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Notable locations in Toccoa: Camp Toccoa (A), Taccoa Fire Department Station 11 (B), Toccoa Fire Department Station 10 (C), Carnes Creek Volunteer Fire Department (D), Toccoa City Hall (E), Stephens County Courthouse (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
Shopping Center: Big A Shopping Center (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Churches in Toccoa include: First Baptist Church (A), First Presbyterian Church (B), First United Methodist Church (C), Friendship Baptist Church (D), Hill Street Baptist Church (E), Saint James United Methodist Church (F), Toccoa Fire Baptized Holiness Church of God (G), Trinity Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (H), Zebuion Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Toccoa Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Reservoirs: Le Tourneau Lake (A), Toccoa Reservoir (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Toccoa include: Henderson Falls Park (1), Alewine Park (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Hotels: Days Inn (Highway 17), Country Hearth Inn-Toccoa (302 Savannah Street), Days Inn Toccoa (1101 South Big A Road), Budget Inn Motel (520 West Currahee Street), Habersham Manor House Bed & Breakfast (326 Doyle Street East).
Courts: Norwood Charlie Congressman (315 Savannah West), Stephens County - Magistrate Court (Courthouse Annex), Stephens County - Judge Superior Court (Courthouse), Stephens County - Clerk Of Court Office (Govt Building), Stephens County - Probate Court Ofc (Courthouse).
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Stephens County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level between 2 and 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Moderate Potential
Air pollution and air quality trends
(lower is better)
AQI
Ozone
PM2.5
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 32.6. This is about average.
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) [ppb] level in 2010 was 0.450. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 16.6 miles away from the city center.
Ozone [ppb] level in 2010 was 35.9. This is worse than average. Closest monitor was 16.6 miles away from the city center.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 7.67. This is better than average. Closest monitor was 16.6 miles away from the city center.
Drinking water stations with addresses in Toccoa and their reported violations in the past:
GEORGIA BAPTIST CONFERENCE CENTER (Population served: 475, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In MAY-1998, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (MAY-26-1998)
Past monitoring violations:
- 4 routine major monitoring violations
- 4 regular monitoring violations
LEATHERWOOD FISH LODGE (Population served: 200, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- 7 routine major monitoring violations
- 3 regular monitoring violations
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 21.3%
(16.1% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 39.5% for Black residents, 17.1% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 56.8% for other race residents, 27.6% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This city: |  2.4 people | | Georgia: |  2.5 people |
| This city: | 64.3% | | Whole state: | 70.2% |
| This city: | 3.1% | | Whole state: | 4.8% |
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Toccoa, GA
People in group quarters in Toccoa:
- 176 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 174 people in nursing homes
- 73 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 73 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 8 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Toccoa compared to Georgia state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Banks with branches in Toccoa (2011 data):
- SCBT National Association: Toccoa Wal-Mart #1122 at 3886 Georgia Highway 117, branch established on 2006/01/30; Toccoa Branch at 1111 S. Big A Road, branch established on 1989/06/30. Info updated 2011/08/01: Bank assets: $3,893.8 mil, Deposits: $3,257.7 mil, headquarters in Orangeburg, SC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 79 total offices, Holding Company: Scbt Financial Corporation
- First Citizens Bank and Trust Company, Inc.: Big A Branch at 555 Big A Road, branch established on 1965/05/27; Toccoa Branch at 122 North Alexander Street, branch established on 1911/09/01. Info updated 2011/08/24: Bank assets: $8,104.0 mil, Deposits: $6,880.8 mil, headquarters in Columbia, SC, positive income, 197 total offices, Holding Company: First Citizens Bancorporation, Inc.
- Stephens Federal Bank: at 2859 Hwy 17a, branch established on 1933/01/01; Toccoa Branch at 12 East Doyle Street, branch established on 2000/04/24. Info updated 2011/07/21: Bank assets: $185.2 mil, Deposits: $171.4 mil, local headquarters, negative income in the last year, Commercial Lending Specialization, 4 total offices
- Regions Bank: Toccoa Branch at 303 East Doyle Street, branch established on 1951/03/16. Info updated 2011/02/24: Bank assets: $123,368.2 mil, Deposits: $98,301.3 mil, headquarters in Birmingham, AL, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1778 total offices, Holding Company: Regions Financial Corporation
- Northeast Georgia Bank: Toccoa Office at 624 South Big A Road, branch established on 1999/05/10. Info updated 2009/03/09: Bank assets: $417.3 mil, Deposits: $375.1 mil, headquarters in Lavonia, GA, negative income in the last year, Commercial Lending Specialization, 14 total offices, Holding Company: First Security Bankshares, Inc.
Fire-safe hotels and motels in Toccoa, Georgia:
- Shoney's Inn Toccoa, 350 Stephen Cir, Toccoa, GA 30577
 , Phone: (706) 886-1048
- Days Inn-toccoa, 1101 S Big A Rd, Toccoa, GA 30577 , Phone: (706) 886-9461
- Country Hearth Inn Toccoa, 302 W Savannah St, Toccoa, GA 30577 , Phone: (706) 297-7799, Fax: (706) 297-7798
All 3 fire-safe hotels and motels in Toccoa, Georgia
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (70%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Stephens County Georgia:
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Religion statistics for Toccoa (based on Stephens County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 71.09%
| Here | | 71.1% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Christian and Missionary Alliance | Assemblies of God |
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| Adherents | 66.7% | 8.3% | 5.7% | 5.2% | 3.3% |
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| Congregations | 40.7% | 13.0% | 9.3% | 5.6% | 5.6% |
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| Name | Catholic Church | Episcopal Church | Presbyterian Church (USA) | International Pentecostal Holiness Church | Other |
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| Adherents | 2.9% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.0% | 4.2% |
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| Congregations | 1.9% | 1.9% | 1.9% | 1.9% | 18.5% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 3 | Stephens County: | 1.19 / 10,000 pop. | | Georgia: | 1.91 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 3 | Stephens County: | 1.19 / 10,000 pop. | | Georgia: | 0.86 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 19 | Stephens County: | 7.53 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 5.12 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 18 | Here: | 7.14 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 7.41 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | This county: | 12.5% | | Georgia: | 10.4% |
Adult obesity rate: | Stephens County: | 29.9% | | Georgia: | 27.8% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | This county: | 11.0% | | State: | 14.6% |
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
10 | $28,935 | $34,722 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
18 | $60,584 | $40,389 | 0 | $0 |
| Judicial and Legal |
1 | $1,377 | $16,524 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
27 | $75,829 | $33,702 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
1 | $1,811 | $21,732 | 0 | $0 |
| Firefighters |
25 | $72,516 | $34,808 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
8 | $24,559 | $36,839 | 0 | $0 |
| Solid Waste Management |
9 | $21,379 | $28,505 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
21 | $53,037 | $30,307 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
2 | $4,668 | $28,008 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
8 | $21,357 | $32,036 | 0 | $0 |
| Gas Supply |
19 | $50,110 | $31,648 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
8 | $19,452 | $29,178 | 5 | $3,911 |
| Totals for Government |
157 | $435,614 | $33,295 | 5 | $3,911 |
Toccoa government finances in 2006 (per resident):
- Charges - Sewerage: $2,352,000 ($277.10)
Solid Waste Management: $1,136,000 ($133.84)
All Other: $234,000 ($27.57)
Miscellaneous Commercial Activities: $6,000 ($0.71)
- Construction - Gas Utilities: $329,000 ($38.76)
Housing and Community Development: $243,000 ($28.63)
Water Utilities: $113,000 ($13.31)
Sewerage: $76,000 ($8.95)
- Current Operations - Gas Utilities: $16,920,000 ($1993.40)
Water Utilities: $2,449,000 ($288.52)
Sewerage: $2,093,000 ($246.58)
Police Protection: $1,761,000 ($207.47)
Local Fire Protection: $1,354,000 ($159.52)
Solid Waste Management: $702,000 ($82.70)
Financial Administration: $693,000 ($81.64)
General - Other: $464,000 ($54.67)
Central Staff Services: $461,000 ($54.31)
Regular Highways: $376,000 ($44.30)
Housing and Community Development: $319,000 ($37.58)
General Public Buildings: $257,000 ($30.28)
Judicial and Legal Services: $143,000 ($16.85)
Health - Other: $122,000 ($14.37)
