City · Houston County, Georgia

Warner Robins, Georgia

Warner Robins is a city in Houston County, Georgia, part of the Warner Robins, GA metro area. It has 82,990 residents. Warner Robins, Georgia has a quality-of-life score of 30 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,031 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Georgia it ranks #134 of 386 cities and towns. It ranks best on child care cost burden (low), natural hazard risk (low) and drinking water violations (low). It ranks worst on public libraries (low), loneliness (high) and time spent in the emergency room (high).

30Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,031 of 15,651 cities and towns
Georgia: #134 of 386 in GA
Population: 82,990 (2020-2024)
Land area: 39 mi²
Density: 2,101.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 1380508

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 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.

Safety35#10,153/15,637
Economy33#10,400/15,631
Housing59#6,172/14,977
Health35#10,079/15,609
Healthcare17#13,061/15,650
Environment58#6,532/15,453
Education60#6,208/15,649
Infrastructure47#8,275/15,650
Community8#14,464/15,651
Leisure & amenities31#10,779/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Warner Robins, Georgia ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Houston 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 · low19.8%
95/100Georgia 23.0%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHouston County value
Natural hazard risk · low6.4
89/100Georgia 24.82025Federal Emergency Management AgencyHouston County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Georgia 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHouston County value
Days with unhealthy air · low0.0%
84/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyHouston County value
Dental care shortage · low0.0
84/100Georgia 5.9United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationHouston County value
Drug overdose deaths · low9.9 /100k
81/100Georgia 14.1 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataHouston County value

Weaknesses

Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
3/100Georgia 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesHouston County value
Loneliness · high39.0%
5/100Georgia 37.9%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Time spent in the emergency room · high240 min
5/100Georgia 168 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesHouston County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.1 µg/m³
9/100Georgia 9.1 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyHouston County value
Hospital quality rating · low2.0
9/100Georgia 3.0United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesHouston County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · high95 mi
11/100Georgia 38 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauHouston County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
76,115 (2015-2019) → 82,990 (2020-2024)
+9%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
81.7% (2015-2019) → 92.5% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$51,779 (2015-2019) → $66,970 (2020-2024)
+29%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
44.2% (2015-2019) → 49.0% (2020-2024)
+4.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.3× (2015-2019) → 2.8× (2020-2024)
+23%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Child poverty rateImproving
23.3% (2015-2019) → 19.3% (2020-2024)
−4 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, Warner Robins, Georgia improved on 4 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 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.

Improved4

Poverty−3.2 points17.4% → 14.2%
Child poverty−4 points23.3% → 19.3%
Broadband+11 points81.7% → 92.5%
Household income+29%$51,779 → $66,970

Declined1

Price / income+0.5×2.3× → 2.8×

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Warner Robins, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.4 min2015-2019	22.2 min2020-2024	−0.3 min	Within the margin of error	51%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%2015-2019	31.1%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Within the margin of error	52%
Broadband subscriptions	81.7%2015-2019	92.5%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	64%
Child poverty rate	23.3%2015-2019	19.3%2020-2024	−4 points	Improved	65%
Effective property tax rate	0.98%2015-2019	0.86%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	40%
High school diploma or higher	90.9%2015-2019	92.3%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	2.8×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	47%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4382015-2019	0.4392020-2024	+0.000	Within the margin of error	50%
Median household income	$51,7792015-2019	$66,9702020-2024	+29%	Improved	54%
Poverty rate	17.4%2015-2019	14.2%2020-2024	−3.2 points	Improved	71%
Rent as share of income	27.8%2015-2019	29.5%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Rent-burdened households	44.2%2015-2019	49.0%2020-2024	+4.7 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Unemployment rate	6.4%2015-2019	6.4%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	15.4%2015-2019	13.5%2020-2024	−1.8 points	Within the margin of error	67%

“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 Warner Robins, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Warner Robins, 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, Warner Robins, Georgia itself moved −1.7 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

82,990 residents (±376)

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

31,930 households (±961)

Warner Robins, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k17%5,298
$25k–50k22%6,970
$50k–75k17%5,510

Homes

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

Owners and renters

31,930 households (±961)

Warner Robins, Georgia
Georgia share

Own53%17,071
Rent47%14,859

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

37,299 workers (±1,264)

Warner Robins, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone78%29,220
Carpool11%3,946
Public transit0.1%28

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 Houston County, the county holding most of Warner Robins's residents.

