Milledgeville, Georgia

Area Profile

16,748 residents. Public schools, jobs, income, housing cost, climate and natural-hazard risk for Milledgeville, in Baldwin County.

52out of 100
Area Score
Bottom 25% of 4,196 profiles measured

How we calculate this

How this area ranks

Data updated · 13 sources
OpportunityTop 30% of 4,199 cities measured66
Schools3,819th of 4,162 cities measured16
Growth3,474th of 4,224 cities measured33
Housing affordability2,447th of 4,218 cities measured63
Climate2,225th of 4,225 cities measured70
Physical resilienceTop 46% of 4,226 cities measured62
Access4,054th of 4,226 cities measured52
Economic stability4,215th of 4,226 cities measured10
The quick read

Unemployment is 3.7% and median household income $41,616, putting employment conditions in the middle range of cities measured. The unemployment rate is published for Baldwin County, GA, which contains Milledgeville, rather than for Milledgeville alone.

In the public schools here, 22% of students met the state standard in mathematics, with 15.2 students for every teacher.

Residential permitting has slowed: 5 units authorized over the past twelve months, against 11 the year before. That follows a longer stretch moving the other way, through 2025.

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At a glance

Population
16,748
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$41,616
Bottom 12% nationally
Density
827/sq mi
20.3 sq mi of land
Median age
28.5
2024 ACS 5-Year
County
Georgia
Nearest major airport
AGS
76 mi · Augusta Rgnl At Bush Fld
Median home value
$193,100
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment across Baldwin County, GA, which contains Milledgeville, is 3.7%, lower than in 74% of the 4,226 measured US cities.

Employment across Baldwin County, GA, which contains Milledgeville, grew 3.4% over the past year, to 18,752 employed residents.

Median household income of $41,616 is lower than in 88% of measured US cities.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Income of new arrivalsBaldwin County, GA’s figurefiling years 2022–2023$50,2328th percentileof 4,101filing years 2022–2023
Income of those who leftBaldwin County, GA’s figurefiling years 2022–2023$45,0212nd percentileof 4,101filing years 2022–2023
Median household income ±$6,1962024 ACS 5-Year$41,616Bottom 12%of 29,2232024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$15,5752024 ACS 5-Year$29,069Bottom 33%of 31,4202024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate ±8%2024 ACS 5-Year32.0%Bottom 9%of 31,7732024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute ±3.4 min2024 ACS 5-Year24.1 minTop 36%of 31,5432024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year21.1%Top 49%of 31,9192024 ACS 5-Year
Drove alone to work ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year79.3%57th percentileof 31,4332024 ACS 5-Year
EmploymentBaldwin County, GA’s figureJuly 202618,752Bottom 21%of 4,226July 2026
Employment change (3 years)Baldwin County, GA’s figureJuly 2026+6.4%Top 3%of 4,226July 2026
Employment change (year over year)Baldwin County, GA’s figureJuly 2026+3.4%Top 2%of 4,226July 2026
Labor forceBaldwin County, GA’s figureJuly 202619,48021st percentileof 4,226July 2026
Labor force participation ±5%2024 ACS 5-Year49.6%Bottom 5%of 31,5132024 ACS 5-Year
Public transit to work ±0.4%2024 ACS 5-Year0.0%1st percentileof 31,4332024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)Baldwin County, GA’s figureJuly 2026−0.5%Top 25%of 4,226July 2026
Unemployment rateBaldwin County, GA’s figureJuly 20263.7%Top 26%of 4,226July 2026
Worked from home ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year8.0%52nd percentileof 31,4332024 ACS 5-Year

Median household income, successive ACS releases

202120222023202442k36k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $41,616 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.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes city-level labor data only for places of 25,000 or more. This is the figure for Baldwin County, GA, which contains this city.

22% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 27% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.

There are 15.2 students for every full-time teacher across 7 public schools, fewer than in most measured places.

Public schools
7
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
15.2
across all schools here
Math proficiency
21.9%
Bottom 5% in Georgia
Reading proficiency
27.5%
Bottom 9% in Georgia
All 7 public schools on record, largest first.
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
Baldwin High SchoolBaldwin County1,28316.724%32%
Oak Hill MSBaldwin County97413.915%25%
Lakeview PrimaryBaldwin County80421.2——
Lakeview AcademyBaldwin County57512.531%28%
Midway Hills PrimaryBaldwin County48213.8——
Midway Hills AcademyBaldwin County39213.119%18%
Millegeville ITUDepartment of Juvenile Justice1010.0——

86.3% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with, not how the schools perform, so it is shown and not scored.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data, placed by ZIP code — which schools are in this place, not which one a particular address is zoned for. A dash in a proficiency column is a gap in the federal file, not a bad result. Proficiency is measured against Georgia’s own standard, so it is ranked within state. How to read school figures.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s house price index for the non-metropolitan parts of Georgia is up 57% over five years, and up 3.4% over the last year. It follows repeat sales of the same homes, so it measures price change rather than which homes happened to sell.

