The Milledgeville area experienced a significant drop in overall resident attachment to the community in 2010. This seems primarily due to significant drops in ratings of many of the key things that tie residents to the area.

In the Milledgeville area, social offerings (entertainment infrastructure, places to meet people, community events), openness (how welcoming the place is) and aesthetics (an area's physical beauty and green spaces) are the most important factors emotionally connecting residents to where they live.

Aesthetics is perceived to be a community strength, but it was rated significantly lower in 2010.  Natural beauty continues to be rated higher than parks, playgrounds and trails.

Social offerings and openness continue to need improvement to further attach residents to the area. Social offerings was rated significantly lower in 2010.  Perceptions of openness remained steady. While residents cited opportunities to meet people as the highest-rated aspect of social offerings, the availability of arts and culture opportunities was the lowest-rated aspect.

The Milledgeville area is perceived to be most welcoming for seniors, and least welcoming for college grads and significantly less welcome to racial and ethnic minorities in 2010.

Although they are not key drivers for attachment, perceptions of basic services, safety, leadership and social capital are significantly lower in 2010.