30125 — Cedartown, Georgia

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 30125. Its median household income runs 67% above Cedartown as a whole, which is why this ZIP carries a profile of its own.

59out of 100
Area Score
Top 46% of 3,113 profiles measured

How we calculate this

How this area ranks

Data updated · 12 sources
OpportunityTop 27% of 3,116 ZIP areas measured65
Schools1,971st of 3,047 ZIP areas measured39
GrowthTop 8% of 3,124 ZIP areas measured76
Housing affordability1,963rd of 3,112 ZIP areas measured62
ClimateTop 46% of 3,127 ZIP areas measured71
Physical resilience1,940th of 3,127 ZIP areas measured47
Access2,795th of 3,127 ZIP areas measured68
Economic stability2,462nd of 3,127 ZIP areas measured35
The quick read

Unemployment is 3.1% and median household income $58,192, putting employment conditions in the middle range of ZIP areas measured. The unemployment rate is published for Cedartown, GA, which contains 30125, rather than for 30125 alone.

In the public schools here, 37% of students met the state standard in mathematics, with 15.5 students for every teacher.

Development activity is both elevated and accelerating — 55 housing units permitted over the past twelve months, against 5 the year before. The permit count and 1 other measure here are published for Cedartown, GA, which contains 30125, rather than for 30125 alone.

These sentences are written by fixed rules from the measurements below — a statement appears because a number crossed a stated threshold, and the values behind it are stored with it. No figure anywhere on this site is invented, estimated or inferred to fill a gap. How this works.

At a glance

Population
24,324
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$58,192
Bottom 27% nationally
Density
133/sq mi
182.2 sq mi of land
Median age
36.9
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Cedartown
Georgia
Micro area
Nearest major airport
ATL
55 mi · Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta Intl
Median home value
$174,700
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment across Cedartown, GA, which contains 30125, is 3.1%, lower than in 91% of the 3,127 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment across Cedartown, GA, which contains 30125, grew 2.3% over the past year, to 19,338 employed residents.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Income of new arrivalsPolk County, GA’s figurefiling years 2022–2023$53,13716th percentileof 2,996filing years 2022–2023
Income of those who leftPolk County, GA’s figurefiling years 2022–2023$46,4254th percentileof 2,996filing years 2022–2023
Median household income ±$4,6612024 ACS 5-Year$58,192Bottom 27%of 31,0492024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$3,2352024 ACS 5-Year$29,424Bottom 25%of 32,8222024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year17.4%Bottom 23%of 32,8462024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute ±2.4 min2024 ACS 5-Year31.0 minBottom 33%of 32,8872024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year14.0%Bottom 22%of 33,1932024 ACS 5-Year
Drove alone to work ±6%2024 ACS 5-Year81.9%73rd percentileof 32,7982024 ACS 5-Year
EmploymentCedartown, GA’s figureJuly 202619,338Bottom 18%of 3,127July 2026
Employment change (3 years)Cedartown, GA’s figureJuly 2026+1.4%Top 29%of 3,127July 2026
Employment change (year over year)Cedartown, GA’s figureJuly 2026+2.3%Top 7%of 3,127July 2026
Labor forceCedartown, GA’s figureJuly 202619,96017th percentileof 3,127July 2026
Labor force participation ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year77.0%Bottom 45%of 32,8832024 ACS 5-Year
Public transit to work ±1%2024 ACS 5-Year0.8%78th percentileof 32,7982024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)Cedartown, GA’s figureJuly 2026−0.4%Top 32%of 3,127July 2026
Unemployment rateCedartown, GA’s figureJuly 20263.1%Top 9%of 3,127July 2026
Worked from home ±1%2024 ACS 5-Year3.0%16th percentileof 32,7982024 ACS 5-Year

Median household income, successive ACS releases

202120222023202458k46k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $58,192 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Cedartown, GA, the city containing this ZIP code.

37% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 31% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.

There are 15.5 students for every full-time teacher across 7 public schools, fewer than in most measured places.

Public schools
7
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
15.5
across all schools here
Math proficiency
37.3%
Bottom 44% in Georgia
Reading proficiency
31.4%
Bottom 24% in Georgia
All 7 public schools on record, largest first.
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
Cedartown High SchoolPolk County1,44821.339%34%
Cedartown Middle SchoolPolk County99717.237%27%
Westside Elementary SchoolPolk County58813.441%32%
Cherokee Elementary SchoolPolk County57512.239%35%
Northside ElementaryPolk County53113.332%29%
Youngs Grove Elementary SchoolPolk County49013.234%30%
Harpst AcademyPolk County325.310%—

77.8% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with, not how the schools perform, so it is shown and not scored.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data, placed by ZIP code — which schools are in this place, not which one a particular address is zoned for. A dash in a proficiency column is a gap in the federal file, not a bad result. Proficiency is measured against Georgia’s own standard, so it is ranked within state. How to read school figures.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s house price index for the non-metropolitan parts of Georgia is up 57% over five years, and up 3.4% over the last year. It follows repeat sales of the same homes, so it measures price change rather than which homes happened to sell.

