Rank	County	Score	Property Tax	Cost of Living	Income & Jobs	Health	Disaster Risk
1	Towns County	73.5	92	80.5	21.5	67.4	60.4
2	Twiggs County	73.1	79.2	89.7	19.6	56.7	91.5
3	Baker County	72.9	77.9	89.8	12.4	59.8	90.3
4	Schley County	72.7	77.3	81.4	22.3	64.5	99.4
5	Wheeler County	72.7	81.1	91.7	12.9	51.8	93.6
6	Heard County	72.4	84.3	82.4	24.5	58.3	87.2
7	Crawford County	72.3	78.6	84.8	23.1	57.9	96.1
8	Hart County	72.3	87.1	83.4	20.8	62.6	64.6
9	Monroe County	72.3	83	76	37.5	65.1	81.3
10	Oglethorpe County	72.3	79.7	80.4	28.9	61.9	91.9
11	Taliaferro County	72.3	67	87.4	14.8	67.7	99.3
12	Dade County	72.2	84.7	82.6	21.9	64.4	66.8
13	Oconee County	72.2	82	60.4	59	79.7	80.6
14	Echols County	72	74.5	85.4	23.7	58.5	99.5
15	Glascock County	71.9	74.5	83.2	19.5	62.8	99.1
16	Banks County	71.6	84.5	80.3	28.3	56.4	87.6
17	Harris County	71.3	77.3	70.1	41.6	74.3	79.3
18	Marion County	71.3	82.5	84.5	16.3	53.6	93.3
19	Clay County	71.1	72.9	88.3	15.2	58.3	91.6
20	Morgan County	71	81.4	70.3	39.3	68.9	80.7
21	Wilcox County	70.9	72.5	90.8	14.8	56.3	86.9
22	Union County	70.8	88.1	80.2	26.3	63.4	47.5
23	Warren County	70.8	73.3	88.6	13.9	55.6	94.7
24	Greene County	70.7	83	75.4	38.6	65.5	62.8
25	Jenkins County	70.7	75.3	92.7	7.5	51.7	89.3
26	Lincoln County	70.7	77.4	82.9	16.5	57.8	94.5
27	Wilkinson County	70.7	77.5	86.2	13.9	54.1	95.4
28	Chattahoochee County	70.6	74.4	76	22	66.5	98
29	Jones County	70.6	75.3	78.3	27.9	65.4	83.6
30	Johnson County	70.3	76.5	87.8	18.8	51	90.8
31	Pulaski County	70.3	76.6	85.5	14.5	58.5	81.9
32	Webster County	70.3	73.7	89	10	53	97.6
33	Quitman County	70.2	78.5	85.9	7.4	54.8	91.7
34	Montgomery County	70.1	75.1	85.2	16.8	55.3	92.2
35	Pike County	70	76.3	70.9	38.3	65.7	92
36	Fannin County	69.9	92.4	80.4	21.3	58.6	43.5
37	McDuffie County	69.8	78.4	82.1	18.7	60.2	75.1
38	Franklin County	69.7	80.7	85.5	17.5	55.9	66.9
39	Gilmer County	69.7	91.5	77.7	30.7	62.7	31.9
40	Jasper County	69.6	77.2	76.1	22.3	61.5	92
41	Pickens County	69.6	83.7	72.9	32.5	65	65.2
42	Burke County	69.5	76.8	85.6	16.5	60.8	62.7
43	Bleckley County	69.4	71.8	84.1	18	62.7	74.4
44	Dawson County	69.4	84.5	63	41.5	69.4	78.1
45	Lamar County	69.4	75.6	75.6	28.1	61	92.2
46	Pierce County	69.4	76.5	82.8	20.4	58.3	77.3
47	Rabun County	69.3	87.2	78.4	23.5	59.5	54.7
48	Upson County	69.3	77.3	82.7	16.6	56.3	82.9
49	Haralson County	69.2	78.4	78.5	25.8	61.2	72.4
50	White County	69.2	83.7	76.4	28.9	63.7	54.3
51	Taylor County	69.1	77	86	10.6	51.4	89.9
52	Murray County	69	84.2	83.2	27.7	55.5	48.6
53	Treutlen County	69	75.4	87.4	12	47.4	98
54	Stephens County	68.9	78.9	82.3	17.5	58.8	66.6
55	Habersham County	68.8	84.6	78.1	26.2	57.4	61.1
