CataulaGA
A town of 1,522, settled in 1836.
Is Cataula a good place to live?
The best of Cataula’s subject grades are an A for incomes and an A− for schools. On the outdoors, just 12 of Georgia’s 374 towns do worse. Cataula has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Cataula stand out
Where Cataula beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Cataula | GA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.8% | 17.7% |
99% of working residents leave Cataula for work
Where Cataula’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Cataula grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Georgia), ordered by how far Cataula is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Cataula: who provides what
Cataula is unincorporated, so Harris County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Cataula.
Cataula is healthier than three in four U.S. towns
Cataula: 35% of adults feel lonely. In Cataula, 16% of adults say their health is fair or poor, and 22% get no exercise outside work.
| Cataula | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 22% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 23% | 19% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 29% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Cataula | GA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.8% | 17.7% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.1% | 9.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A smaller share of working residents in Cataula work locally than in the typical Georgia or U.S. town
The top destinations are Columbus (49%), Atlanta (3%) and Phenix City (2%). Cataula had 120 jobs in 2023, up 56 from 2013. The median commute is under 15 miles.
| Cataula | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.5% | 9.1% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Cataula has a low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
On expected storm and flood damage, Cataula sits below 71% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts nearly two thirds of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 10% to tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Cataula has mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons reach 91°, January nights drop to 35° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A typical Cataula home is worth about $385K
Among 264 Georgia towns, just 9 have a higher share of homes lived in by their owners than Cataula. Over the 12 months to September 2026, the typical home gained 4.1% in value.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Fewer middle-aged adults than Georgia overall
For Cataula, the median age is 42.3 years. Adults 35 to 64 are a third of residents (39% statewide); people 65 and older are 19% of residents (15% statewide). In Cataula, 37% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Cataula | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 37% | 25% | 29% |
| Median age | 42.3 years | 36.5 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 22% and 71% women
The Census survey reached too few of Cataula’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±24.2 points. Across Georgia, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Cataula | GA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 18.6% | 12.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.4% | 11.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.5% | 9.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.8% | 13.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14% | 13.4% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 5.9% | 12.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.5% | 12.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8% | 9.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11.3% | 5.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 1.4% | 10.8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31.1% | 26.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 19% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.4% | 8.4% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22% | 21.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15% | 13.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,500, single groups can be off by several points
Little White House and 11 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cataula. Close and well known come first.
18 mi MuseumLittle White House
37 mi Stadium & arenaJordan–Hare Stadium
13 mi GardenCallaway Gardens20 mi MuseumU.S. Army Armor and Cavalry Collection
20 mi MuseumNational Infantry Museum300K visitors a year
16 mi MuseumNational Civil War Naval Museum at Port ColumbusPhoto credits
Little White House: Dsdugan, CC0 · Jordan–Hare Stadium: AuburnPilot, Public domain · Callaway Gardens: Thomsonmg2000, CC0 · National Infantry Museum: The National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center from Columbus, GA, USA, CC BY 2.0 · National Civil War Naval Museum at Port Columbus: Gabby Brito, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Everything we know about Cataula
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Cataula
About 10 of every 100 Cataula residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Georgia.
About Cataula
Place in Georgia, United States
Cataula is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Harris County, Georgia, United States. The 2020 census listed a population of 1,433.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Elevation
- 692 ft
- ZIP code
- 31804
Questions about Cataula
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Cataula, GA expensive?
That is 6.5 years of the area's median household income ($59,336 across the Columbus, GA-AL metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.