The RockGA
The town, settled in 1853, counts 109 residents.
Is The Rock a good place to live?
Of the 264 Georgia towns we compare, none has a higher owner-occupancy rate than The Rock. The Rock has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
109 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in The Rock.
Natural hazards: very low risk in The Rock, mostly inland flooding
The Rock’s FEMA risk score stands at 15 of 100, where Georgia’s towns sit at 29 of 100 and U.S. towns at 44 of 100. Households in the town have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 2011. FEMA puts 49% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 11% to tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of The Rock’s workers commute out: the town has 0.0 jobs for each of them
The top destinations are Thomaston (14%), Barnesville (5%) and Macon-Bibb County (4%). The Rock: 13% of residents live below the poverty line, below Georgia’s towns (15%) but above U.S. towns (9.6%). For half of commuters, work is under 28 miles away.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In The Rock, expect mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons reach 90°, January nights drop to 34° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy The Rock is
The share of adults in The Rock who sleep under 7 hours: 36%. In The Rock, 16% of adults have diabetes, and 19% smoke cigarettes.
| The Rock | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 12% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 15% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | The Rock | GA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.9% | 6.5% |
| More smokers | 18.9% | 13.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.4% | 7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A home in The Rock is worth about $308K, on Zillow’s estimate
Values rose 10% in the 12 months to September 2026.
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about The Rock
Moving to The Rock: who provides what
The Rock is unincorporated, so Upson 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.
100% of working residents leave The Rock for work
Where The Rock’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of The Rock
About 0 of every 100 The Rock residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Georgia.
Questions about The Rock
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