Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety12#813/924
Economy23#714/925
Housing35#599/925
Health28#669/925
Healthcare39#561/923
Environment15#778/917
Education54#427/925
Infrastructure26#687/925
Community10#834/925
Leisure & amenities46#504/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Columbus, GA-AL metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Comfortable days · high31.6%
88/100Georgia 31.5%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Depression · low20.6%
87/100Georgia 19.3%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Cost of buying a home today · low25.8%
83/100Georgia 31.1%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Public transit commuters · high1.0%
81/100Georgia 1.1%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Drug overdose deaths · low10.2 /100k
81/100Georgia 14.1 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from countiesCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figure
New business applications · high15.1 /1k
79/100Georgia 22.5 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Loneliness · high38.4%
6/100Georgia 37.9%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Homicide rate · high10.5 /100k
8/100Georgia 7.4 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.0 µg/m³
8/100Georgia 9.1 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAggregated from counties
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.485
12/100Georgia 0.477United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Premature death · high12,658 /100k
13/100Georgia 9,221 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Firearm deaths · high22.5 /100k
14/100Georgia 16.7 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from countiesCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figure

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 69% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+69 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Violent crime rateWorsening
147 /100k (2020) → 335 /100k (2025)
+127%5 yearsUS 389 /100k → 328 /100k
Homicide rateImproving
27.6 /100k (2021) → 10.5 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−62%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
23.4 /100k (2021) → 10.2 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−56%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
76.0% (2015-2019) → 86.5% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
62.6% (2010 & 2021) → 72.2% (2022 & 2024)
+9.6 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%

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, Columbus, GA-AL metro area improved on 11 of 29 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 9 moved within the margin of error and 5 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved11

Grocery stores+24%1.3 /10k → 1.7 /10k
Restaurants+12%6.7 /10k → 7.4 /10k
Arts & recreation+25%2.4 /10k → 3.0 /10k
Bachelor's++4 points24.0% → 28.1%
Firearm deaths−17%27.2 /100k → 22.5 /100k

Declined4

Violent crime+127%147 /100k → 335 /100k
New businesses−13%17.3 /1k → 15.1 /1k
Suicides+27%15.3 /100k → 19.4 /100k
Price / income+0.3×3.0× → 3.3×

All 29 measures

Change of every measure of Columbus, GA-AL metro area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.4 /10k2020	3.0 /10k2025	+25%	Improved	81%
Average commute time	22.6 min2015-2019	22.6 min2020-2024	+0.0 min	Within the margin of error	63%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%2015-2019	28.1%2020-2024	+4 points	Improved	78%
Broadband subscriptions	76.0%2015-2019	86.5%2020-2024	+10 points	Improved	66%
Child poverty rate	27.1%2015-2019	25.5%2020-2024	−1.5 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Distance to an airport	84 mi2020	84 mi2025	−0 mi	Little change	95%
Drug overdose deaths	16.6 /100k2020	10.2 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−38%	Improved	67%
Effective property tax rate	0.83%2015-2019	0.76%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	31%
Firearm deaths	27.2 /100k2020	22.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−17%	Improved	79%
Grocery stores	1.3 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	+24%	Improved	91%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.9 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	+21%	Improved	72%
High school diploma or higher	87.0%2015-2019	89.1%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Home price to income ratio	3.0×2015-2019	3.3×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	65%
Income adjusted for local prices	$45,5312019	$59,7032024	+31%	Improved	45%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4902015-2019	0.4852020-2024	−0.005	Within the margin of error	69%
Median household income	$47,5712015-2019	$59,3362020-2024	+25%	Improved	37%
New business applications	17.3 /1k2020	15.1 /1k2025	−13%	Declined	2%
Pharmacies	1.5 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	+1.3%	Little change	76%
Poverty rate	19.1%2015-2019	18.7%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Public libraries	0.4 /10k2019	0.4 /10k2024	−0.9%	Little change	57%
Public transit commuters	0.9%2015-2019	1.0%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	91%
Rent as share of income	30.0%2015-2019	30.5%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Rent-burdened households	50.0%2015-2019	51.0%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Restaurants and bars	6.7 /10k2020	7.4 /10k2025	+12%	Improved	83%
Suicide rate	15.3 /100k2020	19.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+27%	Declined	19%
Traffic deaths	17.1 /100k2015-2019	17.3 /100k2020-2024	+1.4%	Little change	60%
Unemployment rate	6.7%2020	3.9%2025	−2.8 points	Improved	46%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	12.7%2015-2019	12.9%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Violent crime rate	147 /100k2020	335 /100k2025	+127%	Declined	1%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Columbus, GA-AL metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Columbus, GA-AL metro area 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, Columbus, GA-AL metro area itself moved −0.1 points in standing on average over the same 28 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

