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SheetGA-FORT-OGLETHORPE-GA · Fort Oglethorpe, GA 10,332 pop · income 21st pct · 15 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 Fort Oglethorpe
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Fort Oglethorpe on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Cordele · lowest
31,564
Cordele · lowest
31,564 median HH income
13.8% of the leader · rank #1
Searcy · near
50,896
Searcy · near
50,896 median HH income
22.2% of the leader · rank #2
Bayshore Gard… · near
50,896
Bayshore Gard… · near
50,896 median HH income
22.2% of the leader · rank #3
Troy · near
50,900
Troy · near
50,900 median HH income
22.2% of the leader · rank #4
Fort Oglethor… · this city
50,902
Fort Oglethor… · this city
50,902 median HH income
22.2% of the leader · rank #5
Wheatfields · near
50,909
Wheatfields · near
50,909 median HH income
22.2% of the leader · rank #6
Loudoun Valle… · highest
229,126
Loudoun Valle… · highest
229,126 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 Fort Oglethorpe 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: 10,332.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Fort Oglethorpe - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Fort Oglethorpe places in the 21st percentile for household income and the 14th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
21st
percentile, household income
39th
percentile, home value
51st
percentile, median rent
14th
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: Fort Oglethorpe, GA
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 10,332 residents in Fort Oglethorpe, a small town within Georgia. Median household income here is $50,902 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 6.3%. Typical homes in Fort Oglethorpe are valued around $186,500, and the median resident age is 43.4 years. 21.8% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 52.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 99 residential building permits were authorized in Fort Oglethorpe (Building Boom), up 154% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Fort Oglethorpe's reported crime rate runs above the national norm: FBI UCR figures show 3127.6 crimes per 100,000 residents, above the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
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). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,203 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Georgia run around $225, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 39.5 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Fort Oglethorpe'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 within-city variation to work and mobility to reported crime to schools and households to population change to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Fort Oglethorpe, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Fort Oglethorpe?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 6.3%, 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 can 15 Census tracts reveal inside Fort Oglethorpe?
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 15 Census tracts to this city.
What does the journey to work look like in Fort Oglethorpe?
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 87.5%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Which cities make useful reference points for Fort Oglethorpe?
Within Georgia, the closest population matches are Garden City (10,375 residents, $41,735 income); Flowery Branch (10,286 residents, $88,185 income); Fair Oaks (10,392 residents, $61,681 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Shasta Lake, CA (10,334 residents); New Richmond, WI (10,334 residents); Farmersville, CA (10,336 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.
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.
Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in Fort Oglethorpe?
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 3127.6 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 37% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
2977.8
Violent rate
149.8
Total reported rate
3127.6
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
What does the education layer cover for Fort Oglethorpe?
The NCES join finds 2 public schools within the city match. 21.8% 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.
Matched public schools
2
Bachelor's degree+
21.8%
Poverty estimate
6.3%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Is Fort Oglethorpe 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 +553 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +5.4% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 99 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
+5.4%
2025 estimate
10,868
2020 estimate
10,315
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Georgia average
D
City profile score · Fort Oglethorpe, GA
46/100
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 C
150 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Poverty rate C
6.3%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better 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.
Bachelor's+ share D
21.8%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$50,902
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Fort Oglethorpe profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Violent crime: 58/100 (C) · 150 /100k
Poverty rate: 57/100 (C) · 6.3%
Cost of living: 57/100 (C) · 96.3 index
Bachelor's+ share: 40/100 (D) · 21.8%
Household income: 21/100 (F) · $50,902
Where Fort Oglethorpe sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Fort Oglethorpe'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 - Fort Oglethorpe highlighted among 8 peers.Read the chart values
Fort Oglethorpe, GA (this city): home $186,500, crime 3,128/100k
New Richmond, WI : home $269,000, crime 1,019/100k
Farmersville, CA : home $237,700, crime 1,501/100k
Arkadelphia, AR : home $176,000, crime 2,133/100k
Garden City, GA : home $160,700, crime 4,024/100k
Flowery Branch, GA : home $422,900, crime 911/100k
Cedartown, GA : home $148,000, crime 2,360/100k
Cordele, GA : home $110,700, crime 5,327/100k
How does Fort Oglethorpe compare to other US cities?
Where Fort Oglethorpe sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income21% higher than other cities
Home value39% pricier than other cities
Median rent51% pricier than other cities
Safety14% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just Georgia and the picture shifts: Fort Oglethorpe ranks #128 of 166 Georgia cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Fort Oglethorpe 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 Fort Oglethorpe near the bottom of Georgia's cities
Among the 638 Georgia cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Fort Oglethorpe ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Fort Oglethorpe only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#345 of 610
43rd percentile in Georgia
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 638
0th percentile in Georgia
Median Home Value
#249 of 577
57th percentile in Georgia
Poverty Rate
#453 of 637
28th percentile in Georgia
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#235 of 638
63rd 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
21st percentile nationally for median household income · 14th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Fort Oglethorpe's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Fort Oglethorpe'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 Fort Oglethorpe's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$186,500Among the most affordablemore affordable than 61% 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
Fort Oglethorpe's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.7×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#9,594 of 15,516
More affordable than 38% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,649 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.7×, Fort Oglethorpe sits in the moderate band:
national rank #9,594 of 15,516 and #1,649 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
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
$50,902Fort Oglethorpe, GA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Fort Oglethorpe, 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 Fort Oglethorpe, GA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)21.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)6.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)52.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
10,332
Median Income
$50,902
Median Home Value
$186,500
Median Age
43.4
Poverty Rate
6.3%
Labor force participation
52.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
21.8%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
3127.6
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
149.8
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
2977.8
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.
Schools
Total Schools
2
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Fort Oglethorpe's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
10,315 residents
2021
10,421 residents
2022
10,510 residents
2023
10,590 residents
2024
10,664 residents
2025
10,868 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
99
housing units authorized
Single-Family
55
detached homes
Multifamily
44
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
9.6
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
39
39
0
$4.2M
2020
66
66
0
$9.6M
2021
76
76
0
$11.1M
2022
71
71
0
$15.0M
2023
82
82
0
$15.0M
2024
99
55
44
$17.3M
Permit volume increased 154% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
87.5%
Carpool
5.3%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.5%
Work from Home
6.2%
Based on 4,393 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 Fort Oglethorpe. 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 Fort Oglethorpe 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 Fort Oglethorpe sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Fort Oglethorpe 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, 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.