Parks and Recreation: $17,000 ($2.00)
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $2,000 ($0.24)
- Federal Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $24,000 ($2.83)
All Other: $3,000 ($0.35)
- Gas Utilities - Interest on Debt: $1,202,000 ($141.61)
- General - Interest on Debt: $68,000 ($8.01)
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Air Transportation: $53,000 ($6.24)
- Local Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $1,171,000 ($137.96)
All Other: $744,000 ($87.65)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $1,785,000 ($210.30)
- Miscellaneous - Fines and Forfeits: $230,000 ($27.10)
General Revenue, NEC: $58,000 ($6.83)
Rents: $44,000 ($5.18)
Interest Earnings: $42,000 ($4.95)
- NEW for 2005 - Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $39,701,000 ($4677.31)
Long Term Debt Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $37,916,000 ($4467.01)
- Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $273,000 ($32.16)
Solid Waste Management: $194,000 ($22.86)
Police Protection: $93,000 ($10.96)
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $2,001,000 ($235.74)
- Revenue - Gas Utilities: $18,313,000 ($2157.52)
Water Utilities: $3,529,000 ($415.76)
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $687,000 ($80.94)
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $374,000 ($44.06)
All Other: $10,000 ($1.18)
- Tax - Property: $1,319,000 ($155.40)
Other Selective Sales: $535,000 ($63.03)
Public Utilities Sales: $438,000 ($51.60)
Occupation and Business License, NEC: $233,000 ($27.45)
Alcoholic Beverage Sales: $197,000 ($23.21)
Other License: $61,000 ($7.19)
Public Utility License: $52,000 ($6.13)
- Total Salaries and Wages: $5,165,000 ($608.51)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $526,000 ($61.97)
6.92% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($31,738 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.92% | | Georgia average: | 10.98% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
6.83% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($27,789 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.83% | | Georgia average: | 9.55% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Toccoa:
- WLET (1420 AM; 5 kW; TOCCOA, GA; Owner: TOCCOA FALLS COLLEGE)
- WNEG (630 AM; 1 kW; TOCCOA, GA; Owner: GEORGIA-CAROLINA RADIOCASTING COMPANY, LLC)
- WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WDUN (550 AM; 10 kW; GAINESVILLE, GA; Owner: JWJ PROPERTIRS, INC.)
- WCSZ (1070 AM; 50 kW; SANS SOUCI, SC; Owner: WHYZ RADIO, L.P.)
- WCNN (680 AM; 50 kW; NORTH ATLANTA, GA; Owner: DICKEY BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WSB (750 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WGST (640 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WLBA (1130 AM; daytime; 10 kW; GAINESVILLE, GA)
- WGUN (1010 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: WGUN, INC.)
- WFTD (1080 AM; daytime; 50 kW; MARIETTA, GA; Owner: PRIETO ENTERPRISES, INC.)
- WRIX (1020 AM; daytime; 10 kW; HOMELAND PARK, SC; Owner: AM 1020 INCORPORATED)
- WFGW (1010 AM; 50 kW; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORP.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Toccoa:
- WRAF (90.9 FM; TOCCOA FALLS, GA; Owner: TOCCOA FALLS COLLEGE)
- WTXR (89.7 FM; TOCCOA FALLS, GA; Owner: TOCCOA FALLS COLLEGE)
- WRBN (104.1 FM; CLAYTON, GA; Owner: SUTTON RADIOCASTING CORPORATION)
- WNGC (106.1 FM; TOCCOA, GA; Owner: SOUTHERN BROADCASTING OF PENSACOLA, INC)
- WHZT (98.1 FM; SENECA, SC; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WFQS (91.3 FM; FRANKLIN, NC; Owner: WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO)
- WBTS (95.5 FM; ATHENS, GA; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WCON-FM (99.3 FM; CORNELIA, GA; Owner: HABERSHAM BROADCASTING CO.)
- W269AY (101.7 FM; HIGHLANDS, NC; Owner: WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO)
- WPPR (88.3 FM; DEMOREST, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
- W277AL (103.3 FM; HIGHLANDS, NC; Owner: CHARISMA RADIO CORPORATION)
- WHLC (104.5 FM; HIGHLANDS, NC; Owner: CHARISMA RADIO CORP.)
