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SheetGA-WARNER-ROBINS-GA · Warner Robins, GA 81,438 pop · income 44th pct · 38 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 Warner Robins
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Warner Robins on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Albany · lowest
45,201
Albany · lowest
45,201 median HH income
28.2% of the leader · rank #1
Bennett · near
65,714
Bennett · near
65,714 median HH income
41.0% of the leader · rank #2
Kingsley · near
65,714
Kingsley · near
65,714 median HH income
41.0% of the leader · rank #3
Stewartville · near
65,714
Stewartville · near
65,714 median HH income
41.0% of the leader · rank #4
Mount Healthy… · near
65,714
Mount Healthy… · near
65,714 median HH income
41.0% of the leader · rank #5
Warner Robins · this city
65,715
Warner Robins · this city
65,715 median HH income
41.0% of the leader · rank #6
Johns Creek · highest
160,185
Johns Creek · highest
160,185 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 Warner Robins 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: 81,438.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Warner Robins - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Warner Robins lands in the 44th percentile for household income and the 10th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
44th
percentile, household income
34th
percentile, home value
51st
percentile, median rent
10th
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: Warner Robins, GA
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 81,438 residents in Warner Robins, a small city within Georgia. Warner Robins households earn a median of $65,715 annually, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 10.6%. Typical homes in Warner Robins are valued around $171,600, and the median resident age is 32.3 years. About 30.5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 58.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 755 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Building Boom), up 87% from five years earlier. Warner Robins's reported crime rate runs above the national norm: per-100,000 total crime stands at 3646.1 in FBI UCR data, above the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as reporting activity, not a definitive danger score). NOAA climate normals record an annual average temperature of 65.0°F with 51.8 inches of precipitation per year.
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). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,203 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Georgia's average monthly utility costs around $225 (state average). On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 39.5 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Warner Robins'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 within-city variation to climate and hazard context to housing and income to population change to work and mobility to comparison shortlist to reported crime to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Warner Robins, city-specific coverage includes within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, commute-mode shares, annual population history, matched public-school count.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
1. Within-city variation
What can 38 Census tracts reveal inside Warner Robins?
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.
PlainCities matches 38 Census tracts to this city.
What physical conditions frame life in Warner Robins?
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 65.0°F, with 51.8 inches of precipitation. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Georgia is 39.5 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
How far does income reach against housing in Warner Robins?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.6 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 10.6%, 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Warner Robins?
Within Georgia, the closest population matches are Johns Creek (82,115 residents, $160,185 income); Roswell (92,577 residents, $124,422 income); Albany (67,939 residents, $45,201 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Alhambra, CA (81,483 residents); Miami Beach, FL (81,319 residents); New Rochelle, NY (81,591 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.
Population change
Is Warner Robins 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 +7,171 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +8.9% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 755 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Period change
+8.9%
2025 estimate
87,761
2020 estimate
80,590
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
What does the journey to work look like in Warner Robins?
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 78.9%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Public transit
0.1%
Work from home
7.4%
Drive alone
78.9%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 37,601 workers age 16+.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Warner Robins?
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 3646.1 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 60% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
2980.2
Violent rate
665.9
Total reported rate
3646.1
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
What does the education layer cover for Warner Robins?
The NCES join finds 21 public schools within the city match. 30.5% 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
21
Bachelor's degree+
30.5%
Poverty estimate
10.6%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Below median income · poverty 10.6% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
96.3 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Georgia average
D
City profile score · Warner Robins, GA
40/100
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 C
30.5%
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.
Household income D
$65,715
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
10.6%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime F
666 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Warner Robins profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 59/100 (C) · 30.5%
Cost of living: 57/100 (C) · 96.3 index
Household income: 43/100 (D) · $65,715
Poverty rate: 37/100 (F) · 10.6%
Violent crime: 7/100 (F) · 666 /100k
Where Warner Robins sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Warner Robins'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 - Warner Robins highlighted among 11 peers.Read the chart values
Warner Robins, GA (this city): home $171,600, crime 3,646/100k
Alhambra, CA : home $812,700, crime 2,675/100k
New Rochelle, NY : home $667,300, crime 1,239/100k
Gastonia, NC : home $250,000, crime 4,364/100k
Lake Charles, LA : home $204,000, crime 3,083/100k
Lehi, UT : home $567,100, crime 629/100k
Johns Creek, GA : home $583,700, crime 572/100k
Roswell, GA : home $520,500, crime 1,181/100k
Albany, GA : home $118,700, crime 2,432/100k
Alpharetta, GA : home $605,700, crime 1,401/100k
Marietta, GA : home $401,100, crime 2,109/100k
How does Warner Robins compare to other US cities?
Warner Robins measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income44% higher than other cities
Home value34% pricier than other cities
Median rent51% pricier than other cities
Safety10% 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, Warner Robins ranks #140 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 Warner Robins 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 Warner Robins near the bottom of Georgia's cities
Among the 638 Georgia cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Warner Robins ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Warner Robins only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#211 of 610
65th percentile in Georgia
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 638
0th percentile in Georgia
Median Home Value
#280 of 577
51st percentile in Georgia
Poverty Rate
#347 of 637
45th percentile in Georgia
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#134 of 638
79th 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
44th percentile nationally for median household income · 10th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Warner Robins's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Warner Robins'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 Warner Robins's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$171,600Among the most affordablemore affordable than 66% 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
Warner Robins's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.6×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#4,569 of 15,516
More affordable than 71% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#52 of 750
Mid-size cities (50,000–199,999)
At 2.6×, Warner Robins sits in the affordable band:
national rank #4,569 of 15,516 and #52 of 750mid-size cities (50,000–199,999).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
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
$65,715Warner Robins, GA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Warner Robins, 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 Warner Robins, GA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)30.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)10.6%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)58.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
81,438
Median Income
$65,715
Median Home Value
$171,600
Median Age
32.3
Poverty Rate
10.6%
Labor force participation
58.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
30.5%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
3646.1
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
665.9
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
2980.2
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.
Climate
Avg Temperature
65.0°F
Annual Precipitation
51.8"
Annual Snowfall
0.0"
Schools
Total Schools
21
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Warner Robins's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
80,590 residents
2021
81,605 residents
2022
82,143 residents
2023
84,559 residents
2024
86,208 residents
2025
87,761 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
755
housing units authorized
Single-Family
425
detached homes
Multifamily
330
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
9.3
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
403
311
92
$67.1M
2020
492
400
92
$84.2M
2021
453
453
0
$81.7M
2022
1,742
728
1,014
$237.3M
2023
920
324
596
$215.0M
2024
755
425
330
$109.9M
Permit volume increased 87% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
78.9%
Carpool
11.6%
Public Transit
0.1%
Walk
0.6%
Work from Home
7.4%
Other
1.4%
Based on 37,601 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 Warner Robins. 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 Warner Robins 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 Warner Robins sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Warner Robins 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, NOAA Climate Normals, 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.