[5] The city also officially notes that a citizen of another village community which was already known by the name of Social Circle joined the settlement in its early days.

A CSX Transportation line maintenance facility operates in the city's railroad station.

The city's railyard contains one of the relatively few remaining concrete coaling towers in the southeastern United States.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 4,974 people, 1,598 households, and 1,301 families residing in the city.

[12] Jay C. (Jack) Higginbotham (May 11, 1906 – May 26, 1973) was an internationally known Jazz trombonist, born in Social Circle, Georgia.