Warner Robins, GA
Warner Robins, GA Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Warner Robins, GA Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Warner Robins ranks 118th for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 134th for income. A household earns $78,028 a year while median rent runs $1,279/mo, making it moderately affordable for what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 6% below the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is hazard safety (19th of 300), while education is the soft spot (209th). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 159th and home prices 80th among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
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On $75,000 for just you in Warner Robins, your take-home is worth about $61,888 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it further than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 134th of 300↑26%$78,028
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 137th of 30094 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $83,195
- Per-capita income
- $36,745
- Full-time pay
- $47,159
Housing
- Median rent
- 159th of 300↑40.5%$1,279/mo
- Home value
- 80th of 300↑56.7%$242,600
- Property tax
- $1,976/yr · 0.8%
- Sales tax
- 7.42%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 146th of 3004.4%
- Bachelor's+
- 209th of 30029.4%
- Avg commute
- 199th of 30025.5 min
People
- Population
- 204,110
- Population change
- +10.1%
- Median age
- 37.8 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 6.1%
- Broadband
- 92.8%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 106th of 30043
- Natural-hazard loss
- 19th of 300$8/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 175th of 30019.3%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 11.9%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. EPA, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
- + Home prices
- + Hazard safety
Watch-outs
- – Education
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — macon middle ga rgnl ap.
What jobs pay in Warner Robins
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- Family medicine physicians
- $197,600
- IT managers
- $157,380
- Pharmacists
- $135,360
- Financial managers
- $126,190
- Lawyers
- $118,750
- Software developers
- $118,520
- General & operations managers
- $87,260
- Civil engineers
- $82,080
- Registered nurses
- $78,980
- Accountants & auditors
- $78,560
- Secondary school teachers
- $75,990
- Elementary school teachers
- $74,000
- Electricians
- $63,110
- Plumbers
- $58,500
- Police officers
- $52,950
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $50,990
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $48,660
- Carpenters
- $46,750
- Construction laborers
- $39,500
- Customer service reps
- $36,830
- Janitors
- $33,280
- Retail salespersons
- $30,650
- Cashiers
- $28,000
- Waiters & waitresses
- $19,070
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Warner Robins metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in Georgia are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- Texas561
- California556
- Alabama543
- Florida479
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Warner Robins metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Warner Robins metro?
- Median gross rent across the Warner Robins, GA Metro Area is $1,279 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Warner Robins.
- What is the median household income in the Warner Robins metro?
- A typical household in the Warner Robins, GA Metro Area earns $78,028 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Warner Robins expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Warner Robins, GA Metro Area runs about 6% below the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are lower than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Warner Robins metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $83,195 (versus its face value of $78,028). CityLedger rates the Warner Robins, GA Metro Area moderately affordable for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Warner Robins metro?
- The median home value across the Warner Robins, GA Metro Area is $242,600 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Warner Robins metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Warner Robins, GA Metro Area is 4.4% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).