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SheetGA-COMER-GA · Comer, GA 1,928 pop · income 13th pct · 7 tracts
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Comer
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Comer on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Butler · lowest
24,924
Butler · lowest
24,924 median HH income
17.0% of the leader · rank #1
Sparland · near
45,278
Sparland · near
45,278 median HH income
30.9% of the leader · rank #2
Crescent · near
45,278
Crescent · near
45,278 median HH income
30.9% of the leader · rank #3
Eldred · near
45,278
Eldred · near
45,278 median HH income
30.9% of the leader · rank #4
Elizabeth · near
45,278
Elizabeth · near
45,278 median HH income
30.9% of the leader · rank #5
Comer · this city
45,284
Comer · this city
45,284 median HH income
30.9% of the leader · rank #6
Five Points · highest
146,424
Five Points · highest
146,424 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Comer on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 1,928.
Nationally, Comer sits in the 13th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
13th
percentile, household income
38th
percentile, home value
51st
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Comer, GA
Comer is a small town in Georgia, home to 1,928 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Comer households earn a median of $45,284 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 12.4%. Typical homes in Comer are valued around $185,900, and the median resident age is 37.5 years. Educational attainment runs 34.8% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 51.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The city is served by 2 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.
Living costs in Georgia run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Georgia scores 96.3 (Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,203 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Georgia run around $225, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. The average commute for Comer workers runs 27.4 minutes, with 70.9% driving alone and 5.1% working from home. Natural-hazard exposure scores 39.5 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Comer's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from population change to within-city variation to housing and income to schools and households to comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Comer, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles, commute-mode shares, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Is Comer growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +104 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +6.8% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
How far does income reach against housing in Comer?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 12.4%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Comer?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within Georgia, the closest population matches are Ellijay (1,931 residents, $47,639 income); Butler (1,916 residents, $24,924 income); Hamilton (1,911 residents, $100,503 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Five Points, OH (1,928 residents); Lyons, CO (1,927 residents); Presidential Lakes Estates, NJ (1,927 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Comer?
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
The NCES join finds 2 public schools within the city match. 34.8% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Poverty estimate
12.4%
Bachelor's degree+
34.8%
Matched public schools
2
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 70.9%. The reported mean trip to work is 27.4 minutes.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Drive alone
70.9%
Work from home
5.1%
Public transit
0.0%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 784 workers age 16+.
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Georgia average
F
City profile score · Comer, GA
38/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share B-
34.8%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living C
96.3 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Poverty rate F
12.4%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$45,284
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Comer profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 66/100 (B-) · 34.8%
Cost of living: 57/100 (C) · 96.3 index
Poverty rate: 30/100 (F) · 12.4%
Household income: 14/100 (F) · $45,284
How does Comer compare to other US cities?
Where Comer sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income13% higher than other cities
Home value38% pricier than other cities
Median rent51% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Comer against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Georgia only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Georgia-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Comer near the bottom of Georgia's cities
Among the 638 Georgia cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Comer ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Comer only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#407 of 610
33rd percentile in Georgia
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 638
0th percentile in Georgia
Median Home Value
#250 of 577
57th percentile in Georgia
Poverty Rate
#300 of 637
53rd percentile in Georgia
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#107 of 638
83rd percentile in Georgia
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Georgia only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
13th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Comer's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$185,900Among the most affordablemore affordable than 62% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Comer's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.1×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#10,991 of 15,516
More affordable than 29% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,547 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.1×, Comer sits in the moderate band:
national rank #10,991 of 15,516 and #8,547 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$45,284Comer, GA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Comer, GA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Comer, GA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)34.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)12.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)51.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,928
Median Income
$45,284
Median Home Value
$185,900
Median Age
37.5
Poverty Rate
12.4%
Labor force participation
51.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
34.8%
Schools
Total Schools
2
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Comer's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
1,527 residents
2021
1,553 residents
2022
1,578 residents
2023
1,614 residents
2024
1,635 residents
2025
1,631 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
27.4 minutes
Drive Alone
70.9%
Carpool
7.3%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
14.9%
Work from Home
5.1%
Other
1.8%
Based on 784 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Georgia statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $225
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Georgia at $225 (electricity about $125 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Georgia statewide averages, not a meter reading for Comer. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Georgia's BEA cost-of-living index is 96.3 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Comer is $1,203/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Georgia statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 39.5 / 100 (Very Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Georgia statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Comer sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Comer compares to similar-size Georgia cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NCES CCD, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.