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Place dossier plate
SheetGA-POOLER-GA · Pooler, GA 27,235 pop · income 72nd pct · 9 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 Pooler
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Pooler on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Kent · lowest
42,524
Kent · lowest
42,524 median HH income
30.3% of the leader · rank #1
Tiverton · near
91,493
Tiverton · near
91,493 median HH income
65.1% of the leader · rank #2
Seven Lakes · near
91,495
Seven Lakes · near
91,495 median HH income
65.1% of the leader · rank #3
Pooler · this city
91,497
Pooler · this city
91,497 median HH income
65.1% of the leader · rank #4
Plummer · near
91,500
Plummer · near
91,500 median HH income
65.1% of the leader · rank #5
Hendersonville · near
91,503
Hendersonville · near
91,503 median HH income
65.1% of the leader · rank #6
Decatur · highest
140,480
Decatur · highest
140,480 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, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Pooler on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. 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: 27,235.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Pooler - the verdict
Pooler ranks in the 72nd percentile for household income and the 37th percentile for safety nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
72nd
percentile, household income
63rd
percentile, home value
51st
percentile, median rent
37th
percentile, safety
📝 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: Pooler, GA
27,235 people live in Pooler, Georgia - a small city by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Pooler report a median income of $91,497 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 5.2%. Home values in Pooler run a median of $289,000, and the median resident age is 39.3 years. Educational attainment runs 40.2% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 62.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 824 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Building Boom), up 257% from five years earlier. Pooler reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR reporting places total crime at 1795.7 incidents per 100,000 residents, below the national average (voluntary agency reporting, reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Living costs in Georgia run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Georgia at 96.3 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Below Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,203 monthly. Monthly utility costs average around $225 across Georgia, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 39.5 out of 100 (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Pooler'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 reported crime to schools and households to housing and income to work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Pooler, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles, commute-mode shares, annual population history, local building permits.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
1. Population change
Is Pooler growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
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.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +7,091 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +27.6% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 824 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
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.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Pooler?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1795.7 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 21% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Which cities make useful reference points for Pooler?
Within Georgia, the closest population matches are Union City (27,300 residents, $47,635 income); Carrollton (27,058 residents, $51,553 income); Sugar Hill (25,285 residents, $99,479 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Wright, FL (27,233 residents); Thomasville, NC (27,261 residents); New London, CT (27,199 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.
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. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
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 Pooler?
The NCES join finds 3 public schools within the city match. 40.2% 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.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Matched public schools
3
Bachelor's degree+
40.2%
Poverty estimate
5.2%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
How far does income reach against housing in Pooler?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 5.2%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
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. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Household income
$91,497
Home value
$289,000
Value / income
3.2×
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
What does the journey to work look like in Pooler?
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.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 79.7%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Public transit
0.0%
Work from home
11.5%
Drive alone
79.7%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 14,471 workers age 16+.
Above median income · poverty 5.2% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
96.3 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Georgia average
B-
City profile score · Pooler, GA
67/100
5 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+
40.2%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income B
$91,497
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime B-
107 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Poverty rate C+
5.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
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.
Pooler profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 75/100 (B+) · 40.2%
Household income: 71/100 (B) · $91,497
Violent crime: 69/100 (B-) · 107 /100k
Poverty rate: 64/100 (C+) · 5.2%
Cost of living: 57/100 (C) · 96.3 index
Where Pooler sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Pooler's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Pooler highlighted among 10 peers.Read the chart values
Pooler, GA (this city): home $289,000, crime 1,796/100k
Thomasville, NC : home $163,200, crime 2,627/100k
New London, CT : home $234,800, crime 1,594/100k
Kent, OH : home $210,700, crime 1,399/100k
Wakefield, MA : home $670,100, crime 584/100k
Balch Springs, TX : home $208,200, crime 3,233/100k
Carrollton, GA : home $283,100, crime 1,927/100k
Decatur, GA : home $655,900, crime 2,401/100k
McDonough, GA : home $285,800, crime 2,960/100k
Chamblee, GA : home $407,900, crime 4,179/100k
How does Pooler compare to other US cities?
Pooler measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income72% higher than other cities
Home value63% pricier than other cities
Median rent51% pricier than other cities
Safety37% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Georgia, Pooler ranks #82 of 166 Georgia cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Pooler 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 Pooler near the bottom of Georgia's cities
Among the 638 Georgia cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Pooler ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Pooler only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#72 of 610
88th percentile in Georgia
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 638
0th percentile in Georgia
Median Home Value
#97 of 577
83rd percentile in Georgia
Poverty Rate
#494 of 637
22nd percentile in Georgia
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#79 of 638
88th 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
72nd percentile nationally for median household income · 37th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Pooler's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Pooler's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Pooler's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$289,00037th percentilemore affordable than 37% 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
Pooler's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.2×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#7,480 of 15,516
More affordable than 52% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,125 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.2×, Pooler sits in the moderate band:
national rank #7,480 of 15,516 and #1,125 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
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
$91,497Pooler, GA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Pooler, 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 Pooler, GA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)40.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)5.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)62.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
27,235
Median Income
$91,497
Median Home Value
$289,000
Median Age
39.3
Poverty Rate
5.2%
Labor force participation
62.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
40.2%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1795.7
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
106.6
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1689.2
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
3
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Pooler's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
25,653 residents
2021
26,978 residents
2022
28,738 residents
2023
29,616 residents
2024
31,305 residents
2025
32,744 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
824
housing units authorized
Single-Family
446
detached homes
Multifamily
378
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
30.3
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
231
231
0
$68.8M
2020
676
273
403
$90.4M
2021
710
372
338
$138.8M
2022
438
438
0
$126.8M
2023
716
716
0
$162.6M
2024
824
446
378
$136.5M
Permit volume increased 257% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
79.7%
Carpool
6.2%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.1%
Work from Home
11.5%
Other
2.5%
Based on 14,471 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 Pooler. 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 Pooler 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 Pooler sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Pooler 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, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, 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.