Scores by category

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

Safety6#14,761/15,637
Economy7#14,538/15,631
Housing58#6,231/14,977
Health13#13,615/15,609
Healthcare6#14,718/15,650
Environment23#11,825/15,453
Education13#13,619/15,649
Infrastructure14#13,425/15,650
Community1#15,476/15,651
Leisure & amenities13#13,548/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Pharmacies · high2.5 /10k
91/100Georgia 1.8 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsColquitt County value
New homes permitted · high11.3 /1k
90/100Georgia 5.5 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Comfortable days · high33.0%
90/100Georgia 31.5%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationColquitt County value
Job growth · high2.2%
90/100Georgia 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataColquitt County value
Average commute time · low17.8 min
87/100Georgia 28.3 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Georgia 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteColquitt County value

Weaknesses

Preventable hospital stays · high6,889 /100k
0/100Georgia 3,147 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteColquitt County value
Distance to an emergency room · high24.3 mi
1/100Georgia 7.4 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesColquitt County value
Loneliness · high42.1%
2/100Georgia 37.9%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Child poverty rate · high44.2%
2/100Georgia 16.9%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high10.0 µg/m³
3/100Georgia 9.1 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyColquitt County value
Poverty rate · high28.0%
3/100Georgia 12.8%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001

Trends

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

New homes permittedImproving
3.5 /1k (2021) → 11.3 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+224%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
66.2% (2015-2019) → 44.9% (2020-2024)
−21 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
70.2% (2015-2019) → 86.6% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$27,129 (2015-2019) → $43,670 (2020-2024)
+61%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Child poverty rateWorsening
36.5% (2015-2019) → 44.2% (2020-2024)
+7.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
35.6% (2015-2019) → 28.4% (2020-2024)
−7.2 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, Moultrie, Georgia improved on 5 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 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.

Improved5

Rent burden−21 points66.2% → 44.9%
Uninsured−7 points24.0% → 17.0%
Household income+61%$27,129 → $43,670
Rent / income−7.2 points35.6% → 28.4%
Broadband+16 points70.2% → 86.6%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Moultrie, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.6 min2015-2019	17.8 min2020-2024	−3.9 min	Within the margin of error	84%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%2015-2019	19.5%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Within the margin of error	53%
Broadband subscriptions	70.2%2015-2019	86.6%2020-2024	+16 points	Improved	83%
Child poverty rate	36.5%2015-2019	44.2%2020-2024	+7.7 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Effective property tax rate	1.19%2015-2019	0.91%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	71%
High school diploma or higher	74.0%2015-2019	80.7%2020-2024	+6.6 points	Within the margin of error	88%
Home price to income ratio	3.5×2015-2019	3.6×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	73%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5352015-2019	0.5002020-2024	−0.036	Within the margin of error	77%
Median household income	$27,1292015-2019	$43,6702020-2024	+61%	Improved	91%
Poverty rate	29.6%2015-2019	28.0%2020-2024	−1.6 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Rent as share of income	35.6%2015-2019	28.4%2020-2024	−7.2 points	Improved	88%
Rent-burdened households	66.2%2015-2019	44.9%2020-2024	−21 points	Improved	94%
Unemployment rate	12.3%2015-2019	7.1%2020-2024	−5.2 points	Within the margin of error	96%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	24.0%2015-2019	17.0%2020-2024	−7 points	Improved	92%

“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 Moultrie, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Moultrie, 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, Moultrie, Georgia itself moved +16.5 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

14,588 residents (±27)

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: 10–19 women (−4.1 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

14,588 residents (±27)

Moultrie, Georgia
Georgia share

White39%5,698
Black46%6,697
Hispanic or Latino12%1,783

Education

9,382 residents (±382)

Moultrie, Georgia
Georgia share

No high school diploma19%1,813
High school or GED37%3,496
Some college18%1,653

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

5,786 households (±373)

Moultrie, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k35%2,044
$25k–50k27%1,584
$50k–75k9.9%†573
$75k–100k9.6%†558
$100k–150k9.8%†569
$150k–200k3.3%†193
$200k or more4.6%†265

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−10.9 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

5,786 households (±373)

Moultrie, Georgia
Georgia share

Own41%2,374
Rent59%3,412

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

Table view

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

Rent paid

3,261 households (±323)

Moultrie, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $75045%1,460
$750–1,00021%†698
$1,000–1,50027%†892

Home values

2,374 homes (±337)

Moultrie, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $150k46%1,096
$150k–250k36%856
$250k–400k11%†267

Age of homes

6,722 homes (±345)

Moultrie, Georgia
Georgia share

2010 or later9.4%634
2000–200916%1,103
1980–199921%1,399

Size of homes

6,722 homes (±345)

Moultrie, Georgia
Georgia share

Studio1.5%†101
1 bedroom9.7%†654
2 bedrooms37%2,512

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

6,069 workers (±521)

Moultrie, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone80%4,835
Carpool16%949
Public transit0.3%†16
Walk0.5%†29
Bike0.0%0
Work from home3.9%†237
Other0.0%†3

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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

5,832 workers (±504)

Moultrie, Georgia
Georgia share

Under 15 min54%3,143
15–29 min23%1,348
30–44 min11%615

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 Moultrie, 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 Colquitt County, the county holding most of Moultrie's residents.

Colquitt County has 951 employer establishments, 205 for every 10,000 residents (0.82× the US rate of 248; 0.87× Georgia's), with 12,351 paid employees at an average annual pay of $43,930. The Census Bureau also counts 4,138 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 951; 4,138 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 205; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 12,351
Average annual pay: $43,930; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	75	16.1	0.77×Fewer than typical	240	$76,296	181
Restaurants and other eating places	60	12.9	0.70×Fewer than typical	978	$17,204	29
Specialty trade contractors	59	12.7	0.82×About typical	293	$36,730	341
Religious organizations	36	7.7	1.40×More than typical	168	$24,268	—
Offices of physicians	35	7.5	1.16×About typical	58	$130,103	27
Truck transportation	32	6.9	1.36×More than typical	257	$42,623	148
Limited-service restaurants	29	6.2	0.78×Fewer than typical	621	$17,082	6
Construction of buildings	27	5.8	0.77×Fewer than typical	136	$53,743	267
Services to buildings and dwellings	27	5.8	0.86×About typical	65	$27,908	529
Grocery and convenience stores	26	5.6	1.89×More than typical	356	$24,517	21
Lessors of real estate	26	5.6	0.45×Fewer than typical	55	$44,400	224
Gasoline stations	24	5.2	1.59×More than typical	115	$22,113	—

Rank places for an industry Open Colquitt County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 46,475 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 $562 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Moultrie, Georgia: $0.04 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $562; −23% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0.04; US $1,994
Sole-source: 100%; 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

Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services$562100%

Top recipients

SUNBELT AGRICULTURAL EXPOSITION, INC$562100.0%

Spending by fiscal year

18.5KFY2017
17KFY2018
11.8KFY2019
13.7KFY2020
9.1KFY2021
11.8KFY2022
6.6KFY2023
368.9FY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Educational support services · 6117$562100.0%

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

Moultrie, Georgia's figures are part of those of Colquitt County, GA ($368.3K in FY2026), never added to them: 0.2% of that total.

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

See federal money in Colquitt 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.

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

House

Austin ScottR-GA-8 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.3%

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.

Colquitt County7100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Moultrie, GA2

Other cities and towns in Colquitt 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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