Homeowners here who pay a tax bill pay a median of $1,418 a year in real estate taxes, about 0.81% of the median home value.

HUD’s Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom, set near the 40th percentile of recent new leases, is $1,018, some 16% above the $879 tenants already here pay.

At HUD’s Fair Market Rent of $1,018 a month for a two-bedroom, keeping rent to 30% of income takes a household income of about $40,700 a year, about 70% of the median household income here of $58,192.

The typical renter household here spends 36% of its income on rent, above the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened. Median gross rent runs $879 a month.

A median home at $174,700 costs 2.4 times the median income of its owner-occupied households, $73,639, close to the historic benchmark for an affordable market.

Rent as a share of income
35.8%
Above the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
2.4×
median home value ÷ owner household income
Market rent, two bedroom
$1,018
what a new lease costs · FY2026
Median gross rent
$879
what tenants now pay · 2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$174,700
2024 ACS 5-Year

The figures above are measured against 30125’s median household income of $58,192, which describes the place rather than you. Enter your own and the ratio is recomputed against it. It stays in this browser.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Home price change (1 year)the non-metropolitan parts of Georgia’s figure2026 Q2+3.4%54th percentileof 3,0712026 Q2
Home price change (5 years)the non-metropolitan parts of Georgia’s figure2026 Q2+56.5%89th percentileof 3,0712026 Q2
Home price change (10 years)the non-metropolitan parts of Georgia’s figure2026 Q2+115.5%80th percentileof 3,0712026 Q2
Home price to income ±0.62024 ACS 5-Year2.4Top 37%of 29,2752024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate ±5%2024 ACS 5-Year63.9%20th percentileof 32,7502024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±4832024 ACS 5-Year9,63083rd percentileof 33,4602024 ACS 5-Year
Market rent, one bedroomFY2026$776Top 7%of 3,031FY2026
Market rent, three bedroomFY2026$1,290Top 9%of 3,031FY2026
Market rent, two bedroomFY2026$1,018Top 10%of 3,031FY2026
Median gross rent ±$322024 ACS 5-Year$879Top 35%of 26,3962024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$18,1622024 ACS 5-Year$174,70037th percentileof 30,8122024 ACS 5-Year
Median property taxes ±$1522024 ACS 5-Year$1,41834th percentileof 28,9352024 ACS 5-Year
Owner household income ±$17,6862024 ACS 5-Year$73,639Bottom 36%of 29,8022024 ACS 5-Year
Property tax rate ±0.12%2024 ACS 5-Year0.81%42nd percentileof 24,0992024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income ±5%2024 ACS 5-Year35.8%Bottom 16%of 26,2472024 ACS 5-Year
Seasonal and second homes ±272024 ACS 5-Year01st percentileof 33,7722024 ACS 5-Year
Second homes2024 ACS 5-Year0.0%1st percentileof 32,9612024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate2024 ACS 5-Year8.8%61st percentileof 32,7882024 ACS 5-Year
Vacant housing units ±3102024 ACS 5-Year85085th percentileof 33,7722024 ACS 5-Year

These measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with. They compare housing cost with local earnings only: transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not in them. How to read affordability, the two rent figures.

Development Momentum

76/ 100
Top 8% of 3,124 published ZIP profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

85% of the 55 units permitted over the past twelve months are in buildings of five or more homes, so new supply is concentrated in apartments and condominiums rather than detached houses. The multifamily share is published for Cedartown, GA, which contains 30125, rather than for 30125 alone.

At 5.4 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US ZIP areas. The permit rate is published for Cedartown, GA, which contains 30125, rather than for 30125 alone.

Units permitted
55
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
5.4
Top 31% nationally
Year over year
+1000%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
85.5%
units in 5+ unit buildings

People moving in and out

Net migration
+0.8%
of residents, in a year
Arrivals from another state
18%
of people moving in
Income of arrivals
$53,137
average per tax return
Income of those who left
$46,425
average per tax return

Where newcomers came from

  1. Paulding County, GA 445 people · 20% of arrivals
  2. Floyd County, GA 397 people · 18% of arrivals
  3. Bartow County, GA 247 people · 11% of arrivals
  4. Cobb County, GA 206 people · 9.1% of arrivals
  5. Carroll County, GA 96 people · 4.2% of arrivals

Where people who left went

  1. Floyd County, GA 526 people · 26% of departures
  2. Paulding County, GA 235 people · 12% of departures
  3. Bartow County, GA 224 people · 11% of departures
  4. Cobb County, GA 100 people · 5.0% of departures
  5. Haralson County, GA 99 people · 5.0% of departures

Based on the address on federal tax returns, compared with the same filers a year earlier. It counts people who file, and sees a move only when the address on a return changes. Domestic moves only: people arriving from abroad are left out. This is the figure for Polk County, GA. IRS Statistics of Income, filing years 2022–2023.

