Scores by category

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

Safety28#668/924
Economy7#857/925
Housing69#290/925
Health15#788/925
Healthcare3#895/923
Environment34#607/917
Education1#916/925
Infrastructure21#732/925
Community6#870/925
Leisure & amenities9#840/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Pharmacies · high2.8 /10k
96/100Georgia 1.8 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Comfortable days · high33.0%
93/100Georgia 31.5%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Home price to income ratio · low2.4×
90/100Georgia 3.9×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Average commute time · low19.6 min
81/100Georgia 28.3 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Days with unhealthy air · low0.0%
81/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Drug overdose deaths · low10.3 /100k
81/100Georgia 14.1 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Some college · low40.9%
2/100Georgia 65.6%United States 67.8%2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Bachelor's degree or higher · low13.1%
2/100Georgia 35.0%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Loneliness · high39.6%
2/100Georgia 37.9%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Income adjusted for local prices · low$48,477
2/100Georgia $65,432United States $73,2042024U.S. Bureau of Economic AnalysisEstimated from related areas or data (see the source notes)Aggregated from counties
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high22.7%
3/100Georgia 14.0%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Poor or fair health · high28.7%
3/100Georgia 23.5%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 80% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+80 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
65.5% (2015-2019) → 86.2% (2020-2024)
+21 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Preventable hospital staysImproving
7,363 /100k (2019) → 4,488 /100k (2023)
−39%4 yearsUS 3,767 /100k → 2,769 /100k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
16.6 /100k (2021) → 10.2 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−38%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Firearm deathsImproving
21.4 /100k (2021) → 14.3 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−33%5 yearsUS 14.7 /100k → 12.1 /100k
Median Air Quality IndexWorsening
33 (2020) → 44 (2025)
+33%5 years

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, Douglas, GA micropolitan area improved on 11 of 28 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 10 moved within the margin of error and 6 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

Broadband+21 points65.5% → 86.2%
Restaurants+25%4.1 /10k → 5.1 /10k
Gyms+21%0.8 /10k → 0.9 /10k
Firearm deaths−17%17.3 /100k → 14.3 /100k
Overdose deaths−34%15.5 /100k → 10.2 /100k

Declined1

Traffic deaths+18%20.6 /100k → 24.4 /100k

All 28 measures

Change of every measure of Douglas, GA micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	1.8 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	+7.9%	Improved	48%
Average commute time	20.6 min2015-2019	19.6 min2020-2024	−1.0 min	Within the margin of error	87%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%2015-2019	13.1%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Broadband subscriptions	65.5%2015-2019	86.2%2020-2024	+21 points	Improved	98%
Child poverty rate	32.4%2015-2019	31.9%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Distance to an airport	97 mi2020	97 mi2025	+0 mi	Little change	17%
Drug overdose deaths	15.5 /100k2020	10.2 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−34%	Improved	61%
Effective property tax rate	0.84%2015-2019	0.62%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	80%
Firearm deaths	17.3 /100k2020	14.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−17%	Improved	79%
Grocery stores	1.4 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	−2.8%	Little change	38%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.8 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	+21%	Improved	72%
High school diploma or higher	74.4%2015-2019	78.5%2020-2024	+4.1 points	Within the margin of error	91%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	2.4×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	85%
Homicide rate	7.7 /100k2020	6.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−22%	Improved	45%
Income adjusted for local prices	$37,9192019	$48,4772024	+28%	Improved	21%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4782015-2019	0.4752020-2024	−0.003	Within the margin of error	64%
Median household income	$40,4232015-2019	$48,8702020-2024	+21%	Improved	17%
New business applications	12.1 /1k2020	13.4 /1k2025	+11%	Improved	8%
Pharmacies	2.9 /10k2020	2.8 /10k2025	−2.8%	Little change	62%
Poverty rate	21.7%2015-2019	23.5%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	8%
Public libraries	1.2 /10k2019	1.1 /10k2024	−2%	Little change	47%
Rent as share of income	24.6%2015-2019	27.7%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Rent-burdened households	39.5%2015-2019	45.9%2020-2024	+6.4 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Restaurants and bars	4.1 /10k2020	5.1 /10k2025	+25%	Improved	95%
Suicide rate	16.0 /100k2020	16.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+4%	Little change	52%
Traffic deaths	20.6 /100k2015-2019	24.4 /100k2020-2024	+18%	Declined	30%
Unemployment rate	5.7%2020	3.8%2025	−1.9 points	Improved	20%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	22.4%2015-2019	22.7%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	35%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 786 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; 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 Douglas, GA micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Douglas, GA micropolitan 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, Douglas, GA micropolitan area itself moved +0.3 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

51,684 residents

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

18,571 households (±378)

Douglas, GA micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k28%5,264
$25k–50k22%4,139
$50k–75k18%3,301

Homes

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

Owners and renters

18,571 households (±378)

Douglas, GA micropolitan area
United States share

Own64%11,919
Rent36%6,652

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

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

20,608 workers (±833)

Douglas, GA micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone83%17,107
Carpool8.5%1,751
Public transit0.3%†52

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 no occupation wages for Douglas, GA micropolitan area.

