About one in three adults aged 25 to 54 in Glascock County, Georgia, is not working
In Glascock County, 33.5% of adults aged 25 to 54 were not working. That is higher than in 94% of U.S. counties.
More distressed than 61% of U.S. counties.
What drives Glascock County's score
In Glascock County, late payments on loans weigh most: the score for late payments on loans is 76.6. About one in two people (45.5%, Q2 2026) has a subprime credit score, a higher share than in 68% of U.S. counties. Income and the safety net comes next, at 75.0.
The County Distress Index looks at five parts of household money trouble in Glascock County: jobs, late payments on loans, income and the safety net, collections and bankruptcy, and housing costs. Each part is scored from 0 to 100, and a higher score means worse off than other counties.
Glascock County does better than most counties on two measures: renters paying half their income or more in rent (1.5%, 2020 to 2024) and unemployment rate, average over the latest year (3.1%, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026).
A longer bar means more trouble. See how the county score works.
- 76.6 of 100
Late payments
Biggest factorCredit records, August 2025; credit scores, second quarter of 2026
- People with a credit card behindnot published for this county; scored at the state median · August 202581st percentile
- People with a car or retail loan behindnot published for this county; scored at the state median · August 202579th percentile
- People with a subprime credit score45.5% · second quarter of 202668th percentile
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- 75.0 of 100
Income and safety net
Poverty and income, 2024; disability and insurance, 2020–24 Census survey
- People below the poverty line16.4% · 202472nd percentile
- Children below the poverty line19.8% · 202463rd percentile
- People with a disability22.6% · 2020 to 202490th percentile
- People without health insurance12.0% · 2020 to 202478th percentile
- Median household income (lower income, longer bar)$60,482 · 202469th percentile
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- 57.6 of 100
Collections and bankruptcy
Credit records, August 2025; bankruptcy filings, 2025
- People with unpaid debt sent to a collector31.5% · August 202578th percentile
- Bankruptcy filings per 100,000 people101.6 · 202536th percentile
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- 54.4 of 100
Jobs
Unemployment through Sep 2026; adults not working, 2020–24 Census survey
- Unemployment rate, average over the latest year3.1% · Oct 2025 to Sep 202613th percentile
- Adults 25 to 54 not working33.5% · 2020 to 202494th percentile
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- 23.0 of 100
Housing costs
Renters, 2020–24 Census survey; HUD's fair market rents, fiscal year 2027
- Renters paying half their income or more in rent1.5% · 2020 to 20245th or lower percentile
- Rent on a two-bedroom as a share of the median income19.9% · fiscal year 202741st percentile
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Sources: Urban Institute, Debt in America; Equifax via the St. Louis Fed; Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Table F-5A; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey; U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Fair Market Rents and Census income; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates. County Distress Index by American Default Research, from data through Sep 2026.
Where the money in Glascock County comes from
Benefit checks are Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid paid on people's behalf, veterans' benefits, and food and income support, so a high share usually means an older population, low pay, or both. In Glascock County, 18.5% of residents are 65 or older (Census Bureau, 2024), against 17.2% nationally that year.
Cents of every dollar of income, 2024
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- Pay from work
- Investments and rent
- Benefit checks
In Glascock County, benefit checks' share of income has more than doubled since 1969, reaching 33.8% in 2024, but pay from work still brings in nearly twice as much as benefit checks
In Glascock County, Georgia, benefit checks' share of income more than doubled from 1969 to 2024, reaching 33.8%; pay from work is plotted alongside. Every fifth year and 2024 are shown.
- Benefit checks
- Pay from work
SNAP food aid is one of the benefit checks counted in the income totals above.
The share of households in Glascock County getting SNAP food aid doubled to 19.2%, the highest on the chart
Biggest rise: 2023 to 2024, reaching 19.2%. Households getting SNAP, every year; each bar is a five-year survey estimate ending that year, so neighboring bars share most of their data, Glascock County, Georgia.
