County · Georgia

Ben Hill County, Georgia

Ben Hill County, Georgia has a quality-of-life score of 6 out of 100 (very low), ranking #2,960 of 3,143 US counties. Within Georgia it ranks #119 of 159 counties. It ranks best on distance to an emergency room (low), comfortable days (high) and average commute time (low). It ranks worst on loneliness (high), fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (high) and primary care shortage (high).

6Very low

Quality-of-life score: #2,960 of 3,143 counties
Georgia: #119 of 159 in GA
Population: 17,099 (2025)
Land area: 250 mi²
Density: 68.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 13017

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 77 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety7#2,872/3,096
Economy8#2,906/3,143
Housing54#1,448/3,140
Health12#2,772/3,144
Healthcare19#2,548/3,143
Environment44#1,741/3,108
Education5#2,986/3,144
Infrastructure26#2,323/3,144
Community1#3,116/3,144
Leisure & amenities19#2,533/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Ben Hill County, Georgia ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Distance to an emergency room · low3.2 mi
95/100Georgia 7.4 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Comfortable days · high32.6%
94/100Georgia 31.5%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Average commute time · low16.8 min
91/100Georgia 28.3 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Cost of buying a home today · low20.6%
86/100Georgia 31.1%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Public transit commuters · high0.9%
85/100Georgia 1.1%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301High uncertainty
Natural hazard risk · low16.6
83/100Georgia 24.82025Federal Emergency Management Agency

Weaknesses

Loneliness · high40.5%
1/100Georgia 37.9%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.4 µg/m³
2/100Georgia 9.1 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Primary care shortage · high20.0
4/100Georgia 8.2United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Lack of reliable transportation · high15.2%
5/100Georgia 9.8%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Food insecurity · high29.9%
5/100Georgia 18.1%United States 15.6%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Physical inactivity · high36.4%
5/100Georgia 30.5%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 71% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+71 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
55.5% (2015-2019) → 81.1% (2020-2024)
+26 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Arts, entertainment and recreationImproving
0.6 /10k (2020) → 1.2 /10k (2025)
+101%5 yearsUS 4.8 /10k → 5.5 /10k
Gyms and fitness centersImproving
0.6 /10k (2020) → 1.2 /10k (2025)
+101%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Grocery storesImproving
0.6 /10k (2020) → 1.2 /10k (2025)
+101%5 yearsUS 1.7 /10k → 1.7 /10k
Traffic deathsWorsening
10.6 /100k (2015-2019) → 16.4 /100k (2020-2024)
+55%5 yearsUS 11.3 /100k → 12.3 /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, Ben Hill County, Georgia improved on 7 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 22 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved7

Broadband+26 points55.5% → 81.1%
Real income+39%$37,151 → $51,747
Weekly wage+30%$687 → $893
Household income+31%$35,931 → $47,228
Property crime−39%3,084 /100k → 1,888 /100k

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Ben Hill County, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	0.6 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	+101%	Within the margin of error	97%
Average commute time	16.2 min2015-2019	16.8 min2020-2024	+0.6 min	Within the margin of error	44%
Average weekly wage	$6872020	$8932025	+30%	Improved	84%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%2015-2019	13.0%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Broadband subscriptions	55.5%2015-2019	81.1%2020-2024	+26 points	Improved	98%
Child poverty rate	32.0%2019	32.7%2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Distance to an airport	123 mi2020	123 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	17.7 /100k2020	23.9 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+35%	Within the margin of error	9%
Effective property tax rate	0.98%2015-2019	0.90%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Firearm deaths	20.8 /100k2020	20.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−0.5%	Within the margin of error	49%
Grocery stores	0.6 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	+101%	Within the margin of error	99%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.6 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	+101%	Within the margin of error	95%
High school diploma or higher	83.5%2015-2019	83.9%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Home price to income ratio	2.6×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	80%
Homicide rate	10.5 /100k2020	11.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+7.6%	Within the margin of error	16%
Income adjusted for local prices	$37,1512019	$51,7472024	+39%	Improved	84%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4852015-2019	0.4432020-2024	−0.042	Within the margin of error	93%
Median household income	$35,9312019	$47,2282024	+31%	Improved	81%
New business applications	11.5 /1k2020	13.8 /1k2025	+20%	Improved	22%
Pharmacies	2.9 /10k2020	2.3 /10k2025	−20%	Within the margin of error	25%
Poverty rate	22.8%2019	22.2%2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Property crime rate	3,084 /100k2020	1,888 /100k2025	−39%	Improved	55%
Public libraries	0.6 /10k2019	0.6 /10k2024	−1.9%	Within the margin of error	44%
Rent as share of income	27.3%2015-2019	24.7%2020-2024	−2.6 points	Within the margin of error	81%
Rent-burdened households	43.2%2015-2019	40.7%2020-2024	−2.5 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Restaurants and bars	5.2 /10k2020	5.3 /10k2025	+0.4%	Within the margin of error	50%
Students per teacher	14.1×2019	13.8×2024	−0.2×	Little change	33%
Traffic deaths	10.6 /100k2015-2019	16.4 /100k2020-2024	+55%	Within the margin of error	12%
Unemployment rate	5.5%2020	4.0%2025	−1.5 points	Improved	23%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	17.1%2019	14.9%2024	−2.2 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Violent crime rate	501 /100k2020	408 /100k2025	−18%	Within the margin of error	53%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties 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; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Ben Hill County, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Ben Hill 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, Ben Hill County, Georgia itself moved +1.5 points in standing on average over the same 31 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

