Scores by category

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

Safety49#474/924
Economy13#801/925
Housing50#462/925
Health46#497/925
Healthcare19#750/923
Environment18#749/917
Education56#410/925
Infrastructure21#727/925
Community1#912/925
Leisure & amenities12#817/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

New homes permitted · high11.0 /1k
96/100Georgia 5.5 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Injury deaths · low65 /100k
92/100Georgia 80 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Comfortable days · high32.7%
91/100Georgia 31.5%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Suicide rate · low12.6 /100k
89/100Georgia 14.7 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Depression · low21.0%
85/100Georgia 19.3%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Drug overdose deaths · low9.6 /100k
84/100Georgia 14.1 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
4/100Georgia 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesAggregated from counties
Income adjusted for local prices · low$50,529
4/100Georgia $65,432United States $73,2042024U.S. Bureau of Economic AnalysisEstimated from related areas or data (see the source notes)Aggregated from counties
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.2 µg/m³
5/100Georgia 9.1 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAggregated from counties
Poverty rate · high22.6%
5/100Georgia 12.8%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low1.8 /10k
7/100Georgia 4.9 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Preventable hospital stays · high4,071 /100k
8/100Georgia 3,147 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Trends

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

PopulationRising
90,713 (2020) → 97,977 (2025)
+8%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 76% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+76 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
New homes permittedImproving
6.7 /1k (2021) → 11.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+65%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Gyms and fitness centersImproving
0.4 /10k (2020) → 0.7 /10k (2025)
+62%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Property crime rateImproving
1,967 /100k (2018) → 1,024 /100k (2025)
−48%7 yearsUS 2,185 /100k → 1,535 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
77.4% (2015-2019) → 86.9% (2020-2024)
+9.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

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, Statesboro, GA micropolitan area improved on 16 of 28 measures with a comparison and declined on 6. 4 moved within the margin of error and 2 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.

Improved16

Gyms+62%0.4 /10k → 0.7 /10k
Rent / income−3.3 points31.8% → 28.5%
Rent burden−7.4 points53.5% → 46.1%
Poverty−3.9 points26.4% → 22.6%
Grocery stores+20%1.1 /10k → 1.3 /10k

Declined6

Commute+3.2 min22.3 min → 25.5 min
Overdose deaths+13%8.5 /100k → 9.6 /100k
Libraries−6.4%0.2 /10k → 0.2 /10k
Traffic deaths+16%19.1 /100k → 22.2 /100k
Pharmacies−13%2.0 /10k → 1.7 /10k

All 28 measures

Change of every measure of Statesboro, GA micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	1.5 /10k2020	1.8 /10k2025	+19%	Improved	72%
Average commute time	22.3 min2015-2019	25.5 min2020-2024	+3.2 min	Declined	4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%2015-2019	30.1%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Improved	59%
Broadband subscriptions	77.4%2015-2019	86.9%2020-2024	+9.5 points	Improved	56%
Child poverty rate	27.8%2015-2019	26.3%2020-2024	−1.5 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Distance to an airport	39 mi2020	39 mi2025	−0 mi	Little change	86%
Drug overdose deaths	8.5 /100k2020	9.6 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+13%	Declined	20%
Effective property tax rate	0.78%2015-2019	0.67%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Firearm deaths	18.6 /100k2020	17.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−8.1%	Improved	63%
Grocery stores	1.1 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	+20%	Improved	89%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.4 /10k2020	0.7 /10k2025	+62%	Improved	92%
High school diploma or higher	87.3%2015-2019	88.9%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Home price to income ratio	3.1×2015-2019	3.6×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	40%
Homicide rate	12.2 /100k2020	6.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−47%	Improved	74%
Income adjusted for local prices	$38,5322019	$50,5292024	+31%	Improved	46%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4692015-2019	0.4812020-2024	+0.012	Within the margin of error	25%
Median household income	$45,5502015-2019	$57,4462020-2024	+26%	Improved	46%
New business applications	13.2 /1k2020	13.7 /1k2025	+3.6%	Little change	7%
Pharmacies	2.0 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	−13%	Declined	39%
Poverty rate	26.4%2015-2019	22.6%2020-2024	−3.9 points	Improved	93%
Public libraries	0.2 /10k2019	0.2 /10k2024	−6.4%	Declined	19%
Rent as share of income	31.8%2015-2019	28.5%2020-2024	−3.3 points	Improved	94%
Rent-burdened households	53.5%2015-2019	46.1%2020-2024	−7.4 points	Improved	94%
Restaurants and bars	6.4 /10k2020	7.0 /10k2025	+10%	Improved	80%
Suicide rate	15.7 /100k2020	12.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−20%	Improved	86%
Traffic deaths	19.1 /100k2015-2019	22.2 /100k2020-2024	+16%	Declined	32%
Unemployment rate	6.5%2020	3.5%2025	−3 points	Improved	51%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.9%2015-2019	12.9%2020-2024	−2 points	Improved	85%

“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 Statesboro, GA micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Statesboro, 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, Statesboro, GA micropolitan area itself moved +3.9 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

93,440 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

34,933 households (±529)

Statesboro, GA micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k22%7,786
$25k–50k21%7,274
$50k–75k19%6,524

Homes

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

Owners and renters

34,933 households (±529)

Statesboro, GA micropolitan area
United States share

Own55%19,055
Rent45%15,878

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

40,633 workers (±1,213)

Statesboro, GA micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone76%30,914
Carpool11%4,408
Public transit0.3%†131

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 Statesboro, 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.