325,615 residents

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 (−1.0 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

325,615 residents

Columbus, GA-AL metro area
United States share

White43%140,117
Black42%136,198
Hispanic or Latino7.7%25,108

Education

217,837 residents (±408)

Columbus, GA-AL metro area
United States share

No high school diploma11%23,701
High school or GED29%62,330
Some college23%49,941

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

127,512 households (±1,104)

Columbus, GA-AL metro area
United States share

Under $25k22%27,644
$25k–50k21%27,123
$50k–75k18%23,412
$75k–100k12%15,554
$100k–150k14%17,936
$150k–200k5.5%7,005
$200k or more6.9%8,838

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−6.4 points).

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

127,512 households (±1,104)

Columbus, GA-AL metro area
United States share

Own58%73,765
Rent42%53,747

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+1.9 points).

Table view

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

Rent paid

51,116 households (±1,534)

Columbus, GA-AL metro area
United States share

Under $75020%10,159
$750–1,00024%12,130
$1,000–1,50038%19,462

Home values

73,765 homes (±1,444)

Columbus, GA-AL metro area
United States share

Under $150k35%25,840
$150k–250k27%20,103
$250k–400k25%18,671

Age of homes

145,963 homes (±521)

Columbus, GA-AL metro area
United States share

2010 or later12%17,064
2000–200916%23,403
1980–199925%36,908

Size of homes

145,963 homes (±521)

Columbus, GA-AL metro area
United States share

Studio1.4%1,974
1 bedroom7.7%11,299
2 bedrooms24%35,471

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

140,813 workers (±1,929)

Columbus, GA-AL metro area
United States share

Drive alone74%104,677
Carpool9.6%13,543
Public transit1.0%1,372
Walk2.1%2,948
Bike0.2%†262
Work from home11%15,569
Other1.7%2,442

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−6.0 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

125,244 workers (±2,003)

Columbus, GA-AL metro area
United States share

Under 15 min29%36,556
15–29 min45%56,280
30–44 min16%19,754

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 10 largest occupations in Columbus, GA-AL employ 26,060 people. 10 pay a median below the US median.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Columbus, GA-AL by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Fast Food and Counter Workers4,060 jobs	4,060	$23,300US $31,200	−25%	1.41×
Retail Salespersons3,580 jobs	3,580	$28,180US $35,410	−20%	1.23×
Cashiers2,900 jobs	2,900	$26,980US $32,880	−18%	1.25×
Registered Nurses2,790 jobs	2,790	$82,500US $97,550	−15%	1.1×
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand2,490 jobs	2,490	$36,910US $40,240	−8%	1.13×
Customer Service Representatives2,150 jobs	2,150	$37,330US $44,770	−17%	1.1×
Stockers and Order Fillers2,150 jobs	2,150	$31,690US $37,330	−15%	1.02×
General and Operations Managers2,140 jobs	2,140	$82,330US $105,770	−22%	0.81×
Waiters and Waitresses2,080 jobs	2,080	$20,800US $35,230	−41%	1.22×
Office Clerks, General1,720 jobs	1,720	$37,340US $45,010	−17%	0.93×

Look up any occupation

Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in Columbus, GA-AL.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

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.