56	Hancock County	68.8	74.3	88	5.1	52.3	88.2
57	Butts County	68.7	79	76.7	22	59.9	79.5
58	Catoosa County	68.6	82.9	75.6	30.7	68.7	35.4
59	Dodge County	68.5	75.4	86.5	16.1	59.3	55.3
60	Atkinson County	68.4	77.4	88.5	8.5	44.6	92.7
61	Irwin County	68.4	70.9	83.2	18.6	56.7	86.4
62	Charlton County	68.3	76.7	83.5	15.1	55.6	73.3
63	Wilkes County	68.3	70.3	85.2	17.7	54.2	87.1
64	Brantley County	68.2	70.8	86.8	14.6	54.3	81.7
65	Dooly County	68.2	67.3	85.1	20.3	57	85.1
66	Laurens County	68.2	80.6	85.6	15.8	56.4	49.5
67	Long County	68.2	74.2	74.3	25.7	60.5	92
68	Madison County	68.2	79.5	78.9	21.8	57.3	71.1
69	Calhoun County	68	69.9	87.5	19.8	51.1	83.7
70	Early County	68	79.2	85.5	18.5	53.9	56.6
71	Lanier County	68	73.7	79.6	12.4	56.9	93.3
72	Telfair County	68	71.6	90.1	12.7	50.5	76.5
73	Lumpkin County	67.9	82.9	72.5	30.6	63.4	55.1
74	Jeff Davis County	67.8	76.1	88.2	10.1	50.3	71.8
75	Bacon County	67.7	73.5	85	16.2	52	79.4
76	Lee County	67.7	74.1	68.8	40.8	67.8	70.6
77	Appling County	67.5	78.5	87.7	11.9	53.8	49.8
78	Baldwin County	67.5	81.4	80.4	19.6	58.3	50
79	Candler County	67.5	73	87.5	16.3	45.3	88.5
80	Evans County	67.5	73.2	86.3	18.6	49.6	78.1
81	Meriwether County	67.5	76.1	79.9	20.2	53.8	80.8
82	Turner County	67.5	70.5	86.7	9.2	53.1	83.4
83	Randolph County	67.4	77.5	89	0	45.8	82.9
84	Talbot County	67.4	71.7	78.5	12.8	56.7	97.2
85	Cook County	67.3	79.2	82.2	16.1	53.2	65.2
86	Toombs County	67.3	75.2	84.4	18.7	56	57.4
87	Worth County	67.3	71.7	82.3	20.7	59.8	63.5
88	Berrien County	67.2	74.5	84.1	16.3	56.5	60.7
89	Elbert County	67.1	74.6	84.3	15.9	53.1	69.2
90	Emanuel County	66.9	74.8	86.9	16.1	51.6	60.2
91	Chattooga County	66.8	78.2	87	14.6	53.1	45.7
92	McIntosh County	66.7	81.1	83.7	16.3	57.6	33.4
93	Washington County	66.7	71.4	82.2	12.1	56.4	76.3
94	Coffee County	66.6	79.6	87.2	16.1	51.6	40.4
95	Wayne County	66.6	79.9	83	15.7	52	55.4
96	Seminole County	66.5	68	83.6	15.7	57.7	70.5
97	Ben Hill County	66.4	72.4	86.1	8.9	50.6	74.6
98	Jackson County	66.4	77.4	68.5	38.9	64.6	58.1
99	Miller County	66.4	63.3	87.3	21.5	52.2	79.2
100	Peach County	66.4	70.7	76.4	28	57.9	77.5
101	Screven County	66.3	69.1	87	18	55.3	56.1
102	Carroll County	66.2	84.7	72.2	30.6	63.7	29.6
103	Terrell County	66.1	71.4	83.5	12	50	83.5
104	Putnam County	66	81.9	73.8	25.3	59.6	46.7
105	Jefferson County	65.8	74.4	85.4	13.8	45.6	74.2
106	Polk County	65.8	79.8	80.8	19.5	57.1	36
107	Walker County	65.8	80.4	79.8	19.9	60.5	28
108	Clinch County	65.7	63	89.6	19.7	47.2	79.3
109	Bulloch County	65.5	80.4	77	20.5	63.8	24.6
110	Barrow County	65.4	78.9	67.4	34	63.5	54.4
111	Grady County	65.4	74.7	82	18.8	55.8	47
