Cobbtown, Georgia
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Cobbtown · Tattnall County, Georgia
Population 560 (est. 2026: ~600)
Source: Census ACS 2023 · ACS 2023 + 1.43% annual growth projection

Cobbtown, Georgia

Tattnall County, Georgia · Population 341

Cobbtown sits in the flatlands of southeast Georgia, roughly halfway between Savannah and Macon along the US-280 corridor. It is a small, tight-knit city in Tattnall County — a rural county of about 22,842 people where tobacco fields, timber land, and poultry operations define the working landscape. Cobbtown itself is a place where nearly everyone knows their neighbors, the commute is a car ride on a two-lane road, and the housing stock is affordable by almost any measure. It is not a suburb. It is not a bedroom community. It is its own quiet place, and people who live here largely choose to stay.

People & Demographics

The ACS 2022 estimate puts Cobbtown's population at 565, with a median age of 43.5 — noticeably older than Georgia's statewide median. The town has 195 households, of which 148 are family households. Average household size runs at 2.90, and 168 residents are children under 18, meaning roughly three in ten residents are minors — a real presence of families despite the older median age.

Racially, the population breaks down to 366 white residents, 37 Black residents, and 30 Hispanic or Latino residents. No Asian population was recorded in the 2022 survey.

Economy & Employment

The median household income in Cobbtown is $50,036, which sits modestly but meaningfully below Georgia's statewide median. Per capita income comes in at $22,821. Of the 565 residents captured in the ACS estimate, 231 are in the labor force, and 14 are unemployed — an unemployment rate of approximately 6.1% within the labor force.

Tattnall County's economy leans on agriculture, manufacturing, and corrections (Reidsville, the county seat, hosts Georgia State Prison). Many Cobbtown workers commute out of town for employment, as the local job base is limited.

Sixty-four residents fall below the federal poverty line, representing a meaningful share of the population and consistent with broader rural southeast Georgia poverty patterns.

Housing

With a median home value of $87,200 and median rent of $675 per month, Cobbtown is one of the more affordable places to live in Georgia by raw numbers. The total housing stock sits at 237 units. Of those, 195 are occupied and 42 are vacant — a vacancy rate of about 17.7%, which is high but not unusual for small rural Georgia towns where some older homes sit between owners or fall into disrepair.

Owner-occupied units number 113; renter-occupied units account for 82. That puts the homeownership rate among occupied units at about 58%, slightly below typical rural Georgia ownership rates but still a majority-owner community.

Schools

Cobbtown students are served by Tattnall County Schools. The active campuses serving students in the area include:

All secondary and high school students across the county feed into a single high school. Several other campuses — Collins Elementary, Glennville Elementary, and Reidsville Elementary — were listed in NCES data but showed no active enrollment in the 2022 dataset.

Getting Around

Cobbtown is car country. Of 215 workers counted in the commute data, 188 drove alone, 3 carpooled, and 7 walked to work. Public transit accounts for zero commuters. Only 2 residents worked from home. The aggregate commute time across all workers totals 6,355 minutes, averaging roughly 29.6 minutes per worker each way — consistent with driving to Vidalia, Glennville, Reidsville, or other nearby employment centers.

There is no local transit service. A personal vehicle is not optional for most daily life here.

Healthcare

The nearest hospital is Optim Medical Center – Tattnall, located in Reidsville, the county seat. Rating and emergency service data were not available in the CMS dataset at time of publication.

For a broader directory of individual healthcare providers registered in Cobbtown with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System, the NPI Registry search returns current licensed providers.

Library

The Tattnall County Library serves Cobbtown residents and is located approximately 5.2 miles away. Phone: (912) 557-6247. It is part of the regional public library system serving Tattnall County.

Natural Hazards

Tattnall County has been hit hard and repeatedly by named storms and weather events. The FEMA declaration record since 2016 includes:

That is fifteen separate federal disaster or emergency declarations in roughly a decade. Southeast Georgia sits directly in the path of Atlantic and Gulf storm systems that track inland. Helene alone generated two separate federal declarations within days of each other in September 2024. Anyone moving to this area should treat storm preparedness — including flood insurance evaluation, generator readiness, and evacuation planning — as standard practice, not a precaution.

Government & Municipal Code

Cobbtown operates under a city government with its municipal code published through Municode. The full code is available at library.municode.com/ga/cobbtown-city-georgia. No local building code is on file in the Municode database, which may be relevant for anyone planning construction or renovation — county-level or state codes would govern in that case.

Weather

Current National Weather Service forecasts for Cobbtown are available at forecast.weather.gov. Active weather alerts can be checked at alerts.weather.gov. The nearest official weather observation station is Reidsville, approximately 5.2 miles away.

References

The law belongs to the people. Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 590 U.S. (2020)