Homeowners here who pay a tax bill pay a median of $1,610 a year in real estate taxes, about 0.83% of the median home value.

HUD’s Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom, set near the 40th percentile of recent new leases, is $1,073, some 18% above the $913 tenants already here pay.

At HUD’s Fair Market Rent of $1,073 a month for a two-bedroom, keeping rent to 30% of income takes a household income of about $42,900 a year, about 103% of the median household income here of $41,616.

The typical renter household here spends 35% of its income on rent, above the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened. Median gross rent runs $913 a month.

A median home at $193,100 costs 2.4 times the median income of its owner-occupied households, $80,263, close to the historic benchmark for an affordable market.

Rent as a share of income
35.1%
Above the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
2.4×
median home value ÷ owner household income
Market rent, two bedroom
$1,073
what a new lease costs · FY2026
Median gross rent
$913
what tenants now pay · 2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$193,100
2024 ACS 5-Year

The figures above are measured against Milledgeville’s median household income of $41,616, which describes the place rather than you. Enter your own and the ratio is recomputed against it. It stays in this browser.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Home price change (1 year)the non-metropolitan parts of Georgia’s figure2026 Q2+3.4%54th percentileof 4,1542026 Q2
Home price change (5 years)the non-metropolitan parts of Georgia’s figure2026 Q2+56.5%91st percentileof 4,1542026 Q2
Home price change (10 years)the non-metropolitan parts of Georgia’s figure2026 Q2+115.5%82nd percentileof 4,1542026 Q2
Home price to income ±0.62024 ACS 5-Year2.4Top 47%of 26,8152024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate ±6%2024 ACS 5-Year33.1%3rd percentileof 31,7172024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±4252024 ACS 5-Year6,72491st percentileof 32,1772024 ACS 5-Year
Market rent, one bedroomFY2026$894Top 14%of 4,072FY2026
Market rent, three bedroomFY2026$1,287Top 7%of 4,072FY2026
Market rent, two bedroomFY2026$1,073Top 12%of 4,072FY2026
Median gross rent ±$662024 ACS 5-Year$913Top 43%of 23,1202024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$29,3592024 ACS 5-Year$193,10052nd percentileof 29,1112024 ACS 5-Year
Median property taxes ±$4852024 ACS 5-Year$1,61045th percentileof 26,4402024 ACS 5-Year
Owner household income ±$14,7522024 ACS 5-Year$80,263Top 48%of 27,5482024 ACS 5-Year
Property tax rate ±0.28%2024 ACS 5-Year0.83%40th percentileof 20,5432024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year35.1%Bottom 20%of 22,9502024 ACS 5-Year
Seasonal and second homes ±1172024 ACS 5-Year11290th percentileof 32,3302024 ACS 5-Year
Second homes2024 ACS 5-Year1.7%67th percentileof 31,8952024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate2024 ACS 5-Year16.9%83rd percentileof 31,7692024 ACS 5-Year
Vacant housing units ±4052024 ACS 5-Year1,25196th percentileof 32,3302024 ACS 5-Year

These measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with. They compare housing cost with local earnings only: transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not in them. How to read affordability, the two rent figures.

Development Momentum

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Permitting has been rising for the last 2 years of a series running from 2022 to 2025. That is the direction of the recent run. The chart below compares the first year with the last, which can point the other way.

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

Population has fallen 2% since 2020, to 16,664 in 2024.

New construction is predominantly single-family: of 5 units permitted over the past twelve months, none were in buildings of five or more homes.

Federal tax returns show Baldwin County, which contains Milledgeville, gained about 0.4% of its residents through moves within the US in the most recent year, counting those who arrived against those who left. Households that moved in reported an average income of $50,232, above the $45,021 of households that moved out.

At 0.3 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is below the median for measured US cities.

Units permitted
5
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
0.3
Bottom 12% nationally
Year over year
−55%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
0.0%
units in 5+ unit buildings

Population, annual estimates

2020202120222023202417k16k
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. It has been rising, over a series running from 2020 to 2024.

People moving in and out

Net migration
+0.4%
of residents, in a year
Arrivals from another state
22%
of people moving in
Income of arrivals
$50,232
average per tax return
Income of those who left
$45,021
average per tax return

Where newcomers came from

  1. Putnam County, GA 184 people · 9.6% of arrivals
  2. Wilkinson County, GA 125 people · 6.5% of arrivals
  3. Bibb County, GA 119 people · 6.2% of arrivals
  4. Jones County, GA 119 people · 6.2% of arrivals
  5. Hancock County, GA 98 people · 5.1% of arrivals

Where people who left went

  1. Putnam County, GA 180 people · 9.9% of departures
  2. Bibb County, GA 120 people · 6.6% of departures
  3. Wilkinson County, GA 120 people · 6.6% of departures
  4. Jones County, GA 106 people · 5.9% of departures
  5. Hancock County, GA 93 people · 5.1% of departures

Based on the address on federal tax returns, compared with the same filers a year earlier. It counts people who file, and sees a move only when the address on a return changes. Domestic moves only: people arriving from abroad are left out. This is the figure for Baldwin County, GA. IRS Statistics of Income, filing years 2022–2023.