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.

Douglas, GA has 965 employer establishments, 186 for every 10,000 residents (0.75× the US rate of 248), with 16,335 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,387. The Census Bureau also counts 4,282 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 965; 4,282 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 186; US 248
Paid employees: 16,335
Average annual pay: $46,387; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	87	16.8	0.81×About typical	1,127	$60,437	120
Restaurants and other eating places	67	12.9	0.70×Fewer than typical	1,751	$16,914	50
Gasoline stations	43	8.3	2.56×More than typical	204	$25,240	5
Specialty trade contractors	42	8.1	0.52×Fewer than typical	373	$46,145	348
Religious organizations	39	7.5	1.36×More than typical	148	$29,115	—
Truck transportation	36	7	1.37×More than typical	578	$72,478	275
Limited-service restaurants	31	6	0.75×Fewer than typical	1,164	$17,604	17
Offices of physicians	30	5.8	0.89×About typical	428	$71,488	19
Automotive repair and maintenance	27	5.2	1.04×About typical	150	$41,033	96
General merchandise stores	26	5	2.84×More than typical	555	$27,780	29
Full-service restaurants	23	4.4	0.58×Fewer than typical	441	$15,340	18
Building equipment contractors	21	4.1	0.67×Fewer than typical	154	$47,240	59

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 51,790 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 $2.9M on contracts performed in Douglas, GA micropolitan area: $55.49 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $2.9M; +915% vs FY2025
Per resident: $55.49; US $1,994
Sole-source: 1.5%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.8%; 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

Agricultural Marketing Service$1.6M55%
Federal Acquisition Service$1.1M38%
Federal Aviation Administration$201.6K6.9%
Department of Housing and Urban Development$33.6K1.1%
U.S. Secret Service$33.3K1.1%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$23.5K0.8%

Top recipients

PREMIUM PEANUT LLC$1.6M55%
RENOWN CARGO TRAILERS, LLC$1.2M40%
GOOD OLE BOYS, LLC$201.6K6.9%
INSTITUTE FOR BUILDING TECHNOLOGY AND SAFETY$56.5K1.9%
SOUTH GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE$23K0.8%

Spending by fiscal year

493KFY2017
35.7KFY2018
14.6KFY2019
975.6KFY2020
34.1KFY2021
181.8KFY2022
5.1MFY2023
5.3MFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Other food manufacturing · 3119$1.6M55%
Motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing · 3362$1.4M47%
Colleges, universities, and professional schools · 6113$23K0.8%
Activities related to real estate · 5313$14.7K0.5%
RV parks and recreational camps · 7212$6,0500.2%

Largest awards

COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011145/4100033659/PEANUTS RAW SHELLED-BULK 44000 LB$1.6M
PREMIUM PEANUT LLC· Coffee County, GA· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 3, 2026 – Feb 3, 2026· 123J1426C0587
HOUSING INSPECTION SERVICES (HIS) - VANGUARD INSPECTION SERVICES. 10,000 INSPECTIONS ISO OF PRESIDENTIALLY DECLARED DISASTER IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA AS A RESULT OF HURRICANE BERRY.$752.8K
VANGUARD INSPECTION SERVICES· Coffee County, GA· Professional services· Sep 26, 2024 – Aug 18, 2026· 70FBR424F00000088
TRAILERS$201.6K
GOOD OLE BOYS, LLC· Coffee County, GA· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 24, 2026 – Aug 24, 2026· 6973GH26P02668
TRANSPORTABLE TEMPORARY HOUSING UNIT (TTHU) TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES (TSS) IDIQ: TASK ORDER 5 - FACTORY MONITORING IN LIVE OAK

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 $332.5M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Douglas, GA micropolitan area: $6,290 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $332.5M; +9.7% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,290; US $12,955
Loan face value: $9.5M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 25%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$132.6M40%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$30.3M9.1%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$24.8M7.5%
10.054 · Emergency Conservation Program$23M6.9%
10.102 · Emergency Forest Restoration Program$21.7M6.5%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$16.5M5.0%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$13.4M4.0%
10.051 · Commodity Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments$12.2M3.7%

Top recipients (organizations)

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$7.3M2.2%
ATLANTA, GA
SOUTH GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE$7M2.1%
DOUGLAS, GA
DOUGLAS HOUSING AUTHORITY INC$2.4M0.7%
DOUGLAS, GA
MARTIN CENTRE PRESERVATION COMPANY, INC.$1.5M0.5%
DOUGLAS, GA
UNISON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH$1M

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$192.8M58%
Farm Service Agency$78.7M24%
Department of Agriculture
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$28.5M8.6%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$7.3M2.2%
Department of Transportation
Department of Education$7M

Assistance by fiscal year

255MFY2021
255.2MFY2022
246.1MFY2023
243.5MFY2024
303.2MFY2025
332.5MFY2026

County aggregates

67%

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 Douglas, GA

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

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

DouglasPrincipal city11,749

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
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

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved11

Declined1

Metro and micro areas like Douglas, GA micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Douglas, GA

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Georgia

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved11

Declined1

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought