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SheetGA-RAYLE-GA · Rayle, GA 112 pop · income 3rd 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 Rayle
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Rayle on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Mammoth Spring · lowest
30,800
Mammoth Spring · lowest
30,800 median HH income
39.1% of the leader · rank #1
Gould · near
30,809
Gould · near
30,809 median HH income
39.1% of the leader · rank #2
Rayle · this city
30,833
Rayle · this city
30,833 median HH income
39.2% of the leader · rank #3
Naschitti · near
30,833
Naschitti · near
30,833 median HH income
39.2% of the leader · rank #4
Valentine · near
30,833
Valentine · near
30,833 median HH income
39.2% of the leader · rank #5
Parmelee · near
30,859
Parmelee · near
30,859 median HH income
39.2% of the leader · rank #6
St. Marys · highest
78,750
St. Marys · highest
78,750 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 Rayle 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: 112.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Rayle lands in the 3rd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
3rd
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: Rayle, GA
112 people live in Rayle, Georgia - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Rayle report a median income of $30,833 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 36.0%. The median resident age is 55.0 years. 17.1% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 24.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
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. Workers in Rayle report an average commute of 31.6 minutes, with 84.2% driving alone and 15.8% working from home. Natural-hazard exposure scores 39.5 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Rayle'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 population change to comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Rayle, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Population change
Is Rayle 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 +2 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +1.3% 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Rayle?
Within Georgia, the closest population matches are Danville (119 residents, $67,292 income); Tarrytown (105 residents, $45,000 income); Juliette (103 residents). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Chimney Point, CT (112 residents); Maunie, IL (112 residents); Monmouth, IA (112 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.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 84.2%. The reported mean trip to work is 31.6 minutes.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 36.0% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
96.3 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Georgia average
F
City profile score · Rayle, GA
19/100
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.
Bachelor's+ share F
17.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$30,833
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
36.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Rayle profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 57/100 (C) · 96.3 index
Bachelor's+ share: 26/100 (F) · 17.1%
Household income: 0/100 (F) · $30,833
Poverty rate: 0/100 (F) · 36.0%
How does Rayle compare to other US cities?
Here's how Rayle stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income3% 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 Rayle 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 Rayle near the bottom of Georgia's cities
Among the 638 Georgia cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Rayle ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Rayle only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#562 of 610
8th percentile in Georgia
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 638
0th percentile in Georgia
Poverty Rate
#35 of 637
95th percentile in Georgia
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#329 of 638
48th 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
3rd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$30,833Rayle, GA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Rayle, 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 Rayle, GA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)17.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)36.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)24.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
112
Median Income
$30,833
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
55.0
Poverty Rate
36.0%
Labor force participation
24.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
17.1%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Rayle's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
154 residents
2021
154 residents
2022
158 residents
2023
156 residents
2024
157 residents
2025
156 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
31.6 minutes
Drive Alone
84.2%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
15.8%
Based on 19 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 Rayle. 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 Rayle 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 Rayle sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Rayle 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, 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.