AreaProfile

Augusta-Richmond County, Georgia

Area Profile

201,528 residents. Jobs, income, climate, physical risk, development and airport access for Augusta-Richmond County, in Richmond County.

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How this area ranks
Housing affordabilityTop 22% of 150 published cities82
ClimateTop 33% of 149 published cities74
Physical resilienceTop 25% of 150 published cities74
AccessTop 31% of 149 published cities98
Economic stability140th of 150 published cities36
The quick read

Natural-hazard exposure is lower than in most comparable published city profiles, placing Augusta-Richmond County in the top 25% for physical resilience.

A major airport is 6 miles away, giving the area unusually direct access to the national air network.

At a glance

Population
201,528
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$55,485
Bottom 32% nationally
Density
667/sq mi
302.3 sq mi of land
Median age
35.2
2024 ACS 5-Year
County
Richmond County
Georgia
Metro area
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
Nearest major airport
AGS
6 mi · Augusta Rgnl At Bush Fld
Median home value
$178,400
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$2,918$55,485Bottom 32%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$973$31,910Bottom 44%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate20.1%Top 24%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute22.5 minBottom 28%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher24.7%Top 40%2024 ACS 5-Year
Labor force participation62.6%Top 43%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$60,020Bottom 14%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$45,990Bottom 7%2025 OEWS
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202455k46k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $55,485 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Fast Food and Counter Workers8,710$26,620
Retail Salespersons6,930$29,350
Registered Nurses6,880$87,760
Cashiers6,040$28,310
General and Operations Managers4,230$102,360
Home Health and Personal Care Aides3,920$28,730

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $1,142 takes 25% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 3.2 times median household income here, above the historic benchmark of about three times income.

Rent as a share of income
24.7%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
3.2×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,142
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$178,400
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income3.22Top 42%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate50.8%Bottom 10%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±24191,432Top 1%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$22$1,142Top 36%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$5,510$178,400Bottom 48%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income24.7%Top 18%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate17.7%Top 28%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →

Population has been broadly flat since 2020, at 201,737 in 2024.

Population, annual estimates
20202021202220232024202k201k
Census Population Estimates Program, July 1 of each year. These annual estimates are designed for year-over-year comparison, unlike the ACS five-year figure shown as this profile's population.

No building-permit activity is published for this location by the Census Building Permits Survey.

Weather & climate

7 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 94°F and January a low of 35°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 44.1 inches.

20°40°60°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station AUGUSTA BUSH FLD AP, 6.4 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND4.8"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation44.1"1991-2020 Normals
Annual snowfall0.8"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low35°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high94°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months71991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing35°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

74 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are hurricane, earthquake and lightning.

Ice stormModerate
LightningModerate
EarthquakeElevated
HurricaneElevated
LandslideModerate

Low or minimal exposure: strong wind, tornado, heat wave, inland flooding, hail, cold wave, wildfire, winter weather, drought.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. City values are the population-weighted mean of the counties the city overlaps, using AreaProfile place-to-county land-area weights. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

Taxes

AreaProfile does not yet publish tax comparisons. No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, methodology transparency and update cadence, and the product rule is to omit a dimension rather than estimate it. The Area Score is calculated without a tax component and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Nothing on AreaProfile is individualized tax advice.

Access

4 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 6 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Augusta Rgnl At Bush FldAGS6 mi8,001 ft
Columbia MetroCAE68 mi8,601 ft
Donaldson FldGYH98 mi8,000 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)

Profile recalculated August 29, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

ZIP codes in Augusta-Richmond County

5 published ZIP profiles
ZIPPopulationMedian household incomeArea Score
3090660,423$45,999
3090946,501$71,364
3081544,109$70,202
3090423,400$46,696
3090116,484$25,163