Scores by category

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

Safety37#586/924
Economy75#229/925
Housing73#249/925
Health57#399/925
Healthcare23#713/923
Environment29#648/917
Education73#248/925
Infrastructure62#351/925
Community9#846/925
Leisure & amenities33#620/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Child care cost burden · low20.0%
95/100Georgia 23.0%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.420
88/100Georgia 0.477United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Unemployment rate · low3.1%
88/100Georgia 3.4%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
Depression · low20.6%
88/100Georgia 19.3%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Broadband subscriptions · high92.3%
87/100Georgia 91.0%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
New business applications · high16.8 /1k
86/100Georgia 22.5 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.1 µg/m³
6/100Georgia 9.1 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAggregated from counties
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
7/100Georgia 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesAggregated from counties
Loneliness · high38.0%
8/100Georgia 37.9%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Social associations · low6.9 /10k
11/100Georgia 8.8 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Income adjusted for local prices · low$55,577
14/100Georgia $65,432United States $73,2042024U.S. Bureau of Economic AnalysisAggregated from counties
Flu vaccinations · low33.1%
15/100Georgia 41.0%United States 44.0%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.

PopulationRising
192,384 (2020) → 208,091 (2025)
+8.2%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 67% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+67 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
82.2% (2015-2019) → 92.3% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
17.3% (Dec 2021) → 25.5% (Aug 2026)
+8.2 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Flu vaccinationsWorsening
41.1% (2019) → 33.1% (2023)
−8 pts4 yearsUS 48.0% → 44.0%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
17.3 /100k (2021) → 10.9 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−37%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k

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, GA metro area improved on 13 of 28 measures with a comparison and declined on 5. 5 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.

Improved13

Grocery stores+32%1.1 /10k → 1.4 /10k
Restaurants+21%5.5 /10k → 6.7 /10k
Inequality−0.0230.443 → 0.420
Poverty−3.2 points15.1% → 11.9%
Household income+35%$58,832 → $79,345

Declined5

Libraries−9.4%0.3 /10k → 0.2 /10k
Pharmacies−16%1.7 /10k → 1.4 /10k
Suicides+14%16.4 /100k → 18.7 /100k
Firearm deaths+5.2%16.1 /100k → 17.0 /100k
Price / income+0.3×2.4× → 2.7×

All 28 measures

Change of every measure of Warner Robins, GA metro area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.0 /10k2020	2.5 /10k2025	+26%	Improved	82%
Average commute time	22.7 min2015-2019	23.0 min2020-2024	+0.3 min	Within the margin of error	55%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%2015-2019	31.1%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Improved	76%
Broadband subscriptions	82.2%2015-2019	92.3%2020-2024	+10 points	Improved	63%
Child poverty rate	20.6%2015-2019	15.6%2020-2024	−5 points	Improved	76%
Distance to an airport	85 mi2020	85 mi2025	+0 mi	Little change	17%
Drug overdose deaths	12.3 /100k2020	10.9 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−11%	Improved	36%
Effective property tax rate	0.98%2015-2019	0.83%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	60%
Firearm deaths	16.1 /100k2020	17.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+5.2%	Declined	41%
Grocery stores	1.1 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	+32%	Improved	94%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.0 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	+31%	Improved	80%
High school diploma or higher	90.3%2015-2019	92.0%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	52%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	64%
Homicide rate	6.6 /100k2020	6.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−1.4%	Little change	24%
Income adjusted for local prices	$46,8742019	$55,5772024	+19%	Improved	1%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4432015-2019	0.4202020-2024	−0.023	Improved	92%
Median household income	$58,8322015-2019	$79,3452020-2024	+35%	Improved	85%
New business applications	17.5 /1k2020	16.8 /1k2025	−3.6%	Little change	4%
Pharmacies	1.7 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	−16%	Declined	31%
Poverty rate	15.1%2015-2019	11.9%2020-2024	−3.2 points	Improved	88%
Public libraries	0.3 /10k2019	0.2 /10k2024	−9.4%	Declined	12%
Rent as share of income	28.7%2015-2019	28.8%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Rent-burdened households	46.6%2015-2019	47.9%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Restaurants and bars	5.5 /10k2020	6.7 /10k2025	+21%	Improved	93%
Suicide rate	16.4 /100k2020	18.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+14%	Declined	33%
Traffic deaths	12.5 /100k2015-2019	12.6 /100k2020-2024	+1%	Little change	61%
Unemployment rate	5.1%2020	3.1%2025	−2 points	Improved	21%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	13.5%2015-2019	12.1%2020-2024	−1.4 points	Within the margin of error	75%

“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 Warner Robins, GA metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Warner Robins, GA 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, Warner Robins, GA metro area itself moved +2.8 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

198,209 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

74,449 households (±811)

Warner Robins, GA metro area
United States share

Under $25k14%10,702
$25k–50k18%13,045
$50k–75k15%11,439

Homes

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

Owners and renters

74,449 households (±811)

Warner Robins, GA metro area
United States share

Own67%50,110
Rent33%24,339

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+3.4 points).