How Glascock County has changed
Glascock County's population rose 30% from 1969 to 2024, with most of the change between 2004 and 2009
High on the chart: 3,066 in 2009. Residents, yearly estimate, every fifth year and 2024, Glascock County, Georgia.
The jobs count covers work located in the county; the population count covers residents.
The number of jobs located in Glascock County fell 37% from 1990 to 2025, reaching its lowest on the chart, with most of the change between 2005 and 2010
Biggest drop: 2005 to 2010, reaching 393. Yearly average of jobs covered by unemployment insurance, every fifth year and 2025, Glascock County, Georgia.
| Measure | Then | Now |
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| Unemployment rateBLS LAUS | 1990 5.8% | 2025 3.0% |
| People below the poverty lineCensus SAIPE | 1989 14.8% | 2024 16.4% |
| Median household incomeCensus SAIPE | 1989 $19,911 | 2024 $60,482 |
The table uses 3.0% for 2025; the score uses 3.1% for the latest year (Oct 2025 to Sep 2026), both from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Figures are as each agency published them, not adjusted for prices.
Dated events in Glascock County's history
1857
Created December 19, 1857. Wikipedia
1910
The county's largest recorded population was the 1910 Census count of 4,669. The 2020 Census counted 2,884, 62% of the peak. Census Bureau
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Since 1977
13 federal disaster and emergency declarations have covered Glascock County. FEMA
Glascock County beside its neighbors
All four counties that border Glascock County score higher than it does. For the share of income from benefit checks, Glascock County ranks 4th of the five; Hancock County is highest, at 43.1%.
| County | Score | Poverty | Benefit checks |
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| Hancock County, GA | 99 | 30.7% | 43.1% |
| Washington County, GA | 95 | 25.1% | 33.4% |
| Jefferson County, GA | 93 | 21.5% | 38.1% |
| Warren County, GA | 91 | 24.6% | 41.7% |
| Glascock County, GA | 61 | 16.4% | 33.8% |
Distress score: American Default Research, County Distress Index, data through Sep 2026; each county scored against all 3,144. Poverty rate: Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024. Benefit checks: Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2024. Neighbors share a border, from Census county maps.
Is Glascock County the poorest county in Georgia?
No, Glascock County's poverty rate was 16.4% in 2024, 87th highest of 159 in Georgia (U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). By that measure the poorest county in the state is Calhoun County, at 36.8%. On our distress index, which counts more than poverty, Glascock County ranks 122nd of 159 in the state.
If you're behind on your mortgage in Glascock County
Housing counselors approved by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development work at nonprofit agencies. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau describes free foreclosure-avoidance counseling, including help with mortgage-company conversations and available options Source CFPB.
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Georgia Legal Services Program
Legal aid
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Georgia Legal Aid
Legal help website
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HUD-approved housing counselors
Our help directory lists 1,010 agencies approved for foreclosure counseling, by state.
The score, its 14 measures and their sources, in one file. Free to use with credit to American Default Research.
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Sources and method
- American Default Research · County Distress Index Data through Sep 2026, built from Urban Institute, Debt in America; Equifax via the St. Louis Fed; U.S. Courts, Table F-5A; Census Bureau, American Community Survey; HUD Fair Market Rents and Census income; Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates. The County Distress Index is American Default Research's own calculation; the Urban Institute does not produce or endorse it. Our methodology
- Urban Institute · Debt in America Breno Braga, Signe-Mary McKernan, Samantha Atherton, and Kassandra Martinchek, "Debt in America," last updated November 20, 2025, https://datacatalog.urban.org/dataset/debt-america-2025. Licensed under ODC-By 1.0.
- Rent on a two-bedroom and household income The rent share compares HUD fair market rent for fiscal year 2027 with Census Bureau median household income for 2024. The page calls this the typical household's income.
- U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Economic Accounts (CAINC4) · income shares Where the money in Glascock County comes from, 2024.
- History The agencies named in each row and the linked records above.