Rossville is a city of 3,978 people in Georgia. The average commute runs 53 minutes. The median age is 44.5, about 6 years above the US median. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 23% of adults. The typical home is worth $133,000, having more than doubled since 2000. The foreign-born share is 2%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $59,191, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 44.5
US median: 38.9
Less educated
23% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 36%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Rossville
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate20.9% → 14.1%(−6.8 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Rossville's population equals 5.8% of Walker County's. Its number of households without a car equals 22% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 2.3% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)17.8%(16)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)42.2%(38)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era56.7%(51)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War4.4%(4)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 90 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Rossville, decade by decade
Rossville population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
3,601
$42,872
$89,763
7.7%
4.6
2000
3,511
$43,013
$97,641
8.4%
16.9
2010
4,105
$38,998
$126,307
8.1%
29.4
2020
3,980
$53,235
$87,267
18.8%
51.0
2024
3,978
$59,191
$133,000
22.5%
36.0
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
