Muscogee County, Georgia

Muscogee County has a population of 203,711 and has shrunk 2.3% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $193,900, about 3.3 times the county's median household income of $58,073.

Home price
$193,900
Income
$58,073
Population
203,711
Unemployment
6.3%

Housing

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

Median home price$193,900county
Median gross rent$1,106county
Median year homes here were built1978county
Share of homes built before 198052.9%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile1.7%county
Share of homes that are vacant11.5%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented49.2%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.5%county
Typical monthly rent$1,277county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,088county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$939county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,445county
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$58,073county
Family health premium / yr$23,363(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$11,863(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.768(statewide)
Poverty rate19.0%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 home12.1%county
Unemployment rate6.3%county
Share of adults in the labor force60.8%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.2%county
Share of workers employed by government19.9%county
Share of workers in the largest industry24.8%county
Economic output per resident$67,950county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.86%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 time20.9 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service1.5 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport63422county
Miles to nearest general aviation field24 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here0county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station95 micounty
Households without a vehicle10.9%county
Traffic deaths30.4county
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 higher30.5%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher89.5%county
Public schools in the county53county
Public school enrollment29381county
Students per full-time teacher14.5county
Free lunch eligible85.2%county
Elementary schools31county
Middle schools12county
High schools8county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public66.7%county
Two-year institutions2county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution1.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians104county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county4county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter8.4 µgcounty
Without health insurance11.1%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year22.0%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year19.1%county
Frequent mental distress18.5%county
No leisure-time physical activity31.2%county
Diagnosed diabetes15.4%county

Place

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

Population203,711county
Land area in square miles216county
People per square mile of land941.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores36county
Convenience stores59county
Share living far from a food store27.4%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract21.0%county
Population change since 2020-2.3%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age35.4 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1824.9%county
Share of residents 65 and over14.8%county
Share of households that are one person35.2%county
Share of residents born outside the United States5.1%county
Second languages8.3%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls58.2%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents130county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-3county
Households that moved in6,677county
Households that moved away6,861county
Average income of arriving households$52,696county
Average income of departing households$59,355county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes3county
Housing units authorised in the latest year260county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings11.5%county
Violent crime rate326(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature65°Fcounty
Annual precipitation40.2 incounty
Annual snowfall2.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.62 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F64 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing42 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 8acounty
Frost-free days251 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 12county
Average first fall frostNov 18county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$171county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh15.5¢county
Household electricity use1,237 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$26.20(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity56.5%county
Homes heated by utility gas40.8%county
Homes heated by propane1.7%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood0.1%county
Households with broadband89.2%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk87.3county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk26.0county
Landslide risk73.8county
Hail risk81.2county
Earthquake risk84.4county
Tornado risk71.3county
Tropical cyclone risk82.3county
Extreme heat risk91.0county
Winter weather risk27.0county
Strong wind risk75.5county
Wildfire risk61.1county

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 teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams1county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Muscogee 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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