Scores by category

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

Safety8#850/924
Economy6#867/925
Housing81#174/925
Health19#747/925
Healthcare10#835/923
Environment16#771/917
Education11#820/925
Infrastructure14#799/925
Community15#782/925
Leisure & amenities35#603/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Suicide rate · low12.3 /100k
91/100Georgia 14.7 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Comfortable days · high32.2%
89/100Georgia 31.5%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Rent as share of income · low25.4%
88/100Georgia 31.3%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Grocery stores · high2.2 /10k
86/100Georgia 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Pharmacies · high2.2 /10k
85/100Georgia 1.8 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Home price to income ratio · low2.5×
84/100Georgia 3.9×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077

Weaknesses

Arts, entertainment and recreation · low1.1 /10k
1/100Georgia 4.9 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.4 µg/m³
3/100Georgia 9.1 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAggregated from counties
Average weekly wage · low$887
3/100Georgia $1,404United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Loneliness · high39.0%
4/100Georgia 37.9%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Income adjusted for local prices · low$51,547
5/100Georgia $65,432United States $73,2042024U.S. Bureau of Economic AnalysisEstimated from related areas or data (see the source notes)Aggregated from counties
Traffic deaths · high31.9 /100k
5/100Georgia 15.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 72% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+72 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
New homes permittedImproving
1.4 /1k (2021) → 4.4 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+227%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
72.2% (2015-2019) → 83.3% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Traffic deathsWorsening
22.8 /100k (2015-2019) → 31.9 /100k (2020-2024)
+40%5 yearsUS 11.3 /100k → 12.3 /100k
Gyms and fitness centersWorsening
0.8 /10k (2020) → 0.6 /10k (2025)
−34%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Preventable hospital staysImproving
4,877 /100k (2019) → 3,255 /100k (2023)
−33%4 yearsUS 3,767 /100k → 2,769 /100k

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, Vidalia, GA micropolitan area improved on 9 of 27 measures with a comparison and declined on 5. 10 moved within the margin of error and 3 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.

Improved9

Inequality−0.0700.531 → 0.461
Grocery stores+31%1.7 /10k → 2.2 /10k
Suicides−22%15.6 /100k → 12.3 /100k
Broadband+11 points72.2% → 83.3%
Weekly wage+26%$705 → $887

Declined5

Arts & recreation−21%1.4 /10k → 1.1 /10k
Traffic deaths+40%22.8 /100k → 31.9 /100k
Gyms−34%0.8 /10k → 0.6 /10k
Pharmacies−21%2.8 /10k → 2.2 /10k
Restaurants−7.3%9.5 /10k → 8.8 /10k

All 27 measures

Change of every measure of Vidalia, GA micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	1.4 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	−21%	Declined	5%
Average commute time	22.8 min2015-2019	22.2 min2020-2024	−0.6 min	Within the margin of error	81%
Average weekly wage	$7052020	$8872025	+26%	Improved	72%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%2015-2019	18.8%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Broadband subscriptions	72.2%2015-2019	83.3%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	71%
Child poverty rate	29.7%2015-2019	31.0%2020-2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Distance to an airport	71 mi2020	71 mi2025	−0 mi	Little change	85%
Drug overdose deaths	14.9 /100k2020	15.1 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+1.4%	Little change	27%
Effective property tax rate	0.88%2015-2019	0.82%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Grocery stores	1.7 /10k2020	2.2 /10k2025	+31%	Improved	93%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.8 /10k2020	0.6 /10k2025	−34%	Declined	9%
High school diploma or higher	80.5%2015-2019	85.1%2020-2024	+4.5 points	Within the margin of error	94%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	2.5×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	74%
Income adjusted for local prices	$40,1602019	$51,5472024	+28%	Improved	24%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5312015-2019	0.4612020-2024	−0.070	Improved	100%
Median household income	$40,5132015-2019	$52,5002020-2024	+30%	Improved	64%
New business applications	12.7 /1k2020	14.5 /1k2025	+14%	Improved	11%
Pharmacies	2.8 /10k2020	2.2 /10k2025	−21%	Declined	17%
Poverty rate	22.2%2015-2019	22.1%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Public libraries	1.1 /10k2019	1.1 /10k2024	−0.3%	Little change	61%
Rent as share of income	27.5%2015-2019	25.4%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Within the margin of error	88%
Rent-burdened households	45.6%2015-2019	43.7%2020-2024	−2 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Restaurants and bars	9.5 /10k2020	8.8 /10k2025	−7.3%	Declined	19%
Suicide rate	15.6 /100k2020	12.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−22%	Improved	88%
Traffic deaths	22.8 /100k2015-2019	31.9 /100k2020-2024	+40%	Declined	11%
Unemployment rate	6.5%2020	4.4%2025	−2.1 points	Improved	24%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	20.6%2015-2019	18.5%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Within the margin of error	87%

“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.

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 Vidalia, GA micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Vidalia, 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, Vidalia, GA micropolitan area itself moved +0.8 points in standing on average over the same 26 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

35,742 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

13,552 households (±412)

Vidalia, GA micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k25%3,431
$25k–50k22%3,025
$50k–75k18%2,441

Homes

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

Owners and renters

13,552 households (±412)

Vidalia, GA micropolitan area
United States share

Own64%8,694
Rent36%4,858

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

14,430 workers (±670)

Vidalia, GA micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone79%11,413
Carpool12%1,702
Public transit0.2%†29

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 Vidalia, 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.