17,089 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

7,082 households (±267)

Ben Hill County, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k27%1,914
$25k–50k30%2,148
$50k–75k17%1,183

Homes

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

Owners and renters

7,082 households (±267)

Ben Hill County, Georgia
Georgia share

Own63%4,481
Rent37%2,601

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

7,093 workers (±474)

Ben Hill County, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone82%5,851
Carpool6.4%†454
Public transit0.9%†66

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 pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Fitzgerald, GA

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.

Ben Hill County has 300 employer establishments, 175 for every 10,000 residents (0.70× the US rate of 248; 0.74× Georgia's), with 4,552 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,864. The Census Bureau also counts 1,301 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 300; 1,301 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 175; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 4,552
Average annual pay: $44,864; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	26	15.2	0.82×About typical	319	$16,658	11
Limited-service restaurants	16	9.3	1.16×About typical	247	$15,490	7
Gasoline stations	14	8.2	2.52×More than typical	50	$22,700	—
Religious organizations	14	8.2	1.47×More than typical	57	$20,842	—
Ambulatory health care services	13	7.6	0.36×Fewer than typical	82	$68,646	53
Automotive repair and maintenance	12	7	1.39×More than typical	47	$33,936	35
Grocery and convenience stores	11	6.4	2.16×More than typical	67	$20,328	5
Insurance agencies and brokerages	10	5.8	1.33×More than typical	30	$34,767	20
Full-service restaurants	9	5.2	0.68×Too few to compare	67	$20,881	—
Specialty trade contractors	9	5.2	0.34×Too few to compare	71	$45,831	92
General merchandise stores	7	4.1	2.31×Too few to compare	295	$29,285	13
Lessors of real estate	7	4.1	0.33×Too few to compare	10	$31,800	76

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 17,160 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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $0 on contracts performed in Ben Hill County, Georgia: $0 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $0; −100% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0; US $1,995
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

16.9MFY2017
10.9M

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 $113.8M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Ben Hill County, Georgia: $6,657 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $113.8M; −7.6% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,657; US $12,957
Loan face value: $11.3M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 9.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$56.8M50%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$11.9M10%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$11.3M9.9%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$7.2M6.4%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$5.8M5.1%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$4.9M4.3%
10.990 · Farmer Bridge Assistance Program$2.8M2.4%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$2M1.8%

Top recipients (organizations)

HOSPITAL AUTHORITY OF BEN HILL$1.6M1.4%
FITZGERALD, GA
FITZGERALD HOUSING AUTHORITY OF CITY$1.3M1.2%
FITZGERALD, GA
MICRO TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANTS, INC.$242.4K0.2%
WARNER ROBINS, GA
FITZGERALD PROP LLP$197.2K0.2%
VALDOSTA, GA
WIREGRASS GEORGIA TECHNICAL COLLEGE

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$81.8M72%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$13.1M11%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Farm Service Agency$10M8.7%
Department of Agriculture
Railroad Retirement Board$4.9M4.3%
Health Resources and Services Administration$1.6M

Assistance by fiscal year

116.1MFY2021
106.7MFY2022
102.8MFY2023
109.3MFY2024
123.2MFY2025
113.8MFY2026

County aggregates

88%

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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Explore grants in Ben Hill County, Georgia

Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Ben Hill County, Georgia compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Ben Hill County, Georgia
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Ben Hill County, Georgia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Ben Hill County, Georgia	United States
FY2017	$990	$1,436
FY2018	$650	$1,552
FY2019	$178	$1,654
FY2020	$124	$1,880
FY2021	$21.54	$1,810
FY2022	$344	$1,917
FY2023	-$4.03	$2,079
FY2024	-$1.40	$2,047
FY2025	$539	$2,165
FY2026	$0 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Ben Hill County, Georgia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Ben Hill County, Georgia	United States
FY2017	$0	$93.28
FY2018	$0	$105
FY2019	$0	$128
FY2020	$21.35	$145
FY2021	$0	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Ben Hill County, Georgia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Ben Hill County, Georgia	United States
FY2021	$135	$5,748
FY2022	$917	$5,221
FY2023	$222	$5,364
FY2024	$97.68	$5,501
FY2025	$911	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Ben Hill County, Georgia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Ben Hill County, Georgia	United States
FY2021	-$19.51	$298
FY2022	$362	$357
FY2023	$87.43	$301
FY2024	-$1.33	$319
FY2025	$215	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Ben Hill County, Georgia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Ben Hill County, Georgia	United States
FY2021	$85.73	$239
FY2022	$122	$185
FY2023	$127	$229
FY2024	$118	$229
FY2025	$125	$249
FY2026	$103