112	Tattnall County	65.4	73.6	87.2	17.6	55.4	31.6
113	Ware County	65.3	73.8	85	12.7	53.1	50.7
114	Effingham County	65.2	75.4	66.7	39.2	69.6	40.9
115	Houston County	65.1	78.2	69	36.1	68.4	29.5
116	Tift County	65.1	76	81.1	18.1	55.7	44
117	Camden County	64.9	75.9	69.6	30.6	65.7	45.5
118	Thomas County	64.9	79.1	75.4	22.6	61.2	34
119	Coweta County	64.8	80.6	61.2	44.8	70.8	34.4
120	Glynn County	64.8	84.3	72.6	28.1	63.4	16.3
121	Bartow County	64.7	81.9	68.6	35.2	62.1	34.7
122	Walton County	64.6	79.5	65.4	37.2	64.2	45.1
123	Gordon County	64.4	82.4	78.1	23.9	52.3	32.8
124	Macon County	64.4	69.6	89.4	7.7	43.7	67.9
125	Spalding County	64.3	75.1	73.8	22.7	56.3	59.1
126	Whitfield County	64.3	83.3	80.1	25.3	52.6	18.5
127	Columbia County	64.1	78.5	62.4	46.1	71.7	23.2
128	Stewart County	64.1	54.1	90.3	6.2	48.4	94.2
129	Brooks County	64	66.2	83	14.5	55.2	57.9
130	Crisp County	64	69.8	82.9	11.3	55.9	47.7
131	Colquitt County	63.8	77.9	84.8	15.8	49.1	29.5
132	Decatur County	63.7	76.2	81.5	16.3	56.4	24.1
133	Lowndes County	63.7	78.9	75	19.9	60.1	27.4
134	Fayette County	63.6	80.3	49.4	54.5	77	38.8
135	Rockdale County	63.5	82.1	63.7	30.6	62.3	43.8
136	Troup County	63.3	74.9	73.3	19.2	60.8	40.1
137	Floyd County	63.2	79.7	76.4	24.2	57.2	18
138	Newton County	63.1	76.6	64.4	31.5	63.1	49.4
139	Mitchell County	62.7	66.4	83.4	17.3	55	37
140	Clarke County	62.5	77	69.5	17.5	63.6	33.1
141	Douglas County	62.2	80	61	36.1	63.9	34.3
142	Muscogee County	62.2	78.7	73	20.4	59.9	18.5
143	Sumter County	62.2	65.1	81.4	10.7	56.2	46.8
144	Paulding County	62.1	78.5	56.8	45.1	69	30
145	Bryan County	62	80.1	54.1	44.9	69.6	33.4
146	Cherokee County	62	82.5	53.2	52.2	72.1	14.7
147	Cobb County	61.7	83	54	47.8	74.1	5.6
148	Forsyth County	61.5	80.9	41.5	73.4	80.5	13.9
149	Hall County	61.4	80.9	67.1	33.9	58.9	15.7
150	Richmond County	61	77.5	73.5	18.1	58.3	12.6
151	Henry County	60.4	76.3	57.7	36.7	69.3	20.6
152	Liberty County	60.1	72.7	69.9	21.9	61.6	17
153	Bibb County	59.6	71.3	74.6	16.5	54.8	21.5
154	Chatham County	59.3	76.9	62.9	28.8	66.1	2.6
155	Clayton County	58.5	77.2	66.8	21.6	56.2	13.3
156	Fulton County	58.4	77.2	50.3	43.1	73.5	4.2
157	DeKalb County	58.1	76.4	56.1	34.1	68	5.7
158	Dougherty County	57.7	63.1	78.6	13.9	52.6	17.2
159	Gwinnett County	56.7	74.8	52.2	38.8	67.8	4.6

Data: U.S. Census Bureau ACS, FBI UCR, CDC, FEMA NRI, NCES, EPA SDWIS. Scores are 0-100 (higher is better). Rankings are based on available data dimensions and may change as new data sources are added. This information is for research purposes only and should not be the sole factor in relocation decisions.

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