Statesboro, GA has 1,940 employer establishments, 204 for every 10,000 residents (0.82× the US rate of 248), with 25,261 paid employees at an average annual pay of $40,057. The Census Bureau also counts 7,413 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,940; 7,413 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 204; US 248
Paid employees: 25,261
Average annual pay: $40,057; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	182	19.1	0.92×About typical	1,596	$60,026	275
Restaurants and other eating places	157	16.5	0.90×About typical	3,816	$16,273	32
Specialty trade contractors	119	12.5	0.81×About typical	945	$60,307	532
Lessors of real estate	88	9.3	0.75×Fewer than typical	311	$53,582	639
Limited-service restaurants	78	8.2	1.02×About typical	1,747	$15,722	8
Gasoline stations	67	7	2.17×More than typical	447	$25,045	8
Offices of physicians	64	6.7	1.04×About typical	620	$77,274	51
Construction of buildings	63	6.6	0.88×About typical	318	$101,903	226
Religious organizations	59	6.2	1.12×About typical	547	$20,686	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	58	6.1	0.90×About typical	366	$31,552	707
Full-service restaurants	57	6	0.78×Fewer than typical	1,689	$17,240	13
Truck transportation	54	5.7	1.12×About typical	273	$51,234	338

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 95,125 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 $4.1M on contracts performed in Statesboro, GA micropolitan area: $41.60 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $4.1M; −15% vs FY2025
Per resident: $41.60; US $1,994
Sole-source: 4.2%; US 30%
Single offer: 84%; 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

Defense Logistics Agency$3.1M76%
Federal Railroad Administration$335.5K8.2%
Public Buildings Service$326.7K8.0%
Department of the Army$256.9K6.3%
Department of the Navy$39.1K1.0%
Forest Service$13.8K0.3%

Top recipients

BRODIE METER CO., LLC$1.6M40%
SOLUTIONS FTG, INC.$1.4M34%
GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH & SERVICE FOUNDATION INC$460.5K11%
SOUTH DADE AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION INC$326.7K8.0%
GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY$131.9K3.2%

Spending by fiscal year

1.4MFY2017
2.4MFY2018
3.1MFY2019
7.1MFY2020
6.8MFY2021
5.4MFY2022
6.6MFY2023
4.9M

Top industries (NAICS)

Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$1.7M41%
Boiler, tank, and shipping container manufacturing · 3324$1.3M33%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$460.5K11%
Facilities support services · 5612$326.7K8.0%
Hardware manufacturing · 3325$138K3.4%
Colleges, universities, and professional schools · 6113

Largest awards

8511813887!METER,VOLUMETRIC PO$1.6M
BRODIE METER CO., LLC· Bulloch County, GA· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 19, 2025 – Dec 19, 2025· SPE4A626P9671
THE MISSION OF THIS PROJECT IS TO REVOLUTIONIZE TRAIN MECHANICAL INSPECTION PROCESSES BY INTEGRATING CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGIES, SUCH AS ROBOTICS, AI-DRIVEN ANALYTICS, AND ADVANCED SENSORS, TO ENHANCE SAFETY, EFFICIENCY, AND RELIABILITY IN THE RAILROA$335.5K
GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH & SERVICE FOUNDATION INC· Bulloch County, GA· Research & development· Sep 28, 2026 – Sep 28, 2026· 693JJ626C000026
CHILLER B REPLACEMENT AT STATESBORO, GA, PRESTON FEDERAL BUILDING$313.7K
SOUTH DADE AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION INC· Bulloch County, GA· Construction & real property· Aug 10, 2026 – Aug 10, 2026

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 $546.2M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Statesboro, GA micropolitan area: $5,574 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $546.2M; −0.5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,574; US $12,955
Loan face value: $37.1M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 7.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$246.3M45%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$79.7M15%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$60.6M11%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$39.5M7.2%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$28.7M5.3%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$16.7M3.1%
10.102 · Emergency Forest Restoration Program$10.1M1.9%
10.912 · Environmental Quality Incentives Program$9.7M1.8%

Top recipients (organizations)

GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY$75.1M14%
STATESBORO, GA
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$10.4M1.9%
ATLANTA, GA
OGEECHEE TECHNICAL COLLEGE$7.2M1.3%
STATESBORO, GA
GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH & SERVICE FOUNDATION INC$1.5M0.3%
STATESBORO, GA
CLAXTON HOUSING AUTHORITY

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$331.3M61%
Department of Education$82.8M15%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$68.8M13%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Farm Service Agency$28.6M5.2%
Department of Agriculture
Natural Resources Conservation Service$14M

Assistance by fiscal year

525.2MFY2021
408.2MFY2022
440.4MFY2023
450.7MFY2024
548.6MFY2025
546.2MFY2026

County aggregates

74%

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 Statesboro, 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.

StatesboroPrincipal city34,149

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
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

Improved16

Declined6

Metro and micro areas like Statesboro, 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 Statesboro, 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

Improved16

Declined6

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