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Place dossier plate
SheetGA-CHATSWORTH-GA · Chatsworth, GA 4,857 pop · income 47th pct · 10 tracts
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 Chatsworth
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Chatsworth on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Baxley · lowest
30,421
Baxley · lowest
30,421 median HH income
19.3% of the leader · rank #1
Upton · near
68,173
Upton · near
68,173 median HH income
43.2% of the leader · rank #2
Chatsworth · this city
68,176
Chatsworth · this city
68,176 median HH income
43.2% of the leader · rank #3
Sabillasville · near
68,182
Sabillasville · near
68,182 median HH income
43.2% of the leader · rank #4
Pojoaque · near
68,188
Pojoaque · near
68,188 median HH income
43.2% of the leader · rank #5
Brunswick · near
68,190
Brunswick · near
68,190 median HH income
43.2% of the leader · rank #6
Albertson · highest
157,690
Albertson · highest
157,690 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, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Chatsworth on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. 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: 4,857.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Chatsworth - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Chatsworth places in the 47th percentile for household income and the 79th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
47th
percentile, household income
43rd
percentile, home value
51st
percentile, median rent
79th
percentile, safety
📝 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: Chatsworth, GA
4,857 people live in Chatsworth, Georgia - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Chatsworth brings in $68,176 a year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 11.8%. Typical homes in Chatsworth are valued around $199,100, and the median resident age is 32.2 years. 20.6% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 59.8% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 35 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Low Activity). Chatsworth reports a comparatively low crime rate: per-100,000 total crime stands at 655.5 in FBI UCR data, below the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as reporting activity, not a definitive danger score). The annual average temperature per NOAA climate normals runs 60.0°F with 57.5 inches of precipitation per year.
Living costs in Georgia run below the national norm: the state registers 96.3 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,203 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Georgia's average monthly utility costs around $225 (state average). Workers in Chatsworth report an average commute of 21.3 minutes, with 86.0% driving alone and 5.1% working from home. 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 Chatsworth'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 housing and income to climate and hazard context to schools and households to reported crime to comparison shortlist to within-city variation to work and mobility to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Chatsworth, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, local building permits, commute-mode shares.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Chatsworth?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 11.8%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
What physical conditions frame life in Chatsworth?
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 60.0°F, with 57.5 inches of precipitation. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Georgia is 39.5 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
Which cities make useful reference points for Chatsworth?
Within Georgia, the closest population matches are Cochran (4,815 residents, $30,756 income); Cornelia (4,813 residents, $40,192 income); Nashville (4,918 residents, $41,090 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Silverton, OH (4,857 residents); Spry, PA (4,857 residents); Green Tree, PA (4,856 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. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
What can 10 Census tracts reveal inside Chatsworth?
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
PlainCities matches 10 Census tracts to this city.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Chatsworth?
The NCES join finds 10 public schools within the city match. 20.6% 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 city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Matched public schools
10
Bachelor's degree+
20.6%
Poverty estimate
11.8%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Chatsworth?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 655.5 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 71% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
532.6
Violent rate
122.9
Total reported rate
655.5
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
What does the journey to work look like in Chatsworth?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 86.0%. The reported mean trip to work is 21.3 minutes.
Public transit
0.0%
Work from home
5.1%
Drive alone
86.0%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 2,189 workers age 16+.
Is Chatsworth growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
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 +143 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +2.9% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 35 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Period change
+2.9%
2025 estimate
5,029
2020 estimate
4,886
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
Below median income · poverty 11.8% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
96.3 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Georgia average
D
City profile score · Chatsworth, GA
48/100
5 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.
