Rock SpringGA
A town of 1,183, settled in 1835.
Is Rock Spring a good place to live?
The best of Rock Spring’s subject grades is an A for cost of living. On the outdoors, just 1 of Georgia’s 374 towns do worse. Rock Spring has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Rock Spring stand out
Where Rock Spring beats most towns.
Jobs vs. working residents
Typical home value
1,183 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Rock Spring grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Georgia), ordered by how far Rock Spring is from typical.
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Lookout Mountain and 21 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Rock Spring. Close and well known come first.
9 mi MountainLookout Mountain
15 mi WaterfallRuby Falls13 mi CaveEllison's Cave11 mi Theme parkLake Winnepesaukah
5 mi National Military ParkChickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park972K visitors a year
17 mi Zoo & aquariumTennessee AquariumPhoto credits
Lookout Mountain: Teke, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ruby Falls: Oydman (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park: Lhughesw5, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tennessee Aquarium: Ɱ, CC BY-SA 4.0
Moving to Rock Spring: who provides what
Rock Spring is unincorporated, so Walker 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 Rock Spring.
A job hub: Rock Spring has 2.1 jobs for every working resident and draws in 706 commuters
Employers in Rock Spring added 328 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 712. For most workers, Rock Spring is a place to come home to: only 2% work in town. 6.7% of Rock Spring residents live below the poverty line. The top destinations are Chattanooga (22%), LaFayette (12%) and Dalton (8%).
| Rock Spring | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 6.7% | 15% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 9.1% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Public schools in Rock Spring fall behind 54% of Georgia districts
Its one school is below. Rock Spring’s only public school teaches 419 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Spring Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 419 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within GA on state tests and graduation
Rock Spring skews older than Georgia
Rock Spring’s age of the median resident comes in at 44.1 years. People 65 and older are 25% of residents (15% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 14% of residents (23% statewide). Georgia has just over a third of adults 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or more; here it is 28%.
| Rock Spring | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 44.1 years | 36.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 28% | 25% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6.4 points. Across Georgia, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Rock Spring | GA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.5% | 12.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.1% | 11.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.7% | 9.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 4.8% | 13.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 19.5% | 13.4% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 2% | 12.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.1% | 12.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 18.6% | 9.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.7% | 5.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 10.7% | 10.8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.3% | 26.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 11.6% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 19.4% | 8.4% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 13.3% | 21.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.8% | 13.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,200, single groups can be off by several points
Rock Spring has mild winters and hot summers
Rock Spring’s typical July afternoon high is 89°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
On CDC estimates, Rock Spring is less healthy than 64% of U.S. towns
29% of adults get no exercise outside work in Rock Spring, close to Georgia’s towns (29%) and above U.S. towns (25%). Against the Georgia average, Rock Spring comes out ahead on 7 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 5. The share of adults in Rock Spring who worry about having enough food: 13%.
| Rock Spring | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 39% | 33% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 22% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Rock Spring | GA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.3% | 9.6% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10% | 15% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.8% | 7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Moderate risk in Rock Spring, with tornadoes at the top
Federal aid has come to Rock Spring households in 2 declared disasters; the latest was in 2011. Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 56% of U.S. communities. 36% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from tornadoes, followed by inland flooding at 26%. Since 2020, one flood insurance claim has been paid locally.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Zillow puts the typical Rock Spring home at about $321K
Home values are up 1.8% over the year to September 2026. 73% of households own their home in Rock Spring, where Georgia’s towns sit at 58% and U.S. towns at 73%.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Rock Spring
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Rock Spring
About 2 of every 100 Rock Spring residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Georgia.
Every workday, about 706 people come to Rock Spring for work
Where Rock Spring’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Questions about Rock Spring
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Rock Spring, GA expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.