Columbus, GA-AL has 6,158 employer establishments, 190 for every 10,000 residents (0.77× the US rate of 248), with 98,314 paid employees at an average annual pay of $50,972. The Census Bureau also counts 25,596 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 6,158; 25,596 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 190; US 248
Paid employees: 98,314
Average annual pay: $50,972; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Columbus, GA-AL by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	587	18.1	0.87×About typical	6,453	$67,501	1,326
Restaurants and other eating places	584	18	0.98×About typical	10,822	$18,894	107
Limited-service restaurants	324	10	1.25×About typical	5,419	$17,081	32
Specialty trade contractors	308	9.5	0.61×Fewer than typical	2,644	$51,314	1,504
Lessors of real estate	305	9.4	0.76×Fewer than typical	1,130	$55,919	1,820
Religious organizations	256	7.9	1.42×More than typical	1,972	$22,407	—
Offices of physicians	248	7.7	1.18×About typical	2,160	$87,610	181
Full-service restaurants	203	6.3	0.82×About typical	4,860	$21,196	37
Services to buildings and dwellings	156	4.8	0.71×Fewer than typical	2,059	$31,340	2,342
Gasoline stations	148	4.6	1.41×More than typical	807	$23,445	25
Grocery and convenience stores	133	4.1	1.38×More than typical	2,483	$28,060	90
Construction of buildings	131	4	0.53×Fewer than typical	881	$70,347	624

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 323,962 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $418.9M on contracts performed in Columbus, GA-AL metro area: $1,290 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $418.9M; −8.4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,290; US $1,994
Sole-source: 27%; US 30%
Single offer: 12%; 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 Army$261.3M62%
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$63.8M15%
Defense Logistics Agency$54.2M13%
Department of the Air Force$31.4M7.5%
Defense Health Agency$7.2M1.7%
Environmental Protection Agency$2.3M0.6%
Defense Commissary Agency$1.7M0.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs$1M0.2%

Top recipients

V2X SYSTEMS LLC$52.1M12%
GEORGIA VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AGENCY$47.5M11%
RTX CORPORATION$46M11%
TIYA SERVICES, L.L.C.$44.7M11%
SPEEGLE CONSTRUCTION, INC$31.5M7.5%

Spending by fiscal year

424.6MFY2017
462.6MFY2018
522MFY2019
385.1MFY2020
426.1MFY2021
410.1MFY2022
602.9MFY2023
499.7M

Top industries (NAICS)

Facilities support services · 5612$102.4M24%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$57.9M14%
Special food services · 7223$47.5M11%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$46M11%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$39.6M9.5%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$20.5M

Part of this section could not be loaded in time.

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.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $2.5B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Columbus, GA-AL metro area: $7,746 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $2.5B; +0.1% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,746; US $12,955
Loan face value: $196M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.4%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$1B41%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$741.6M29%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$219.2M8.7%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$118M4.7%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$87.3M3.5%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$41.7M1.7%
64.110 · Veterans Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Service-Connected Death$40.3M1.6%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$35M1.4%

Top recipients (organizations)

THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF COLUMBUS GEORGIA$40M1.6%
COLUMBUS, GA
ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$27.7M1.1%
MONTGOMERY, AL
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$19.2M0.8%
ATLANTA, GA
COLUMBUS STATE UNIVERSITY$18.6M0.7%
COLUMBUS, GA
ENRICHMENT SERVICES PROGRAM, INC.

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$1.5B58%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$842.1M33%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$51.9M2.1%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Federal Highway Administration$47.5M1.9%
Department of Transportation
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

2.1BFY2021
2.1BFY2022
2.3BFY2023
2.4BFY2024
2.5BFY2025
2.5BFY2026

County aggregates

92%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Columbus, GA-AL

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

States

The share of the area's residents living in each state.

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

ColumbusPrincipal city203,711

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Georgia

Areas based in Georgia, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved11

Declined4

Metro and micro areas like Columbus, GA-AL metro area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Getting to work

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Jobs and pay

Look up any occupation

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Columbus, GA-AL

States

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Georgia

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Declined4

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