Bibb County, Georgia

Bibb County has a population of 156,578 and has grown 0.1% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $174,500, about 3.4 times the county's median household income of $51,234.

Home price
$174,500
Income
$51,234
Population
156,578
Unemployment
8.1%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$174,500county
Median gross rent$1,066county
Median year homes here were built1977county
Share of homes built before 198055.0%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile2.7%county
Share of homes that are vacant16.7%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented48.6%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.4%county
Typical monthly rent$1,248county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,307county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,158county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,567county
Home insurance / yr$2,323(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living92.5(statewide)
Median household income$51,234county
Family health premium / yr$23,363(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$11,863(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.768(statewide)
Poverty rate24.7%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home9.5%county
Unemployment rate8.1%county
Share of adults in the labor force56.7%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.4%county
Share of workers employed by government14.3%county
Share of workers in the largest industry26.1%county
Economic output per resident$70,756county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate1.03%county
Top state income tax4.99%(statewide)
Capital gains tax4.99%(statewide)
Combined sales tax7.56%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time22.2 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service10 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport17020county
Miles to nearest general aviation field7.5 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station78 micounty
Households without a vehicle11.3%county
Traffic deaths43.4county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-4.9(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher26.3%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher87.4%county
Public schools in the county39county
Public school enrollment23327county
Students per full-time teacher14.3county
Free lunch eligible61.5%county
Elementary schools22county
Middle schools6county
High schools6county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above3county
Share of local colleges that are public25.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution2.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians140county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county3county
Hospitals here with an emergency department3county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter8.2 µgcounty
Without health insurance13.6%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year25.9%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year23.7%county
Frequent mental distress18.5%county
No leisure-time physical activity32.8%county
Diagnosed diabetes15.7%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population156,578county
Land area in square miles249county
People per square mile of land628.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores24county
Convenience stores65county
Share living far from a food store23.7%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract23.2%county
Population change since 2020+0.1%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents0county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents2county
Median age36.8 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1824.4%county
Share of residents 65 and over16.4%county
Share of households that are one person34.9%county
Share of residents born outside the United States3.8%county
Second languages5.9%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls58.2%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents149county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-1county
Households that moved in4,300county
Households that moved away4,573county
Average income of arriving households$46,479county
Average income of departing households$53,440county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes2county
Housing units authorised in the latest year143county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings0.0%county
Violent crime rate326(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature64.8°Fcounty
Annual precipitation46.6 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.63 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F65 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing44 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 8bcounty
Frost-free days229 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 23county
Average first fall frostNov 7county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$173county
Electric utilities serving this county6county
Electricity price per kWh15.2¢county
Household electricity use1,218 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$26.20(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity64.9%county
Homes heated by utility gas32.4%county
Homes heated by propane1.7%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood0.1%county
Households with broadband85.8%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk80.4county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk43.0county
Landslide risk71.3county
Hail risk82.7county
Earthquake risk77.0county
Tornado risk87.7county
Tropical cyclone risk81.9county
Extreme heat risk94.2county
Winter weather risk23.7county
Strong wind risk80.7county
Wildfire risk73.0county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams1county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Bibb County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Georgia figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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