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Fort Oglethorpe city, Georgia: commercial real estate data.
Fort Oglethorpe city is a Census city of 10,416 people across 13.90 square miles of land, lying across Catoosa County and Walker County. Median household income is $51,867, 47.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 5 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $7.3 m.
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Fort Oglethorpe
What Fort Oglethorpe is
- Census place typecity
- Land area13.9 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land749
- County holding the largest share of its areaCatoosa County, 81.4 percent
- Counties this place lies inCatoosa County 81.4 percent, Walker County 18.6 percent
Fort Oglethorpe city crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Oglethorpe
How many people live in Fort Oglethorpe
- Population10,416
- Median age42.9
- Population under 181,801 plus or minus 360
- Share under 1817.3 percent
- Population 65 and over2,805
- Share 65 and over26.9 percent
- Households4,615
- Family households2,701
- Share of households that are families58.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Oglethorpe
Income and work in Fort Oglethorpe
- Median household income$51,867
- Per capita income$29,430
- Civilian labor force5,029
- Employed4,744
- Unemployed285 plus or minus 150
- Unemployment rate5.7 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Adults 25 and over7,737
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher19.5 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.1 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Oglethorpe
Housing in Fort Oglethorpe
- Housing units5,071
- Occupied units4,615
- Vacant units456 plus or minus 174
- Vacancy rate9.0 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Owner occupied2,174
- Renter occupied2,441
- Ownership rate47.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$199,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$937
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.7 percent
- Single family units2,746
- Share single family54.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,288
- Share in buildings of two or more45.1 percent
- Mobile homes37 plus or minus 56
- Median year structure built1994
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Fort Oglethorpe gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute4,278
- Commuting under 15 minutes997 plus or minus 378
- Share commuting under 15 minutes23.3 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,096 plus or minus 258
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more25.6 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Drove alone84.4 percent
- Carpooled8.4 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.4 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Worked from home6.6 percent plus or minus 3.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Oglethorpe
SBA 7(a) lending to Fort Oglethorpe borrowers
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$7,311,400
- Average approval$1,462,280
- Median approval$795,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$3,329,000
- Largest approval$3,329,000
- Jobs supported71
- Jobs per approval14.2
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more60.0 percent
- Share to franchises40.0 percent
- Distinct lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Fort Oglethorpe
SBA 504 lending to Fort Oglethorpe borrowers
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$1,561,000
- Average approval$520,333
- Median approval$450,000
- Largest approval$717,000
- Jobs supported57
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Fort Oglethorpe
Flood programme status in Fort Oglethorpe
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number130248
- Currently effective map date09/11/09
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Catoosa County, not Fort Oglethorpe
Catoosa County context, not Fort Oglethorpe figures
These are Catoosa County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Fort Oglethorpe measurements.
- Establishments in Catoosa County1,044
- Employment at those establishments, Catoosa County13,316
- Covered employment, Catoosa County16,284
- Average annual pay, Catoosa County$44,946
- Average weekly wage, Catoosa County$864
- Housing units permitted, Catoosa County848
- Of those, single family, Catoosa County485
- County product, 2024, Catoosa County$2,268,697,000
- County product change over the prior year, Catoosa County-0.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Catoosa County$52,974
Every figure in this section is published for Catoosa County as a whole and is not a measurement of Fort Oglethorpe. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Fort Oglethorpe questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia?
10,416, in 4,615 households. Fort Oglethorpe city covers 13.90 square miles of land, which is 749 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Fort Oglethorpe in?
Fort Oglethorpe lies in more than one. By area it is 81.4 percent in Catoosa County, 18.6 percent in Walker County. This page sits under Catoosa County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Fort Oglethorpe?
$51,867. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $199,700. Median gross rent is $937 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Fort Oglethorpe businesses?
5 7(a) approvals totalling $7.3 m, across 5 lenders, median approval $795,000, plus 3 504 approvals worth $1.6 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Fort Oglethorpe, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Fort Oglethorpe borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Fort Oglethorpe. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Fort Oglethorpe in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Fort Oglethorpe appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 130248, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Fort Oglethorpe figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Catoosa County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Fort Oglethorpe.
Is zoning published for Fort Oglethorpe?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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