Catoosa County, Georgia

• White (non-Hispanic) 60,284 87.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,778 4.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 901 1.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,045 1.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 3,196 4.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 32 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 7 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 391 0.6%

• Under 18 15,052 21.9%
• 18–24 5,264 7.7%
• 25–44 17,136 25.0%
• 45–64 18,376 26.8%
• 65 and over 12,806 18.7%

Median household income

$73,900

90% interval $68,440–$79,360

−$6,012 vs GA · 38th of 159

Below poverty line

10.4%

90% interval 8.3%–12.5%

−2.4 pp vs GA · 137th of 159

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.0%

−0.41 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.3B

0.26% of state

Avg. annual pay

$47,003

Establishments

1,266

• Trade, transportation & utilities 4,390 26.7%
• Education & health services 3,660 22.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,608 15.9%
• Manufacturing 1,895 11.5%
• Professional & business services 712 4.3%
• Public administration 708 4.3%
• Other services 706 4.3%
• Financial activities 667 4.1%

The sectors listed cover 93.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

74.2%

+8.5 pp vs GA · 63rd of 159

Median gross rent

$993

−$400 vs GA · 52nd of 159

Owner-occupied

19,789

Renter-occupied

6,864

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 65% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $63,402/yr) pays 2.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,877/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 27,150 77.5%
• Democratic 7,704 22.0%
• Other / third-party 184 0.5%

• Spanish 1,772 2.7%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 637 1.0%
• Korean 182 0.3%
• Chinese 159 0.2%
• Arabic 94 0.1%
• Tagalog 68 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 23 0.0%
• Vietnamese 16 0.0%

Households

26,653

Family households

19,120

71.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

5,103

26.7% of families

Single-mother families

1,592

8.3% of families

Veterans

3,755

7% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 18,626 27.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,411 3.6%
• Mainline Protestant 2,287 3.4%
• Catholic 1,113 1.6%
• Black Protestant 76 0.1%

Health insured

89.0%

±1.4 pp

Uninsured

11.0%

±1.4 pp

118th of 159

With a disability

17.5%

±1.3 pp

64th of 159

Bachelor's or higher

24.2%

±1.9 pp

−10.7 pp vs GA · 50th of 159

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

13.0%

90% interval 11.8%–14.2% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Superior Court

Judges

5 (Superior Court judges per circuit (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); State Court + Magistrate Court judges (limited jurisdiction) separate. O.C.G.A. § 15-6-1 map effective Jan 1, 2025; statewide total 252 Superior Court judgeships per O.C.G.A. § 15-6-2 allocations.)

Court seats

LaFayette, Ringgold, Summerville, Trenton

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

8

14.93 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7