Schley County, Georgia

County Distress Index: Elevated · 53.3 | 4,526 people · 121st most distressed in Georgia

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Schley County, GA registers elevated household financial distress with a score of 53.3 — 1345th nationally out of 3144 counties. The primary driver is Debt & Delinquency, where residents carry heavy debt burdens with elevated delinquency and collections rates. Within Georgia, it ranks 121st of 159 counties. It scores lower than all 4 of its neighboring counties.

The Numbers Behind the Score

The CDI measures five domains of financial distress. Schley County's primary driver is Debt & Delinquency at 68.7 — above the national median.

Debt & Delinquency Primary driver 68.7
Debt in Collections 79
Medical Debt 32
Student Loan Delinquency 85
Auto Loan Delinquency 47
Credit Card Delinquency 95
Bankruptcy Filing Rate 75
Community Vulnerability 62.4
Uninsured Rate 64
Disability Rate 61
Income & Poverty 53.0
Poverty Rate 63
Income vs. State Median 27
Child Poverty Rate 68
Employment & Wages 44.9
Unemployment Rate 23
Wage-to-Rent Ratio 53
Business Formation Rate 59
Housing Cost Burden 37.8
Rent-Burdened (30%+) 33
Severely Rent-Burdened (50%+) 43
Mortgage-Burdened (30%+) 59
Homeownership Rate 23
Rent-to-Income Ratio 30

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

Neighbors and Peers

How Schley County compares to its 4 neighboring counties and population peers.

Neighboring Counties

County Score Zone vs. Schley County
Schley County, GA 53.3 Elevated
Sumter County, GA 73.9 Serious +20.5
Macon County, GA 73.6 Serious +20.2
Taylor County, GA 72.4 Serious +19.1
Marion County, GA 69.7 Serious +16.3

Population Peers

County Score Zone vs. Schley County
Linn County, KS 53.3 Elevated -0.0
Lewis County, ID 53.4 Elevated +0.0
Prairie County, AR 53.4 Elevated +0.1
Woodson County, KS 53.2 Elevated -0.1
Bracken County, KY 53.5 Elevated +0.1

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