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Toccoa grades D overall, ranked 181st of 258 in Georgia, mostly because of incomes and health. The median household income is $48K, and 24% of residents live below the poverty line. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 91% of the country. What it does well: natural-hazard risk is low. 24% of residents live below the poverty line in Toccoa, where Georgia’s towns sit at 15% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Toccoa has 6 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Traveler's Rest and Stephens County Courthouse. Toccoa's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 90% of U.S. towns.
Where Toccoa beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Georgia), ordered by how far Toccoa is from typical.
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Census counts: 679 in 1880, 9,133 in 2020. The archive holds 11 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 4 maps from 1886 on.
6 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Toccoa, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Toccoa.
Toccoa fares better on crime within Georgia than nationally, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and trades workers with Gainesville and other neighbors.
Against the 5,191 U.S. towns with household incomes like Toccoa’s, it is less healthy than 75%, so its D isn’t only a matter of income.
18% of Toccoa adults report frequent physical distress. Toccoa beats the Georgia average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 15. 17% of Toccoa adults have diabetes.
| Toccoa | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 38% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 29% | 25% |
| What stands out | Toccoa | GA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 81% | 77.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.6% | 6.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Stephens County school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toccoa Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades 2–4 | Grades 2–4 | 605 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within GA on state tests and graduation
At 38.4 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 63% of Georgia’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 405 to 174 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Toccoa’s property crime rate is 17.3 per 1,000 residents.
| Toccoa | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 17.3 per 1,000 residents | 14.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.2 per 1,000 residents | 2.2 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Home values rose 36% in five years, to about $232K, against 21% across Georgia.
The typical Toccoa home is worth about $232,000, up 2.8% in a year, 30% below the Georgia typical home. The median rent in Toccoa is $711 a month.
| Toccoa | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $711 a month | $1,160 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 58% | 58% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 69% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Toccoa.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The Toccoa weather station records that about 46 days a year reach 90°: more than most of the country, but fewer than 80% of Georgia places with climate records. July afternoons average 88.9°: hotter than most of the country, but cooler than 85% of Georgia places with climate records; January nights average 32.5°.
Toccoa has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. About 1 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Toccoa | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 33°F | 33°F | 22°F |
| July high | 89°F | 90°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Toccoa has about as many jobs (4,513) as working residents, but only 733 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Toccoa for work: only 18% work in town. Since 2013, Toccoa has added 734 jobs, to 4,513 in 2023. 4.8% of workers work from home in Toccoa.
| Toccoa | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 18% | 9% | 8% |
| Work from home | 4.8% | 9.2% | 11% |
| Median household income | $48,000 | $63,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
1.6 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Toccoa | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.7% | 2.3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Alewine Park | — | 17 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
3 within 15 miles of the center of Toccoa
About 3 of every 100 Toccoa residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Georgia.
6 places in Toccoa on the National Register of Historic Places.
16 notable people were born in Toccoa.
City in Georgia, United States
Toccoa is a city in and the county seat of Stephens County, Georgia, United States. It lies in the state's far northeast near the border with South Carolina, about 50 miles (80 km) from Athens and about 90 miles (140 km) northeast of Atlanta. The population was 9,133 as of the 2020 census.
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Toccoa grades D overall, better than 14% of U.S. towns and #181 of 258 in Georgia. It grades D for health, C− for safety and B for schools. Jobs & income is its weak spot, with a D.
That is 4.2 years of the area's median household income ($54,754 across the Toccoa, GA area).
16 notable people were born here, including Dale Davis and Paul Anderson.
