Scores by category

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

Safety34#10,276/15,637
Economy15#13,318/15,631
Housing73#4,030/14,977
Health27#11,423/15,609
Healthcare2#15,409/15,650
Environment25#11,624/15,453
Education22#12,271/15,649
Infrastructure0#15,630/15,650
Community17#12,946/15,651
Leisure & amenities12#13,797/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Students per teacher · low9.1×
99/100Georgia 14.1×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsWebster County value
Pharmacies · high4.2 /10k
99/100Georgia 1.8 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWebster County value
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Georgia 14.1 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataWebster County value
Grocery stores · high4.2 /10k
98/100Georgia 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWebster County value
Public libraries · high4.3 /10k
98/100Georgia 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesWebster County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.8×
95/100Georgia 3.9×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077

Weaknesses

Traffic deaths · high85.1 /100k
0/100Georgia 15.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataWebster County value
Restaurants and bars · low0.0 /10k
0/100Georgia 8.5 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWebster County value
Job growth · low-11.1%
0/100Georgia 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataWebster County value
Dentists · low0 /100k
0/100Georgia 54 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWebster County value
Social associations · low0.0 /10k
0/100Georgia 8.8 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWebster County value
Mammography screening · low23.0%
0/100Georgia 44.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWebster County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
2,610 (2015-2019) → 2,381 (2020-2024)
−8.8%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
69.0% (2015-2019) → 28.1% (2020-2024)
−41 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
33.7% (2015-2019) → 11.9% (2020-2024)
−22 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
10.2% (2015-2019) → 26.7% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Child poverty rateImproving
37.3% (2015-2019) → 25.7% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
High school diploma or higherImproving
79.3% (2015-2019) → 88.8% (2020-2024)
+9.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

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, Webster County, Georgia improved on 2 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 8 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.

Improved2

Rent / income−22 points33.7% → 11.9%
Inequality−0.0790.495 → 0.417

Declined1

Uninsured+16 points10.2% → 26.7%

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Webster County, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	29.8 min2015-2019	33.8 min2020-2024	+4.0 min	Within the margin of error	14%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%2015-2019	8.9%2020-2024	−5.8 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Broadband subscriptions	63.7%2015-2019	72.4%2020-2024	+8.7 points	Within the margin of error	53%
Effective property tax rate	0.66%2015-2019	0.77%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	6%
High school diploma or higher	79.3%2015-2019	88.8%2020-2024	+9.5 points	Within the margin of error	95%
Home price to income ratio	1.8×2015-2019	1.8×2020-2024	+0.0×	Within the margin of error	79%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4952015-2019	0.4172020-2024	−0.079	Improved	92%
Median household income	$37,2972015-2019	$46,7922020-2024	+25%	Within the margin of error	45%
Poverty rate	22.4%2015-2019	22.3%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Rent as share of income	33.7%2015-2019	11.9%2020-2024	−22 points	Improved	99%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.2%2015-2019	26.7%2020-2024	+16 points	Declined	1%

“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 Webster County, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Webster County, 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, Webster County, Georgia itself moved +9.3 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

2,381 residents (±222)

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 (+8.0 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

2,381 residents (±222)

Webster County, Georgia
Georgia share

White39%922
Black56%1,336
Hispanic or Latino4.4%†105

Education

1,794 residents (±188)

Webster County, Georgia
Georgia share

No high school diploma11%†201
High school or GED47%845
Some college23%†414

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

843 households (±110)

Webster County, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k26%†217
$25k–50k26%†220
$50k–75k18%†149
$75k–100k14%†122
$100k–150k12%†99
$150k–200k1.5%†13
$200k or more2.7%†23

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 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

843 households (±110)

Webster County, Georgia
Georgia share

Own77%649
Rent23%†194

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

159 households (±69)

Webster County, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $75073%†116
$750–1,00011%†18
$1,000–1,5008.2%†13

Home values

649 homes (±120)

Webster County, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $150k74%478
$150k–250k21%†139
$250k–400k4.9%†32

Age of homes

1,143 homes (±136)

Webster County, Georgia
Georgia share

2010 or later7.1%†81
2000–200914%†162
1980–199945%511

Size of homes

1,143 homes (±136)

Webster County, Georgia
Georgia share

Studio1.8%†20
1 bedroom0.9%†10
2 bedrooms26%†295

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

1,099 workers (±175)

Webster County, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone84%921
Carpool11%†117
Public transit1.2%†13
Walk1.1%†12
Bike0.0%0
Work from home3.3%†36
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−8.7 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,063 workers (±166)

Webster County, Georgia
Georgia share

Under 15 min23%†249
15–29 min22%†235
30–44 min25%†267

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 Webster County, the county holding most of Webster County's residents.

Webster County has 33 employer establishments, 140 for every 10,000 residents (0.56× the US rate of 248; 0.59× Georgia's), with 412 paid employees at an average annual pay of $57,053. The Census Bureau also counts 180 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 33; 180 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 140; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 412
Average annual pay: $57,053; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	3	12.7	0.82×Too few to compare	18	$30,556	9
Truck transportation	3	12.7	2.52×Too few to compare	24	$54,292	16
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Advertising, public relations and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Ambulatory health care services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	5
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Architectural, engineering and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	4
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	5
Banks and credit unions	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Barber shops	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Beauty salons	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	9

Rank places for an industry Open Webster County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 2,358 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 $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Webster County, Georgia: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; 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

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

8.4KFY2019

What was bought

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 Webster County, Georgia, so they do not add up across cities.

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

See federal money in Webster 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.

Webster County, 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.

Webster County8100% of residents

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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