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Cedartown, GA, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

6 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 91°F and January a low of 32°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 50.7 inches.

20°40°60°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station ROME R B RUSSELL AP, 24.9 miles from this location.

Precipitation

JFMAMJJASOND5.0"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation1991-2020 Normals50.7"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low1991-2020 Normals32°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high1991-2020 Normals91°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months1991-2020 Normals61991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing1991-2020 Normals38°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. How to read climate and air quality.

Physical risk

47 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, tornado and cold wave, with inland flooding alone responsible for 47% of it.

TornadoElevated
DroughtElevated
EarthquakeElevated
Cold waveModerate
Inland floodingModerate
LightningModerate
HurricaneModerate
HailModerate
Heat waveModerate

Low or minimal exposure: strong wind, landslide, wildfire, ice storm, winter weather, tsunami, volcanic activity, coastal flooding, avalanche.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

These are deaths, not offenses — they say nothing about burglary, theft or assault.

Homicide
4.3
per 100,000 residents · modeled, not measured
Firearm deaths, all intents
16.3
per 100,000 residents · modeled, not measured
Drug overdose
13.8
per 100,000 residents · modeled, not measured
Suicide
17.0
per 100,000 residents · modeled, not measured

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides, so the firearm figure and the homicide figure above it count some of the same deaths twice over. They overlap and should not be added together.

Death rates are crude rates — deaths divided by population, not adjusted for age — except where a count was too small for the CDC to publish and it modeled the rate, which the card marks. They come from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC by county and not below it. So they describe the county around 30125 (Polk County) rather than 30125 itself. They are shown and not scored. How to read death rates.

What this profile does not cover

Each of these is absent for a reason, not by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them; the weighting is on the methodology page.

Reported crime
Offenses reported to police are published by department rather than by town, so AreaProfile shows a rate only on city profiles, and only where that city’s department submitted every month of a year. A ZIP area is not a jurisdiction, so no department reports for one. Cedartown carries the figure where its department reported a full year. A partial year is never scaled up to look complete, and arrest counts or news volume are never substituted for it.
Cost of living
Price parities are published for metropolitan areas, and this place lies outside one.
Air quality
The EPA publishes an air-quality index only where a monitor sits. There is none in this county, and a modeled value would be a different kind of number from the measured ones everywhere else on this page.
Taxes
Income and sales taxes are not published: no source covers them nationally with a method open enough to check. Property taxes are shown in the housing section but are not part of the score. Cost of living is published where the Bureau of Economic Analysis measures it, though not for this place. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Anything about a specific address
Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house.

Access

3 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta Intl at 55 miles.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Broadband access ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year87.8%Bottom 43%of 32,6632024 ACS 5-Year
Distance to major airportNASR current cycle55 miBottom 11%of 3,127NASR current cycle
Major airports within 100 milesNASR current cycle3Bottom 21%of 3,127NASR current cycle
No internet access ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year11.0%Bottom 34%of 32,6632024 ACS 5-Year
AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta IntlATL55 mi12,390 ft
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth IntlBHM90 mi12,007 ft
Huntsville Intl-Carl T Jones FldHSV96 mi10,001 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource period
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)
Demographics, IncomeInternal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division
U.S. Population Migration Data (county to county)
filing years 2022–2023
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 Normals
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
July 2026
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026
Access, Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-Year
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimate
SafetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
March 2025 to February 2026; May 2025 to April 2026
SchoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2018-19 school year; 2024-25 school year
HousingU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research
Fair Market Rents
FY2026
HousingU.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency
House Price Index (traditional, all-transactions)
2026 Q2
Current conditionsNOAA National Weather Service
National Weather Service current conditions
Live observation, read when the page opens

Profile recalculated October 8, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology, or every source with how often each updates.

30125 vs Cedartown

How this ZIP area compares with Cedartown as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like — a gap here is a real difference between the two places, not two surveys disagreeing.

30125
Cedartown
Median household income: 30125 is the more favorable of the two.
Median household income
$58,192
vs
$34,754
Per capita income: 30125 is the more favorable of the two.
Per capita income
$29,424
vs
$25,938
Population density
133/sq mi
vs
1,122/sq mi
Median home value
$174,700
vs
$147,200
Median gross rent: 30125 is the more favorable of the two.
Median gross rent
$879
vs
$896
Homeownership rate
63.9%
vs
43.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher: Cedartown is the more favorable of the two.
Bachelor's degree or higher
14.0%
vs
15.0%
Poverty rate: 30125 is the more favorable of the two.
Poverty rate
17.4%
vs
26.4%
Median age
36.9
vs
29.5

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.