Fort Oglethorpe vs Ringgold

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Oglethorpe and Ringgold: population, income, housing, and more.

Fort Oglethorpe and Ringgold are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort Oglethorpe has the higher population (10,332 vs 3,412 in Ringgold). Fort Oglethorpe has the higher median household income ($50,902 vs $45,083 in Ringgold). Ringgold has the higher median home value ($195,100 vs $186,500 in Fort Oglethorpe).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Oglethorpe	Ringgold
Population	10,332	3,412
Median age	43.4 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,902	$45,083
Median home value	$186,500	$195,100
Median gross rent	$952	$812
Housing units	5,048	1,473
Homeownership rate	50.3%	53.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Oglethorpe	Ringgold
Population	9,954 → 10,332 (+3.8%)	3,592 → 3,412 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$45,394 → $50,902 (+12.1%)	$45,274 → $45,083 (-0.4%)
Median home value	$128,100 → $186,500 (+45.6%)	$136,600 → $195,100 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $952 (+25.4%)	$704 → $812 (+15.3%)

Fort Oglethorpe

Population

9,95410,332

Median household income

$45,394$50,902

Median home value

$128,100$186,500

Median gross rent

$759$952

Ringgold

Population

3,5923,412

Median household income

$45,274$45,083

Median home value

$136,600$195,100

Median gross rent

$704$812

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Oglethorpe	Ringgold
Under 5	4.2%	3.6%
5 to 17	13.0%	19.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.6%
25 to 34	13.6%	11.5%
35 to 44	13.6%	15.7%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.0%
55 to 64	8.5%	13.1%
65 to 74	11.0%	13.1%
75 and over	17.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Oglethorpe	Ringgold
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	89.9%
Black or African American	4.8%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Oglethorpe	Ringgold
No high school diploma	8.0%	12.5%
High school graduate	35.1%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Oglethorpe	Ringgold
Drove alone	87.5%	92.1%
Carpooled	5.3%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	6.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Oglethorpe	Ringgold
1-unit, detached	46.0%	65.9%
1-unit, attached	9.6%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	23.4%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	15.7%	10.9%
20 or more units	5.2%	10.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Fort Oglethorpe	Ringgold
Poverty rate	9.9%	9.4%
Average household size	2.17	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1993	2001