- WFOX (97.1 FM; GAINESVILLE, GA; Owner: COX RADIO, INC.)
- WCVP-FM (95.9 FM; ROBBINSVILLE, NC; Owner: CHEROKEE BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WKSF (99.9 FM; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- W237AR (95.3 FM; HAZELWOOD, ETC., NC; Owner: WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO)
- WAZX-FM (101.9 FM; CLEVELAND, GA; Owner: WAZX-FM, INC)
- WESC-FM (92.5 FM; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WYAY (106.7 FM; GAINESVILLE, GA; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- WHEL (105.1 FM; HELEN, GA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
TV broadcast stations around Toccoa:
- WNEG-TV (Channel 32; TOCCOA, GA; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SO. CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- W50AB (Channel 50; HIAWASSEE, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
- W22AC (Channel 22; HARTWELL & ROYSTON, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
- WHNS (Channel 21; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: MEREDITH CORPORATION)
- W68AF (Channel 68; TOCCOA, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
Fatal road traffic accident statistics for 1975 - 2009 (per 100,000 population)
Toccoa, Georgia:
- Fatal accident count: 51
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 81
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 11
- Fatalities: 56
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 117
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 3
Georgia average:
- Fatal accident count: 90
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 140
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 25
- Fatalities: 98
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 235
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 12
See more detailed statistics of Toccoa fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2009 here
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 13
Total length: 23 meters (75ft)
Total costs: $1,403,000
Total average daily traffic: 49,280
Total average daily truck traffic: 29
New bridges - Historical Statistics
- 1930-1939: 2
- 1940-1949: 2
- 1950-1959: 2
- 1960-1969: 1
- 1970-1979: 5
- 1980-1989: 1
See Full National Bridge Inventory Statistics for Toccoa, GA
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Toccoa, GA
| Most common first names in Toccoa, GA among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| James | 214 | 69.9 years |
| William | 188 | 72.1 years |
| John | 181 | 75.7 years |
| Mary | 149 | 77.3 years |
| Robert | 97 | 69.9 years |
| Charles | 92 | 67.4 years |
| Thomas | 86 | 71.8 years |
| George | 78 | 76.5 years |
| Willie | 70 | 75.2 years |
| Henry | 61 | 74.6 years |
| Most common last names in Toccoa, GA among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| Smith | 178 | 74.3 years |
| Brown | 84 | 74.3 years |
| Moore | 72 | 75.5 years |
| Payne | 70 | 73.9 years |
| Williams | 66 | 76.6 years |
| Davis | 64 | 78.3 years |
| Collins | 58 | 77.5 years |
| Scott | 54 | 70.6 years |
| Farmer | 49 | 78.6 years |
| Martin | 43 | 76.4 years |
| Businesses in Toccoa, GA |
| Name | Count | | Name | Count |
| AT&T | 1 | | Penske | 1 |
| Applebee's | 1 | | Pizza Hut | 1 |
| Arby's | 1 | | RadioShack | 1 |
| AutoZone | 1 | | Rite Aid | 1 |
| CVS | 1 | | SONIC Drive-In | 1 |
| Dairy Queen | 1 | | Sears | 1 |
| Domino's Pizza | 1 | | Subway | 1 |
| FedEx | 4 | | Taco Bell | 1 |
| Hardee's | 1 | | True Value | 1 |
| Home Depot | 1 | | U-Haul | 3 |
| Jones New York | 1 | | UPS | 3 |
| KFC | 1 | | Walgreens | 1 |
| Knights Inn | 1 | | Walmart | 1 |
| Lane Furniture | 1 | | Wendy's | 1 |
| Little Caesars Pizza | 1 | | YMCA | 1 |
| McDonald's | 1 | | | |
Browse common businesses in Toccoa, GA
- #9 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Furniture and related products (population 5,000+)"
- #22 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the largest percentage of people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill"
- #22 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Furniture and related products (population 5,000+)"
- #29 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the largest percentage of people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill"
- #31 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Textile mills and textile products (population 5,000+)"
- #34 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Fuel dealers (population 5,000+)"
- #40 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (population 5,000+)"
- #40 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Textile mills and textile products (population 5,000+)"
- #86 (30577) on the list of "Top 101 zip codes with the largest percentage of Zimbabwean first ancestries"
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