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Ben Hill County, Georgia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Ben Hill County, Georgia	United States
FY2021	$0	$2,304
FY2022	$0	$2,197
FY2023	$0	$2,274
FY2024	$0	$2,267
FY2025	$0	$2,397
FY2026	$95.89

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Ben Hill County, Georgia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Ben Hill County, Georgia	United States
FY2021	$933	$1,186
FY2022	$247	$465
FY2023	$77.73	$76.52
FY2024	$67.22	$120
FY2025	$26.26	$148
FY2026	$87.72

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Ben Hill County, Georgia
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Ben Hill County, Georgia and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Ben Hill County, Georgia	United States
2014	0.0%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Contracts and grants · FY2022

$917 per resident in FY2022, against an earlier average of $135 (6.8× that).

Compared with 18 similar counties

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/13017

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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.

Ben Hill County, Georgia is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Austin ScottR-GA-8 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.3%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Metro area

The metro or micro area Ben Hill County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Fitzgerald, GA2Central county

Cities and towns in Ben Hill County

Places whose residents live mostly in Ben Hill County, largest first.

Fitzgerald8,918

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
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
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/13017

Calendar years	Ben Hill County, Georgia	United States
2014	−1.5%	−4.2%
2015	0.0%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.2%	+3.3%
2018	+7.3%	+6.8%
2019	+9.2%	+10.5%
2020	+17.0%	+19.4%
2021	+27.9%	+26.1%
2022	+36.1%	+30.6%
2023	+39.9%	+35.0%
2024	+49.1%	+41.0%
2025	+52.1%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Ben Hill County, Georgia	United States
2014	−1.6%	−5.5%
2015	+2.9%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.1%	+4.1%
2018	+6.4%	+8.9%
2019	+11.2%	+13.5%
2020	+22.4%	+20.8%
2021	+38.1%	+32.1%
2022	+41.5%	+35.4%
2023	+48.3%	+42.9%
2024	+57.9%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Ben Hill County, Georgia	United States
2014	0.6/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.5/1k	3.7/1k
2016	0.4/1k	3.7/1k
2017	3.3/1k	3.9/1k
2018	3.5/1k	4.1/1k
2019	0.4/1k	4.2/1k
2020	0.6/1k	4.4/1k
2021	0.6/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.5/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.5/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.4/1k	4.3/1k
2025	1.0/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Ben Hill County, Georgia	United States
2014	−4.8%	−6.9%
2015	−5.7%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−0.8%	+4.7%
2018	+7.3%	+7.5%
2019	+10.1%	+14.0%
2020	+20.4%	+16.9%
2021	+22.1%	+21.0%
2022	+26.0%	+29.7%
2023	+23.5%	+34.9%
2024	+44.7%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Ben Hill County, Georgia	United States
2014	28.5%	15.5%
2015	32.5%	14.7%
2016	26.4%	14.0%
2017	24.5%	13.4%
2018	26.2%	13.1%
2019	22.8%	12.3%
2020	22.3%	11.9%
2021	22.1%	12.8%
2022	26.8%	12.6%
2023	24.4%	12.5%
2024	22.2%	12.1%

Calendar years	Ben Hill County, Georgia	United States
2014	10.1%	6.2%
2015	9.1%	5.3%
2016	6.5%	4.9%
2017	6.2%	4.4%
2018	4.7%	3.9%
2019	4.5%	3.7%
2020	5.5%	8.1%
2021	4.2%	5.4%
2022	3.5%	3.7%
2023	3.4%	3.6%
2024	3.9%	4.0%
2025	4.0%	4.3%

Calendar years	Ben Hill County, Georgia	United States
2014	−3.5% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−3.0% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+2.1% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+9.8% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+12.2% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+29.3% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+56.1% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+82.4% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+77.0% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+86.1% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+77.1% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Ben Hill County, Georgia	United States
2014	17.9%	13.5%
2015	16.8%	10.9%
2016	15.4%	10.0%
2017	16.3%	10.2%
2018	15.7%	10.4%
2019	17.1%	10.8%
2020	17.9%	10.4%
2021	16.6%	10.2%
2022	15.0%	9.5%
2023	14.1%	9.5%
2024	14.9%	9.8%

Calendar years	Ben Hill County, Georgia	United States
2014	5.8/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.5/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.7/1k	9.1/1k
2017	6.4/1k	9.8/1k
2018	8.5/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.1/1k	10.6/1k
2020	11.5/1k	13.1/1k
2021	15.2/1k	16.2/1k
2022	13.4/1k	15.1/1k
2023	18.2/1k	16.2/1k
2024	13.2/1k	15.4/1k
2025	13.8/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Ben Hill County, Georgia	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−2.0 points	−1.8 points	−2.9 points to −0.8 points
Year −2	0.0 points	−4.3 points	−9.3 points to −1.2 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+2.4 points	+1.2 points	−1.8 points to +4.1 points
Year +1	+4.4 points	+2.9 points	−2.3 points to +7.7 points
Year +2	−3.0 points	−0.1 points	−2.7 points to +4.3 points

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