Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety3#15,214/15,637
Economy50#7,816/15,631
Housing41#8,904/14,977
Health36#9,941/15,609
Healthcare14#13,493/15,650
Environment33#10,356/15,453
Education21#12,289/15,649
Infrastructure72#4,329/15,650
Community9#14,314/15,651
Leisure & amenities28#11,222/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Byron, Georgia ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Peach County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Broadband subscriptions · high99.3%
97/100Georgia 91.0%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Public EV charging ports · high18.4 /10k
94/100Georgia 6.7 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyPeach County value
New homes permitted · high14.4 /1k
93/100Georgia 5.5 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Child care cost burden · low21.7%
89/100Georgia 23.0%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePeach County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Georgia 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePeach County value
Job growth · high1.6%
85/100Georgia 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataPeach County value

Weaknesses

Hospital quality rating · low1.0
1/100Georgia 3.0United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesPeach County value
Math scores · low2.35
1/100Georgia 2.92United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePeach County value
Reading scores · low2.55
3/100Georgia 2.97United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePeach County value
Homicide rate · high14.3 /100k
3/100Georgia 7.4 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataPeach County value
Restaurants and bars · low4.0 /10k
5/100Georgia 8.5 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPeach County value
Primary care physicians · low21 /100k
5/100Georgia 67 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePeach County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
5,149 (2015-2019) → 5,971 (2020-2024)
+16%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
77.9% (2015-2019) → 99.3% (2020-2024)
+21 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$54,433 (2015-2019) → $85,596 (2020-2024)
+57%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
58.1% (2015-2019) → 46.7% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Poverty rateImproving
20.3% (2015-2019) → 10.1% (2020-2024)
−10 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
33.4% (2015-2019) → 23.8% (2020-2024)
−9.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Byron, Georgia improved on 2 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Broadband+21 points77.9% → 99.3%
Household income+57%$54,433 → $85,596

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Byron, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.4 min2015-2019	22.3 min2020-2024	−0.1 min	Within the margin of error	49%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%2015-2019	30.9%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Broadband subscriptions	77.9%2015-2019	99.3%2020-2024	+21 points	Improved	92%
Child poverty rate	28.7%2015-2019	19.5%2020-2024	−9.2 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Effective property tax rate	1.26%2015-2019	0.96%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	75%
High school diploma or higher	89.3%2015-2019	97.3%2020-2024	+8.1 points	Within the margin of error	92%
Home price to income ratio	3.0×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	−0.1×	Within the margin of error	81%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4702015-2019	0.3962020-2024	−0.074	Within the margin of error	91%
Median household income	$54,4332015-2019	$85,5962020-2024	+57%	Improved	89%
Poverty rate	20.3%2015-2019	10.1%2020-2024	−10 points	Within the margin of error	93%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.8%2015-2019	5.7%2020-2024	−3.1 points	Within the margin of error	77%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Byron, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Byron, Georgia in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Byron, Georgia itself moved +24.3 points in standing on average over the same 8 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

5,971 residents (±16)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 20–29 men (+8.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

5,971 residents (±16)

Byron, Georgia
Georgia share

White48%2,893
Black39%2,332
Hispanic or Latino4.8%†289

Education

3,985 residents (±251)

Byron, Georgia
Georgia share

No high school diploma2.7%†106
High school or GED20%†812
Some college19%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,346 households (±206)

Byron, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k13%†301
$25k–50k12%†282
$50k–75k12%†280
$75k–100k24%†563
$100k–150k15%†347
$150k–200k10%†241
$200k or more14%†332

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−16.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,346 households (±206)

Byron, Georgia
Georgia share

Own91%2,146
Rent8.5%†200

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+25.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

184 households (±110)

Byron, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $7508.7%†16
$750–1,00040%†74
$1,000–1,50014%†25

Home values

2,146 homes (±200)

Byron, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $150k5.3%†113
$150k–250k43%†930
$250k–400k42%†892

Age of homes

2,398 homes (±217)

Byron, Georgia
Georgia share

2010 or later41%†977
2000–200926%618
1980–199919%†449

Size of homes

2,398 homes (±217)

Byron, Georgia
Georgia share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms3.5%†83

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

3,219 workers (±318)

Byron, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone66%2,125
Carpool5.9%†189
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home27%†865
Other1.2%†40

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+24.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

2,354 workers (±327)

Byron, Georgia
Georgia share

Under 15 min20%†466
15–29 min62%1,463
30–44 min10%†247

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Warner Robins, GA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Peach County, the county holding most of Byron's residents.

Peach County has 504 employer establishments, 174 for every 10,000 residents (0.70× the US rate of 248; 0.74× Georgia's), with 7,571 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,359. The Census Bureau also counts 2,663 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 504; 2,663 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 174; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 7,571
Average annual pay: $45,359; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Peach County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	46	15.9	0.86×About typical	839	$16,190	10
Specialty trade contractors	37	12.8	0.82×About typical	615	$63,925	231
Limited-service restaurants	32	11	1.38×More than typical	687	$15,927	3
Ambulatory health care services	25	8.6	0.41×Fewer than typical	136	$45,654	115
Building equipment contractors	23	7.9	1.32×More than typical	155	$58,432	37
Services to buildings and dwellings	23	7.9	1.18×About typical	136	$34,015	338
Gasoline stations	20	6.9	2.13×More than typical	156	$27,949	—
Lessors of real estate	18	6.2	0.50×Fewer than typical	26	$38,808	154
Construction of buildings	17	5.9	0.78×Fewer than typical	64	$65,344	107
Religious organizations	16	5.5	1.00×About typical	63	$29,810	—
Landscaping services	14	4.8	1.38×More than typical	76	$33,553	152
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	14	4.8	1.46×More than typical	85	$62,941	13

Rank places for an industry Open Peach County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 28,974 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $7.2M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Byron, Georgia: $1,202 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $7.2M; −19% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,202; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.1%; US 30%
Single offer: 2.5%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$6.1M86%
Department of the Air Force$706.1K9.8%
Department of the Navy$165.9K2.3%
Agricultural Research Service$111.7K1.6%
Defense Logistics Agency$55.6K0.8%
Food and Nutrition Service$12.5K0.2%
Federal Acquisition Service$4,0770.1%

Top recipients

S & K FEDERAL SERVICES LLC$6.1M86%
S & K AEROSPACE, LLC$870.6K12%
KIHOMAC INC$92.5K1.3%
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC$91.1K1.3%
SEQMATIC, LLC$13.8K0.2%
SOUTHERN PERFECTION FABRICATION HOLDINGS, INC.

Spending by fiscal year

4.1MFY2017
6.2MFY2018
6.6MFY2019
4.9MFY2020
9.2MFY2021
8.6MFY2022
4.4MFY2023
8M

Top industries (NAICS)

Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$6.1M86%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$886.2K12%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$110.3K1.5%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$20.2K0.3%
Motor vehicle manufacturing · 3361$15.6K0.2%
Hardware manufacturing · 3325

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Byron, Georgia, so they do not add up across cities.

Byron, Georgia's figures are part of those of Peach County, GA ($40.3M in FY2026), never added to them: 18% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Byron is mostly in Peach County.

See federal money in Peach County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Byron, Georgia is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.D-GA-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 93%Missed 1.9%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Peach County17100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Warner Robins, GA46

Other cities and towns in Peach County

Largest first.

Fort Valley38,858

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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