Scores by category

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

Safety28#11,314/15,637
Economy12#13,732/15,631
Housing31#10,293/14,977
Health15#13,264/15,609
Healthcare1#15,523/15,650
Environment25#11,625/15,453
Education7#14,578/15,649
Infrastructure2#15,379/15,650
Community9#14,265/15,651
Leisure & amenities16#13,197/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Montezuma, Georgia ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Macon 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

Firearm deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Georgia 16.7 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataMacon County value
Pharmacies · high3.4 /10k
98/100Georgia 1.8 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMacon County value
Public libraries · high2.5 /10k
94/100Georgia 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesMacon County value
Depression · low18.0%
91/100Georgia 19.3%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Grocery stores · high2.5 /10k
90/100Georgia 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMacon County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Georgia 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMacon County value

Weaknesses

Math scores · low2.00
0/100Georgia 2.92United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMacon County value
Job growth · low-9.8%
0/100Georgia 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataMacon County value
Mental health providers · low17 /100k
1/100Georgia 201 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMacon County value
Reading scores · low2.35
1/100Georgia 2.97United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMacon County value
Primary care physicians · low9 /100k
1/100Georgia 67 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMacon County value
Restaurants and bars · low2.5 /10k
1/100Georgia 8.5 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMacon County value

Trends

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

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
61.4% (2015-2019) → 76.1% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
41.3% (2015-2019) → 27.7% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
15.5% (2015-2019) → 25.0% (2020-2024)
+9.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
High school diploma or higherImproving
82.8% (2015-2019) → 91.2% (2020-2024)
+8.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Poverty rateImproving
25.8% (2015-2019) → 18.3% (2020-2024)
−7.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Average commute timeImproving
28.8 min (2015-2019) → 20.9 min (2020-2024)
−28%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min

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, Montezuma, Georgia improved on 0 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 13 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.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Montezuma, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	28.8 min2015-2019	20.9 min2020-2024	−8.0 min	Within the margin of error	97%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%2015-2019	15.8%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Broadband subscriptions	61.4%2015-2019	76.1%2020-2024	+15 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Effective property tax rate	1.32%2015-2019	1.22%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	36%
High school diploma or higher	82.8%2015-2019	91.2%2020-2024	+8.4 points	Within the margin of error	93%
Home price to income ratio	2.1×2015-2019	2.3×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	69%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4572015-2019	0.4462020-2024	−0.011	Within the margin of error	60%
Median household income	$36,9552015-2019	$46,8752020-2024	+27%	Within the margin of error	48%
Poverty rate	25.8%2015-2019	18.3%2020-2024	−7.5 points	Within the margin of error	88%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	29.2%2015-2019	24.6%2020-2024	−4.6 points	Within the margin of error	81%
Rent-burdened households	49.2%2015-2019	47.0%2020-2024	−2.2 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	15.5%2015-2019	25.0%2020-2024	+9.6 points	Within the margin of error	3%

“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 Montezuma, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Montezuma, 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, Montezuma, Georgia itself moved +12.1 points in standing on average over the same 10 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

2,966 residents (±15)

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 (+11.4 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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

2,966 residents (±15)

Montezuma, Georgia
Georgia share

White20%†581
Black74%2,209
Hispanic or Latino0.0%0

Education

2,129 residents (±202)

Montezuma, Georgia
Georgia share

No high school diploma8.8%†188
High school or GED42%885
Some college23%†497

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

1,146 households (±181)

Montezuma, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k25%†285
$25k–50k27%†313
$50k–75k18%†207
$75k–100k6.7%†77
$100k–150k10%†117
$150k–200k12%†142
$200k or more0.4%†5

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $150k–200k (+9.6 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

1,146 households (±181)

Montezuma, Georgia
Georgia share

Own68%784
Rent32%†362

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† 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

362 households (±118)

Montezuma, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $75064%†231
$750–1,00019%†70
$1,000–1,50017%†61

Home values

784 homes (±187)

Montezuma, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $150k69%†538
$150k–250k18%†138
$250k–400k14%†108

Age of homes

1,479 homes (±194)

Montezuma, Georgia
Georgia share

2010 or later2.4%†36
2000–20092.2%†32
1980–199915%†218

Size of homes

1,479 homes (±194)

Montezuma, Georgia
Georgia share

Studio0.9%†13
1 bedroom5.1%†75
2 bedrooms22%†332

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

1,395 workers (±214)

Montezuma, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone72%1,005
Carpool9.9%†138
Public transit0.0%0
Walk8.3%†116
Bike1.9%†27
Work from home7.8%†109
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+7.8 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

1,286 workers (±226)

Montezuma, Georgia
Georgia share

Under 15 min51%†655
15–29 min20%†252
30–44 min17%†216

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

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 Macon County, the county holding most of Montezuma's residents.

Macon County has 172 employer establishments, 145 for every 10,000 residents (0.59× the US rate of 248; 0.62× Georgia's), with 1,948 paid employees at an average annual pay of $61,412. The Census Bureau also counts 959 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 172; 959 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 145; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 1,948
Average annual pay: $61,412; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	14	11.8	0.64×Fewer than typical	105	$19,714	—
Religious organizations	12	10.1	1.83×More than typical	34	$11,824	—
Ambulatory health care services	9	7.6	0.36×Too few to compare	43	$52,535	35
Grocery and convenience stores	8	6.8	2.28×Too few to compare	102	$16,412	4
Limited-service restaurants	8	6.8	0.84×Too few to compare	48	$28,313	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	7	5.9	1.17×Too few to compare	44	$41,841	32
Truck transportation	7	5.9	1.17×Too few to compare	67	$54,776	74
Gasoline stations	6	5.1	1.56×Too few to compare	26	$37,385	—
Health and personal care stores	6	5.1	1.91×Too few to compare	33	$43,848	19
Lessors of real estate	6	5.1	0.41×Too few to compare	55	$56,036	38
Beer, wine and liquor stores	5	4.2	3.90×Too few to compare	8	$21,250	—
General merchandise stores	5	4.2	2.39×Too few to compare	42	$16,119	6

Rank places for an industry Open Macon County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 11,838 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 $7,310 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Montezuma, Georgia: $2.46 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $7,310
Per resident: $2.46; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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 Air Force$7,310100%

Top recipients

RCA CONTRACTING, INC.$7,310100%

Spending by fiscal year

7.3KFY2026

What was bought

Construction & real property$7,310100%

Top industries (NAICS)

Building equipment contractors · 2382$7,310100%

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 Montezuma, Georgia, so they do not add up across cities.

Montezuma, Georgia's figures are part of those of Macon County, GA ($159.1K in FY2026), never added to them: 4.6% of that total.

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

See federal money in Macon 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.

Montezuma, 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.

Macon County1100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Macon County

Largest first.

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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