Housing units permitted per year

20222023202420259.04.0
Annual totals from the Census Building Permits Survey. Permitting in 2025 was higher than 2022 (+125%).

Weather & climate

6 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 93°F and January a low of 33°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 48.2 inches.

20°40°60°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station MILLEDGEVILLE, 0.6 miles from this location.

Precipitation

JFMAMJJASOND4.8"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation1991-2020 Normals48.2"1991-2020 Normals
Annual snowfall1991-2020 Normals0.6"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low1991-2020 Normals33°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high1991-2020 Normals93°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months1991-2020 Normals61991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing1991-2020 Normals36°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. How to read climate and air quality.

Physical risk

62 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, tornado and heat wave, with inland flooding alone responsible for 61% of it. Inland flooding and heat wave are independently rated low or minimal nationally, so this describes how the loss is composed, not how large those hazards are.

DroughtElevated
EarthquakeModerate
HurricaneModerate
TornadoModerate
Cold waveElevated
Strong windModerate
LightningModerate

Low or minimal exposure: heat wave, wildfire, ice storm, inland flooding, hail, landslide, winter weather, tsunami, volcanic activity, coastal flooding, avalanche.

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.

Violent crime
670
per 100,000 residents · 2025 calendar year
Property crime
3,047
per 100,000 residents · 2025 calendar year

Below these are deaths rather than offenses, published for the county. The two measure different things and are not comparable with each other.

Milledgeville's police department reported 670 violent offenses per 100,000 residents, higher than most places with a department reporting. Property crime runs at 3,047.

Baldwin County has a modeled homicide rate of about 9.3 per 100,000 residents a year, because the CDC suppresses counts this small, higher than most counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.

Firearm deaths of all intents run at about 17.3 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, since the figure counts suicides and accidents as well as homicides.

Drug overdose deaths run at about 13.9 per 100,000 residents in Baldwin County.

Homicide
9.3
per 100,000 residents · modeled, not measured
Firearm deaths, all intents
17.3
per 100,000 residents · modeled, not measured
Drug overdose
13.9
per 100,000 residents · modeled, not measured
Suicide
15.6
per 100,000 residents · modeled, not measured

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides, so the firearm figure and the homicide figure above it count some of the same deaths twice over. They overlap and should not be added together.

Offenses are reported to the FBI by Milledgeville’s own police department and shown only where it reported every month of the year; a partial year is withheld rather than scaled up. Reported crime is what police recorded, which is not the same as what happened. Death rates are crude rates — deaths divided by population, not adjusted for age — except where a count was too small for the CDC to publish and it modeled the rate, which the card marks. They come from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC by county and not below it. So they describe the county around Milledgeville (Baldwin County) rather than Milledgeville itself. Neither is part of the Area Score. How to read crime rates and death rates.

What this profile does not cover

Each of these is absent for a reason, not by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them; the weighting is on the methodology page.

Cost of living
Price parities are published for metropolitan areas, and this place lies outside one.
Air quality
The EPA publishes an air-quality index only where a monitor sits. There is none in this county, and a modeled value would be a different kind of number from the measured ones everywhere else on this page.
Taxes
Income and sales taxes are not published: no source covers them nationally with a method open enough to check. Property taxes are shown in the housing section but are not part of the score. Cost of living is published where the Bureau of Economic Analysis measures it, though not for this place. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Anything about a specific address
Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house.

Access

2 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest Augusta Rgnl At Bush Fld at 76 miles.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Broadband access ±8%2024 ACS 5-Year91.1%Top 44%of 31,5882024 ACS 5-Year
Distance to major airportNASR current cycle76 miBottom 4%of 4,226NASR current cycle
Major airports within 100 milesNASR current cycle2Bottom 8%of 4,226NASR current cycle
No internet access ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year4.3%Top 32%of 31,5882024 ACS 5-Year
AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Augusta Rgnl At Bush FldAGS76 mi8,001 ft
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta IntlATL78 mi12,390 ft
Donaldson FldGYH126 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 period
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle
SafetyFederal Bureau of Investigation, Crime Data Explorer
Summarized offense counts by law enforcement agency
2025 calendar year
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)
Demographics, IncomeInternal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division
U.S. Population Migration Data (county to county)
filing years 2022–2023
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 Normals
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
July 2026
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026
Access, Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-Year
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimate
SafetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
March 2025 to February 2026; May 2025 to April 2026
SchoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2018-19 school year; 2024-25 school year
HousingU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research
Fair Market Rents
FY2026
HousingU.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency
House Price Index (traditional, all-transactions)
2026 Q2
Current conditionsNOAA National Weather Service
National Weather Service current conditions
Live observation, read when the page opens

Profile recalculated October 8, 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 every source with how often each updates.

ZIP codes in Milledgeville

1 ZIP area

Every ZIP area in Milledgeville with census figures of its own, largest first.

ZIPPopulationMedian household incomeMedian home valueArea Score
3106141,764$54,263$184,40053