Houston County has 2,832 employer establishments, 165 for every 10,000 residents (0.66× the US rate of 248; 0.70× Georgia's), with 44,134 paid employees at an average annual pay of $42,154. The Census Bureau also counts 15,625 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,832; 15,625 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 165; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 44,134
Average annual pay: $42,154; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	318	18.5	1.01×About typical	7,227	$17,606	73
Ambulatory health care services	316	18.4	0.88×About typical	3,060	$62,598	698
Limited-service restaurants	177	10.3	1.28×More than typical	3,817	$16,321	31
Lessors of real estate	126	7.3	0.60×Fewer than typical	437	$54,414	1,059
Offices of physicians	120	7	1.08×About typical	1,100	$74,745	93
Specialty trade contractors	111	6.5	0.42×Fewer than typical	815	$47,271	853
Full-service restaurants	101	5.9	0.77×Fewer than typical	2,866	$19,755	29
Religious organizations	93	5.4	0.98×About typical	791	$24,212	—
Gasoline stations	92	5.4	1.65×More than typical	706	$38,669	13
Offices of other health practitioners	80	4.7	0.77×Fewer than typical	624	$58,851	221
Services to buildings and dwellings	72	4.2	0.62×Fewer than typical	1,148	$29,884	1,371
Construction of buildings	62	3.6	0.48×Fewer than typical	351	$75,698	464

Rank places for an industry Open Houston County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 171,756 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 $175.4M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Warner Robins, Georgia: $2,114 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $175.4M; −34% vs FY2025
Per resident: $2,114; US $1,994
Sole-source: 64%; US 30%
Single offer: 5.3%; 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$121.7M69%
Defense Logistics Agency$23.9M14%
Federal Acquisition Service$21.4M12%
Department of the Army$4.8M2.8%
Department of the Navy$3.1M1.8%
Defense Health Agency$151.3K0.1%
Department of Veterans Affairs$88.3K0.1%
U.S. Coast Guard$78.8K0.0%

Top recipients

NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORP$58.7M33%
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$13.6M7.7%
CACI, INC. - FEDERAL$8.1M4.6%
THE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY$7.6M4.3%
STRATEGIC ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS, CORPORATION$7.2M4.1%

Spending by fiscal year

533.3MFY2017
234.7MFY2018
219.3MFY2019
182.6MFY2020
183MFY2021
183.6MFY2022
209.1MFY2023
216.3M

Top industries (NAICS)

Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance · 8112$41.6M24%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$36.9M21%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$28.9M16%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$19.3M11%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$16.9M9.7%

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Warner Robins, Georgia

ALQ-135 REPAIR$47.2M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORP· Houston County, GA· Equipment maintenance· Nov 29, 2016 – Feb 10, 2026· FA854014C0009
402 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING GROUP (SWEG) SOFTWARE SUPPORT SERVICES$46.7M
AGILE DECISION SCIENCES, LLC· Houston County, GA· IT & telecom· Nov 8, 2021 – Nov 20, 2025· FA857122C0001
LAIRCM AAQ-24 REPAIRS$35.1M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORP· Houston County, GA· Equipment maintenance· Nov 25, 2025 – May 11, 2026· FA852226F0003
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE OPTIMIZED REMEDIATION CONTRACT

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 Warner Robins, Georgia, so they do not add up across cities.

Warner Robins, Georgia's figures are part of those of Houston County, GA and Peach County, GA ($928.7M in FY2026), never added to them: 19% of that total.

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

See federal money in Houston 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.

Warner Robins, Georgia is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

County

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

Houston County5799% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Warner Robins, GA46

Other cities and towns in Houston 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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