Vidalia, GA has 802 employer establishments, 223 for every 10,000 residents (0.90× the US rate of 248), with 12,814 paid employees at an average annual pay of $48,006. The Census Bureau also counts 2,983 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 802; 2,983 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 223; US 248
Paid employees: 12,814
Average annual pay: $48,006; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	89	24.8	1.19×About typical	1,073	$55,194	111
Restaurants and other eating places	66	18.4	1.00×About typical	1,086	$17,683	16
Religious organizations	39	10.9	1.96×More than typical	164	$23,256	—
Gasoline stations	30	8.3	2.58×More than typical	163	$27,583	—
Limited-service restaurants	29	8.1	1.01×About typical	621	$17,111	10
Offices of physicians	27	7.5	1.16×About typical	287	$89,328	16
Specialty trade contractors	25	7	0.45×Fewer than typical	424	$69,731	229
Full-service restaurants	24	6.7	0.87×About typical	320	$20,481	—
Truck transportation	23	6.4	1.27×More than typical	289	$72,751	168
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	18	5	1.23×About typical	61	$55,164	30
Services to buildings and dwellings	18	5	0.74×Fewer than typical	347	$27,767	313
Clothing and accessories stores	17	4.7	1.30×More than typical	108	$18,759	49

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 35,932 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 $10.7K on contracts performed in Vidalia, GA micropolitan area: $0.30 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $10.7K; −100% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0.30; US $1,994
Sole-source: 100%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

Federal Emergency Management Agency$10.8K100%

Top recipients

KNOLLWOOD MOBILE HOME PARK, LLC$5,10047%
HIDDEN FOREST RV CLUB, LLC$3,25030%
OHOOPEE ANGUS FARMS LLC$2,40022%
HANGER PROSTHETICS & ORTHOTICS, INC.-$0.010.0%

Spending by fiscal year

163.3KFY2017
24.5KFY2018
29.9KFY2019
130.9KFY2020
277.8KFY2021
-1.8KFY2022
125.9KFY2023
202.8KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

RV parks and recreational camps · 7212$10.8K100%

Largest awards

LEASE TWO (2) COMMERCIAL PADS AT KNOLLWOOD MOBILE HOME PARK IN SUPPORT OF THE FEMA HOUSING MISSION FOR DR-4830-GA. DHS ACQUISITION ALERT 25-07, REVISION 1 EO MEMORANDUM IS ON RECORD AND CERTIFIES THAT THIS ACTION QUALIFIES AS A NON-COVERED CONTRACT U$15.3K
KNOLLWOOD MOBILE HOME PARK, LLC· Toombs County, GA· Construction & real property· Jul 7, 2025 – Apr 8, 2026· 70FBR425P00000171
TRANSFEMORAL LIMB$14.1K
HANGER PROSTHETICS & ORTHOTICS, INC.· Toombs County, GA· Health & medical· Aug 12, 2025 – Oct 15, 2025· 36C24725P1078
LEASE (3) COMMERCIAL PADS AT OHOOPEE ANGUS FARMS LLC IN SUPPORT OF THE FEMA HOUSING MISSION FOR DR-4830-GA. DHS ACQUISITION ALERT 25-07, REVISION 1 EO MEMORANDUM IS ON RECORD AND CERTIFIES THAT THIS ACTION QUALIFIES AS A NON-COVERED CONTRACT UNDER SE$13.2K
OHOOPEE ANGUS FARMS LLC· Toombs County, GA· Construction & real property

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 $220.8M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Vidalia, GA micropolitan area: $6,104 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $220.8M; −2.3% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,104; US $12,955
Loan face value: $4.5M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 5.4%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$121.4M55%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$24M11%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$22.1M10%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$14.4M6.5%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$10.7M4.8%
10.102 · Emergency Forest Restoration Program$6.9M3.1%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$3.9M1.7%
10.427 · Rural Rental Assistance Payments$1.7M0.8%

Top recipients (organizations)

BREWTON-PARKER CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY, INC.$4.1M1.8%
MOUNT VERNON, GA
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$2.9M1.3%
ATLANTA, GA
LEIGH-ANNE WHITE & COMPANY LLC$1.3M0.6%
VIDALIA, GA
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF LYONS$764.7K0.3%
LYONS, GA
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF VIDALIA

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$170.5M77%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$24.8M11%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Farm Service Agency$10.7M4.8%
Department of Agriculture
Department of Education$4.1M1.8%
Federal Highway Administration$3.1M1.4%

Assistance by fiscal year

193.1MFY2021
213.9MFY2022
205.9MFY2023
204.7MFY2024
226MFY2025
220.8MFY2026

County aggregates

89%

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 Vidalia, 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.

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

VidaliaPrincipal city10,752

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.

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
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

Improved9

Declined5

Metro and micro areas like Vidalia, 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

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Vidalia, GA

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Georgia

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved9

Declined5

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 programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought