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SheetGA-RHINE-GA · Rhine, GA 550 pop · income 20th 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 Rhine
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Rhine on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Argyle · lowest
30,114
Argyle · lowest
30,114 median HH income
24.4% of the leader · rank #1
Rhine · this city
50,625
Rhine · this city
50,625 median HH income
41.0% of the leader · rank #2
Thomaston · near
50,625
Thomaston · near
50,625 median HH income
41.0% of the leader · rank #3
Cissna Park · near
50,625
Cissna Park · near
50,625 median HH income
41.0% of the leader · rank #4
Perry · near
50,625
Perry · near
50,625 median HH income
41.0% of the leader · rank #5
Searsboro · near
50,625
Searsboro · near
50,625 median HH income
41.0% of the leader · rank #6
South Seaville · highest
123,409
South Seaville · highest
123,409 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 Rhine 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: 550.
Rhine ranks in the 20th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
20th
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: Rhine, GA
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 550 residents in Rhine, a small town within Georgia. Median household income here is $50,625 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 25.3%. The median resident age is 42.1 years. 2.8% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 74.3% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Georgia run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Georgia scores 96.3 (Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. 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). 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 Rhine'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 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 Rhine, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, commute-mode shares.
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.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in Rhine?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 95.3%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Rhine?
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.
Within Georgia, the closest population matches are Bowersville (549 residents, $57,750 income); Alapaha (552 residents, $34,583 income); Ephesus (555 residents, $66,250 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are La Paz Valley, AZ (550 residents); Olney Springs, CO (550 residents); Makanda, IL (550 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.
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -7 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -2.4% 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.
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
Low income · poverty 25.3% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
96.3 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Georgia average
F
City profile score · Rhine, GA
22/100
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
$50,625
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
25.3%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
2.8%
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).
Rhine profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 57/100 (C) · 96.3 index
Household income: 21/100 (F) · $50,625
Poverty rate: 6/100 (F) · 25.3%
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 2.8%
How does Rhine compare to other US cities?
Rhine measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income20% 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 Rhine 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 Rhine near the bottom of Georgia's cities
Among the 638 Georgia cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Rhine ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Rhine only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#347 of 610
43rd percentile in Georgia
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 638
0th percentile in Georgia
Poverty Rate
#114 of 637
82nd percentile in Georgia
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#607 of 638
5th 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
20th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$50,625Rhine, GA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Rhine, 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 Rhine, GA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)2.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)25.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)74.3%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
550
Median Income
$50,625
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
42.1
Poverty Rate
25.3%
Labor force participation
74.3%
Bachelor's Degree+
2.8%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Rhine's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
292 residents
2021
290 residents
2022
289 residents
2023
288 residents
2024
286 residents
2025
285 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
95.3%
Carpool
2.6%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
2.1%
Based on 379 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 Rhine. 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 Rhine 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 Rhine sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Rhine 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.