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SheetGA-AMBROSE-GA · Ambrose, GA 287 pop · income 5th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Ambrose
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Ambrose on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Siloam · lowest
23,636
Siloam · lowest
23,636 median HH income
29.2% of the leader · rank #1
Ambrose · this city
35,417
Ambrose · this city
35,417 median HH income
43.7% of the leader · rank #2
Cottonwood · near
35,417
Cottonwood · near
35,417 median HH income
43.7% of the leader · rank #3
Section · near
35,417
Section · near
35,417 median HH income
43.7% of the leader · rank #4
Watson · near
35,417
Watson · near
35,417 median HH income
43.7% of the leader · rank #5
Buttonwillow · near
35,417
Buttonwillow · near
35,417 median HH income
43.7% of the leader · rank #6
Elbing · highest
81,000
Elbing · highest
81,000 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Ambrose on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 287.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Ambrose lands in the 5th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
5th
percentile, household income
51st
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Ambrose, GA
Georgia's Ambrose is a small town, with 287 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Ambrose households earn a median of $35,417 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 50.0%. The median resident age is 35.6 years. Educational attainment runs 1.5% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 41.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The city is served by 1 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.
Living costs in Georgia run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Georgia at 96.3 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Below Average). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,203 per month statewide. Monthly utility costs average around $225 across Georgia, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Commute times here average 18.8 minutes, with 75.3% driving alone and 5.2% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 39.5 out of 100 (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Ambrose's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from schools and households to work and mobility to comparison shortlist to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Ambrose, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, commute-mode shares, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the education layer cover for Ambrose?
The NCES join finds 1 public school within the city match. 1.5% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
What does the journey to work look like in Ambrose?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 75.3%. The reported mean trip to work is 18.8 minutes.
Which cities make useful reference points for Ambrose?
Within Georgia, the closest population matches are Montrose (291 residents, $67,292 income); Rebecca (291 residents, $61,429 income); Siloam (283 residents, $23,636 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Canby, CA (287 residents); Castella, CA (287 residents); Bay View Gardens, IL (287 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +17 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +5.2% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 50.0% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
96.3 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Georgia average
F
City profile score · Ambrose, GA
15/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living C
96.3 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income F
$35,417
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
50.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
1.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Ambrose profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 57/100 (C) · 96.3 index
Household income: 1/100 (F) · $35,417
Poverty rate: 0/100 (F) · 50.0%
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 1.5%
How does Ambrose compare to other US cities?
Here's how Ambrose stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income5% higher than other cities
Median rent51% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Ambrose against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Georgia only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Georgia-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Ambrose near the bottom of Georgia's cities
Among the 638 Georgia cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Ambrose ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Ambrose only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#522 of 610
14th percentile in Georgia
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 638
0th percentile in Georgia
Poverty Rate
#10 of 637
98th percentile in Georgia
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#617 of 638
3rd percentile in Georgia
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Georgia only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
5th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$35,417Ambrose, GA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Ambrose, GA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Ambrose, GA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)1.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)50.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)41.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
287
Median Income
$35,417
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
35.6
Poverty Rate
50.0%
Labor force participation
41.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
1.5%
Schools
Total Schools
1
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Ambrose's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
330 residents
2021
334 residents
2022
336 residents
2023
340 residents
2024
345 residents
2025
347 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
18.8 minutes
Drive Alone
75.3%
Carpool
19.6%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
5.2%
Based on 97 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Georgia statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $225
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Georgia at $225 (electricity about $125 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Georgia statewide averages, not a meter reading for Ambrose. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Georgia's BEA cost-of-living index is 96.3 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Ambrose is $1,203/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Georgia statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 39.5 / 100 (Very Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Georgia statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Ambrose sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Ambrose compares to similar-size Georgia cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NCES CCD, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.