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

91,150 workers (±1,554)

Warner Robins, GA metro area
United States share

Drive alone78%71,224
Carpool9.0%8,206
Public transit0.4%†337

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 Warner Robins, GA employ 19,290 people. 3 pay a median above the US median and 7 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Warner Robins, GA 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 Workers3,650 jobs	3,650	$26,610US $31,200	−15%	1.93×
Business Operations Specialists, All Other3,040 jobs	3,040

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.

Warner Robins, GA has 3,336 employer establishments, 166 for every 10,000 residents (0.67× the US rate of 248), with 51,705 paid employees at an average annual pay of $42,623. The Census Bureau also counts 18,288 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 3,336; 18,288 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 166; US 248
Paid employees: 51,705
Average annual pay: $42,623; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	364	18.1	0.99×About typical	8,066	$17,458	83
Ambulatory health care services	341	17	0.82×About typical	3,196	$61,877	813
Limited-service restaurants	209	10.4	1.30×More than typical	4,504	$16,261	34
Specialty trade contractors	148	7.4	0.48×Fewer than typical	1,430	$54,434	1,084
Lessors of real estate	144	7.2	0.58×Fewer than typical	463	$53,538	1,213
Offices of physicians	129	6.4	0.99×About typical	1,159	$73,129	105
Gasoline stations	112	5.6	1.72×More than typical	862	$36,729	13
Full-service restaurants	109	5.4	0.71×Fewer than typical	2,970	$19,819	35
Religious organizations	109	5.4	0.98×About typical	854	$24,625	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	95	4.7	0.70×Fewer than typical	1,284	$30,322	1,709
Offices of other health practitioners	84	4.2	0.69×Fewer than typical	635	$58,135	259
Construction of buildings	79	3.9	0.52×Fewer than typical	415	$74,101	571

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 200,730 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 $928.7M on contracts performed in Warner Robins, GA metro area: $4,463 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $928.7M; −36% vs FY2025
Per resident: $4,463; US $1,994
Sole-source: 41%; US 30%
Single offer: 8.9%; 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$541.3M58%
Federal Acquisition Service$248.3M27%
Department of the Army$83M8.9%
Defense Logistics Agency$39.6M4.3%
Department of the Navy$5.7M0.6%
Environmental Protection Agency$4.4M0.5%
Defense Contract Management Agency$2.7M0.3%
Defense Health Agency$1.8M0.2%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

1.4BFY2017
1.1BFY2018
883.3MFY2019
817.2MFY2020
837MFY2021
857.4MFY2022
1.1BFY2023
1.2B

Top industries (NAICS)

Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$231.5M25%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$107.9M12%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$100.5M11%
Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance · 8112$96.9M10%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$55.5M6.0%

Largest awards

DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND SYSTEM DCGS ENTERPRISE PRODUCT SUPPORT EPS TO 1$309.6M
CACI, INC. - FEDERAL· Houston County, GA· Professional services· Mar 5, 2024 – Aug 28, 2026· 47QFCA24F0011
CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES (CMS) AND THIRD PARTY LOGISTICS (3PL) SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF DLA AVIATION AT WARNER ROBINS AIR LOGISTICS COMPLEX (WR-ALC).$150.6M
VALIANT TECHNICAL SERVICES INC.· Houston County, GA· Facilities & utilities· Mar 31, 2020 – May 15, 2026· SP330020C5002
JSSMO TASK ORDER$108M
WHITNEY BRADLEY & BROWN, INC.· Houston County, GA· Research & development· Aug 2, 2017 – Jul 31, 2026· GSQ0517BM0161
ABMS FACILITY HANGAR

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 $1.4B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Warner Robins, GA metro area: $6,926 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $1.4B; −2.9% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,926; US $12,955
Loan face value: $178.7M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.3%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$615M43%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$481.7M33%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$105.5M7.3%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$66.9M4.6%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$40.7M2.8%
93.600 · Head Start$20.8M1.4%
64.028 · Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance$18.6M1.3%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$15.8M1.1%

Top recipients (organizations)

FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY$34.3M2.4%
FORT VALLEY, GA
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$10.7M0.7%
ATLANTA, GA
MIDDLE GA COMMUNITY ACTION$9.8M0.7%
WARNER ROBINS, GA
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF WARNER ROBINS, INC.$2.8M0.2%
WARNER ROBINS, GA
HOUSTON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

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$828M57%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$534.7M37%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$23.6M1.6%
Administration for Children and Families$20.8M1.4%
Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Highway Administration$10.7M

Assistance by fiscal year

1.1BFY2021
1.1BFY2022
1.2BFY2023
1.2BFY2024
1.5BFY2025
1.4BFY2026

County aggregates

95%

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 Warner Robins, 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.

Warner RobinsPrincipal city82,990

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.

Macon-Bibb County, GA12

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

Improved13

Declined5

Metro and micro areas like Warner Robins, GA metro 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 Warner Robins, 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

Improved13

Declined5

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

Look up any occupation

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