County · Georgia
Treutlen County, Georgia
Treutlen County, Georgia has a quality-of-life score of 4 out of 100 (very low), ranking #3,008 of 3,143 US counties. Within Georgia it ranks #131 of 159 counties. It ranks best on job growth (high), comfortable days (high) and home price to income ratio (low). It ranks worst on loneliness (high), fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (high) and poor or fair health (high).
- Quality-of-life score
- #3,008 of 3,143 counties
- Georgia
- #131 of 159 in GA
- Population
- 6,466 (2025)
- Land area
- 199 mi²
- Density
- 32.4 /mi²
- FIPS code
- 13283
Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.
Scores by category
Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.
- Safety22#2,420/3,096
- Economy10#2,842/3,143
- Housing52#1,504/3,140
- Health10#2,819/3,144
- Healthcare8#2,881/3,143
- Environment27#2,272/3,108
- Education12#2,780/3,144
- Infrastructure4#3,004/3,144
- Community25#2,368/3,144
- Leisure & amenities6#2,961/3,143
Strengths · Weaknesses
Indicators where Treutlen County, Georgia ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).
Strengths
- Job growth · high8.7%
- Comfortable days · high32.2%
- Home price to income ratio · low1.8×
- Cost of buying a home today · low20.0%
- Drinking water violations · low0
- Injury deaths · low79 /100k78/100Georgia 80 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Weaknesses
- Loneliness · high40.2%2/100Georgia 37.9%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
- Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.4 µg/m³2/100Georgia 9.1 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Poor or fair health · high30.3%
- Adult smoking · high23.3%
- Physical inactivity · high36.9%
- Income adjusted for local prices · low$47,537
Trends
The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.
- Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 71% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+71 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
- Mental health providersImproving
15 /100k (2021) → 62 /100k (2025)
+325%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k
- Restaurants and barsImproving
1.6 /10k (2020) → 3.1 /10k (2025)
+98%5 yearsUS 8.8 /10k → 9.0 /10k
- Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
44.9% (2010 & 2021) → 62.9% (2022 & 2024)
+18 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
- Child poverty rateImproving
47.8% (2019) → 31.0% (2024)
−17 pts5 yearsUS 16.8% → 15.5%
- Job growthImproving
-5.3% (2021) → 8.7% (2026 Q1)
+14 pts5 yearsUS 3.4% → 0.1%
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.
Counties like Treutlen County, Georgia five years ago that improved
The places whose measures looked most like those of Treutlen County, 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.
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.
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.
Public money & outcomes
Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.
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.
Cities and towns in Treutlen County
Places whose residents live mostly in Treutlen County, largest first.
Neighboring counties
Places that share a border, best score first.
Similar counties
Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).
- Telfair County, GA1Alike on Comfortable days, Infant care, Smoking
- Wilcox County, GA2Alike on PM2.5, Infant care, Preschool care
- Johnson County, GA2Alike on PM2.5, Infant care, Preschool care
- Wheeler County, GA6Alike on PM2.5, Infant care, Comfortable days
- Warren County, GA5Alike on Infant care, Preschool care, Bachelor's+
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
- National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
- Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
- Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
- Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
- 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
- Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08