Bacon County, Georgia

County Distress Index: Elevated · 64.8 | 11,124 people · 77th most distressed in Georgia

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Bacon County, GA registers elevated household financial distress with a score of 64.8 — 512th nationally out of 3144 counties. The primary driver is Income & Poverty, where poverty rates are high and household incomes lag well behind state and national medians. Within Georgia, it ranks 77th of 159 counties. Among its 5 neighboring counties, 3 show more distress.

The Numbers Behind the Score

The CDI measures five domains of financial distress. Bacon County's primary driver is Income & Poverty at 86.8 — worse than roughly 87% of U.S. counties.

Income & Poverty Primary driver 86.8
Poverty Rate 92
Income vs. State Median 76
Child Poverty Rate 92
Community Vulnerability 78.3
Uninsured Rate 87
Disability Rate 70
Debt & Delinquency 72.3
Debt in Collections 84
Medical Debt 95
Student Loan Delinquency 85
Auto Loan Delinquency 11
Credit Card Delinquency 68
Bankruptcy Filing Rate 91
Housing Cost Burden 56.3
Rent-Burdened (30%+) 62
Severely Rent-Burdened (50%+) 76
Mortgage-Burdened (30%+) 18
Homeownership Rate 53
Rent-to-Income Ratio 73
Employment & Wages 30.1
Unemployment Rate 27
Wage-to-Rent Ratio 41
Business Formation Rate 22

Scores are percentile-based: 50 = national median, higher = more distressed. The median line is shown on each bar.

Neighbors and Peers

How Bacon County compares to its 5 neighboring counties and population peers.

Neighboring Counties

County Score Zone vs. Bacon County
Bacon County, GA 64.8 Elevated
Ware County, GA 75.3 Serious +10.5
Jeff Davis County, GA 67.1 Serious +2.4
Coffee County, GA 66.5 Serious +1.7
Appling County, GA 58.4 Elevated -6.4
Pierce County, GA 55.9 Elevated -8.8

Population Peers

County Score Zone vs. Bacon County
Big Horn County, MT 64.7 Elevated -0.0
Amite County, MS 64.7 Elevated -0.0
Macon County, AL 64.7 Elevated -0.0
Dooly County, GA 64.7 Elevated -0.1
Pasquotank County, NC 64.8 Elevated +0.1

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