City · Crawford County, Georgia

Roberta, Georgia

Roberta is a city in Crawford County, Georgia, part of the Macon-Bibb County, GA metro area. It has 1,257 residents. Roberta, Georgia has a quality-of-life score of 5 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,892 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Georgia it ranks #297 of 386 cities and towns. It ranks best on child care cost burden (low), drinking water violations (low) and comfortable days (high). It ranks worst on mental health providers (low), grocery stores (low) and access to exercise opportunities (low).

5Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,892 of 15,651 cities and towns
Georgia: #297 of 386 in GA
Population: 1,257 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 844.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 1365856

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 70 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.

Safety28#11,218/15,637
Economy7#14,570/15,631
Housing62#5,677/14,977
Health17#13,032/15,609
Healthcare3#15,104/15,650
Environment46#8,382/15,453
Education22#12,282/15,649
Infrastructure3#15,237/15,650
Community2#15,312/15,651
Leisure & amenities0#15,645/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Child care cost burden · low18.9%
97/100Georgia 23.0%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCrawford County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Georgia 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCrawford County value
Comfortable days · high31.3%
84/100Georgia 31.5%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationCrawford County value
Rent-burdened households · low31.0%
78/100Georgia 52.4%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Violent crime rate · low129 /100k
76/100Georgia 297 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCrawford County value
High ozone days · low0 days
76/100Georgia 1 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyCrawford County value

Weaknesses

Mental health providers · low8 /100k
0/100Georgia 201 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCrawford County value
Grocery stores · low0.0 /10k
0/100Georgia 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCrawford County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low2.5%
0/100Georgia 74.6%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCrawford County value
Job growth · low-8.9%
0/100Georgia 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataCrawford County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.0 /10k
1/100Georgia 4.9 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCrawford County value
Primary care physicians · low8 /100k
1/100Georgia 67 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCrawford County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,031 (2015-2019) → 1,257 (2020-2024)
+22%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
57.8% (2015-2019) → 31.0% (2020-2024)
−27 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Unemployment rateWorsening
3.7% (2015-2019) → 15.6% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$35,625 (2015-2019) → $54,766 (2020-2024)
+54%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent as share of incomeImproving
35.1% (2015-2019) → 26.0% (2020-2024)
−9.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Child poverty rateWorsening
40.9% (2015-2019) → 48.2% (2020-2024)
+7.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%

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, Roberta, Georgia improved on 0 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 12 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 12 measures

Change of every measure of Roberta, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%2015-2019	14.1%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Broadband subscriptions	68.6%2015-2019	68.1%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	7%
Child poverty rate	40.9%2015-2019	48.2%2020-2024	+7.3 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Effective property tax rate	0.90%2015-2019	1.10%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	3%
High school diploma or higher	78.5%2015-2019	80.7%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	48%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4642015-2019	0.4272020-2024	−0.036	Within the margin of error	78%
Median household income	$35,6252015-2019	$54,7662020-2024	+54%	Within the margin of error	87%
Poverty rate	31.4%2015-2019	36.8%2020-2024	+5.4 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Rent as share of income	35.1%2015-2019	26.0%2020-2024	−9.1 points	Within the margin of error	92%
Rent-burdened households	57.8%2015-2019	31.0%2020-2024	−27 points	Within the margin of error	97%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	16.1%2015-2019	21.3%2020-2024	+5.2 points	Within the margin of error	10%

“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 Roberta, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Roberta, 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, Roberta, Georgia itself moved +13.9 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

1,257 residents (±331)

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 men (+7.6 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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,257 residents (±331)

Roberta, Georgia
Georgia share

White47%†596
Black47%†585
Hispanic or Latino0.1%†

Education

716 residents (±203)

Roberta, Georgia
Georgia share

No high school diploma19%†138
High school or GED35%†252
Some college22%†

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

411 households (±109)

Roberta, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k34%†139
$25k–50k12%†50
$50k–75k23%†95
$75k–100k16%†66
$100k–150k13%†52
$150k–200k0.5%†2
$200k or more1.7%†7

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−12.7 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

411 households (±109)

Roberta, Georgia
Georgia share

Own40%†163
Rent60%†248

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

248 households (±99)

Roberta, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $75054%†135
$750–1,00011%†28
$1,000–1,50024%†59

Home values

163 homes (±58)

Roberta, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $150k39%†64
$150k–250k39%†63
$250k–400k17%†27

Age of homes

502 homes (±118)

Roberta, Georgia
Georgia share

2010 or later6.0%†30
2000–20099.2%†46
1980–199918%†89

Size of homes

502 homes (±118)

Roberta, Georgia
Georgia share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom11%†56
2 bedrooms35%†176

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

336 workers (±155)

Roberta, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone76%†254
Carpool13%†42
Public transit0.0%0
Walk6.0%†20
Bike0.0%0
Work from home6.0%†20
Other0.0%0

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

316 workers (±153)

Roberta, Georgia
Georgia share

Under 15 min37%†118
15–29 min14%†44
30–44 min34%†106

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 Macon-Bibb County, 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 Crawford County, the county holding most of Roberta's residents.

Crawford County has 127 employer establishments, 104 for every 10,000 residents (0.42× the US rate of 248; 0.44× Georgia's), with 694 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,572. The Census Bureau also counts 960 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 127; 960 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 104; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 694
Average annual pay: $44,572; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	16	13.1	0.84×About typical	78	$47,090	129
Building equipment contractors	11	9	1.49×More than typical	68	$49,735	31
Gasoline stations	8	6.5	2.02×Too few to compare	43	$21,209	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	8	6.5	0.97×Too few to compare	39	$40,308	121
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	6	4.9	1.48×Too few to compare	47	$47,426	17
Religious organizations	6	4.9	0.88×Too few to compare	11	$30,091	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	5	4.1	0.81×Too few to compare	14	$34,500	40
Electrical contractors and wiring installation	5	4.1	1.65×Too few to compare	21	$54,905	14
General merchandise stores	5	4.1	2.31×Too few to compare	28	$19,643	9
Grocery and convenience stores	5	4.1	1.38×Too few to compare	7	$34,714	4
Landscaping services	5	4.1	1.17×Too few to compare	22	$43,136	57
Construction of buildings	4	3.3	0.43×Too few to compare	6	$39,833	42

Rank places for an industry Open Crawford County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 12,244 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: Roberta is mostly in Crawford County.

See federal money in Crawford 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.

Roberta, 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.

Crawford County15100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Macon-Bibb County, GA12

Other cities and towns in Crawford 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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