Violent crime B-
123 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
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 D
$68,176
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
20.6%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate F
11.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Chatsworth profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Violent crime: 65/100 (B-) · 123 /100k
Cost of living: 57/100 (C) · 96.3 index
Household income: 47/100 (D) · $68,176
Bachelor's+ share: 36/100 (F) · 20.6%
Poverty rate: 33/100 (F) · 11.8%
Where Chatsworth sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Chatsworth's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Chatsworth highlighted among 26 peers.Read the chart values
Chatsworth, GA (this city): home $199,100, crime 656/100k
Green Tree, PA : home $240,800, crime 319/100k
Cochran, GA : home $121,900, crime 2,444/100k
Nashville, GA : home $97,000, crime 2,768/100k
Adairsville, GA : home $221,600, crime 1,586/100k
Baxley, GA : home $75,300, crime 3,587/100k
New York, NY : home $751,700, crime 3,039/100k
Los Angeles, CA : home $879,500, crime 2,212/100k
Chicago, IL : home $315,200, crime 4,012/100k
Houston, TX : home $253,400, crime 5,442/100k
Phoenix, AZ : home $381,900, crime 3,125/100k
Philadelphia, PA : home $232,400, crime 5,457/100k
San Antonio, TX : home $219,700, crime 5,218/100k
San Diego, CA : home $848,500, crime 2,082/100k
Dallas, TX : home $295,300, crime 4,010/100k
San Jose, CA : home $1,187,800, crime 3,195/100k
Austin, TX : home $512,700, crime 3,709/100k
Fort Worth, TX : home $277,300, crime 3,158/100k
Columbus, OH : home $234,500, crime 3,088/100k
Indianapolis, IN : home $207,000, crime 4,214/100k
San Francisco, CA : home $1,380,500, crime 4,526/100k
Seattle, WA : home $912,100, crime 5,783/100k
Denver, CO : home $586,700, crime 5,755/100k
Oklahoma City, OK : home $215,100, crime 3,570/100k
El Paso, TX : home $171,700, crime 1,772/100k
Washington, DC : home $724,600, crime 4,514/100k
How does Chatsworth compare to other US cities?
Here's how Chatsworth stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income47% higher than other cities
Home value43% pricier than other cities
Median rent51% pricier than other cities
Safety79% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Georgia alone, Chatsworth ranks #32 of 166 Georgia cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Chatsworth 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 Chatsworth near the bottom of Georgia's cities
Among the 638 Georgia cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Chatsworth ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Chatsworth only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#195 of 610
68th percentile in Georgia
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 638
0th percentile in Georgia
Median Home Value
#226 of 577
61st percentile in Georgia
Poverty Rate
#316 of 637
49th percentile in Georgia
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#258 of 638
59th 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
47th percentile nationally for median household income · 79th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Chatsworth's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Chatsworth's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Chatsworth's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$199,100Among the most affordablemore affordable than 57% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Chatsworth's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.9×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#6,254 of 15,516
More affordable than 60% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#5,342 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.9×, Chatsworth sits in the affordable band:
national rank #6,254 of 15,516 and #5,342 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$68,176Chatsworth, GA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Chatsworth, 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 Chatsworth, GA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)20.6%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)11.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)59.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
4,857
Median Income
$68,176
Median Home Value
$199,100
Median Age
32.2
Poverty Rate
11.8%
Labor force participation
59.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
20.6%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
655.5
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
122.9
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
532.6
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Climate
Avg Temperature
60.0°F
Annual Precipitation
57.5"
Annual Snowfall
N/A
Schools
Total Schools
10
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Chatsworth's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
4,886 residents
2021
4,853 residents
2022
4,859 residents
2023
4,895 residents
2024
4,970 residents
2025
5,029 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Low Activity
Total Permits (2024)
35
housing units authorized
Single-Family
18
detached homes
Multifamily
17
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
7.2
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
0
0
0
-
2020
0
0
0
-
2021
0
0
0
-
2022
0
0
0
-
2023
25
25
0
$0.3M
2024
35
18
17
$7.6M
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
21.3 minutes
Drive Alone
86.0%
Carpool
9.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
5.1%
Based on 2,189 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 Chatsworth. 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 Chatsworth 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 Chatsworth sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Chatsworth 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, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, 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.