854

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

ToccoaPrincipal city9,238

Largest cities and towns

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

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved7

Declined7

Metro and micro areas like Toccoa, GA micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Toccoa, GA

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Georgia

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved7

Declined7

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Largest awards

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

What was bought

By type