City · Tift County, Georgia

Omega, Georgia

Omega is a city in Tift County, Georgia, part of the Tifton, GA metro area. It has 1,194 residents. Omega, Georgia has a quality-of-life score of 9 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,253 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Georgia it ranks #251 of 386 cities and towns. It ranks best on public EV charging ports (high), pharmacies (high) and comfortable days (high). It ranks worst on bachelor's degree or higher (low), time spent in the emergency room (high) and physical inactivity (high).

9Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,253 of 15,651 cities and towns
Georgia: #251 of 386 in GA
Population: 1,194 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 669.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 1358184

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

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

Safety12#13,717/15,637
Economy12#13,697/15,631
Housing67#4,884/14,977
Health12#13,772/15,609
Healthcare9#14,241/15,650
Environment40#9,293/15,453
Education25#11,754/15,649
Infrastructure8#14,353/15,650
Community16#13,181/15,651
Leisure & amenities38#9,737/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Public EV charging ports · high16.1 /10k
92/100Georgia 6.7 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyTift County value
Pharmacies · high2.6 /10k
91/100Georgia 1.8 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsTift County value
Comfortable days · high32.5%
88/100Georgia 31.5%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationTift County value
Grocery stores · high2.4 /10k
86/100Georgia 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsTift County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Georgia 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTift County value
Dental care shortage · low0.0
84/100Georgia 5.9United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationTift County value

Weaknesses

Bachelor's degree or higher · low3.8%
1/100Georgia 35.0%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003High uncertainty
Time spent in the emergency room · high255 min
2/100Georgia 168 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesTift County value
Physical inactivity · high40.1%
3/100Georgia 30.5%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.639
3/100Georgia 0.477United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.7 µg/m³
4/100Georgia 9.1 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyTift County value
Distance to an airport · high127 mi
4/100Georgia 42 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauTift County value

Trends

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

Rent-burdened householdsImproving
39.0% (2015-2019) → 13.3% (2020-2024)
−26 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
60.7% (2015-2019) → 77.7% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Income inequality (Gini index)Worsening
0.399 (2015-2019) → 0.639 (2020-2024)
+60%5 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483
Median household incomeImproving
$30,880 (2015-2019) → $41,563 (2020-2024)
+35%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Average commute timeWorsening
23.3 min (2015-2019) → 30.9 min (2020-2024)
+33%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Poverty rateWorsening
28.4% (2015-2019) → 34.1% (2020-2024)
+5.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

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, Omega, Georgia improved on 0 of 8 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 7 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.

Declined1

Inequality+0.2400.399 → 0.639

All 8 measures

Change of every measure of Omega, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.3 min2015-2019	30.9 min2020-2024	+7.6 min	Within the margin of error	4%
Broadband subscriptions	60.7%2015-2019	77.7%2020-2024	+17 points	Within the margin of error	85%
Child poverty rate	35.5%2015-2019	41.0%2020-2024	+5.6 points	Within the margin of error	19%
High school diploma or higher	60.0%2015-2019	61.0%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3992015-2019	0.6392020-2024	+0.240	Declined	0%
Poverty rate	28.4%2015-2019	34.1%2020-2024	+5.7 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Rent as share of income	24.4%2015-2019	20.1%2020-2024	−4.3 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	30.0%2015-2019	26.9%2020-2024	−3.1 points	Within the margin of error	77%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 10944 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 Omega, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Omega, 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, Omega, Georgia itself moved −18 points in standing on average over the same 5 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

1,194 residents (±435)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

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

Household income

355 households (±121)

Omega, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k33%†118
$25k–50k18%†64
$50k–75k22%

Homes

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

Owners and renters

355 households (±121)

Omega, Georgia
Georgia share

Own71%†252
Rent29%†103

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.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

455 workers (±181)

Omega, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone75%†342
Carpool19%†87
Public transit

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 Tifton, 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 Tift County, the county holding most of Omega's residents.

Tift County has 1,082 employer establishments, 259 for every 10,000 residents (1.04× the US rate of 248; 1.10× Georgia's), with 18,678 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,210. The Census Bureau also counts 4,200 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,082; 4,200 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 259; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 18,678
Average annual pay: $49,210; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	98	23.5	1.28×More than typical	2,184	$16,808	23
Ambulatory health care services	91	21.8	1.05×About typical	1,664	$85,111	149
Limited-service restaurants	52	12.5	1.55×More than typical	1,144	$15,280	11
Gasoline stations	44	10.5	3.25×More than typical	307	$27,326	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	42	10.1	2.29×More than typical	161	$43,335	63
Offices of physicians	41	9.8	1.52×More than typical	1,098	$94,135	29
Religious organizations	41	9.8	1.77×More than typical	218	$25,183	—
Specialty trade contractors	40	9.6	0.62×Fewer than typical	312	$60,314	305
Full-service restaurants	39	9.3	1.22×About typical	851	$20,060	8
Lessors of real estate	36	8.6	0.70×Fewer than typical	75	$39,907	477
Grocery and convenience stores	29	6.9	2.34×More than typical	491	$25,141	12
Truck transportation	26	6.2	1.23×About typical	247	$58,526	143

Rank places for an industry Open Tift County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 41,739 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

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

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

See federal money in Tift 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.

Omega, 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.

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Tifton, GA5

Other cities and towns in Tift 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
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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