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Macon-Bibb County, GA

156,512 Population
249.4 square miles 627.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Macon-Bibb County, GA Metro Area: 38.7 ±0.8
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 37.9 ±0.2

Economics

$31,090 ±$2,526 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Macon-Bibb County, GA Metro Area: $32,697 ±$2,203
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Georgia: $39,685 ±$352
$51,254 ±$5,065 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Macon-Bibb County, GA Metro Area: $59,750 ±$3,819
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $74,632 ±$833

22% ±3.3% (33,170  ±4,970) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Macon-Bibb County, GA Metro Area: 19.1% † 43,019 (±2.5% / ±5,643)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 13.6% 1,461,317 (±0.4% / ±38,018)

22.6 minutes ±1.7 (1,256,045  ±136,749) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Macon-Bibb County, GA Metro Area: 24.4 2,130,535 (±1.2 / ±161,069)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Georgia: 28.7 128,833,304 (±0.2 / ±1,204,493)

Families

60,919 ±1,965 Number of households
  • the Macon-Bibb County, GA Metro Area: 89,842 ±2,727
  • Georgia: 4,150,138 ±14,424
2.5 ±0.1 (150,025  ±363) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Macon-Bibb County, GA Metro Area: 2.5 224,759 (±0.1 / ±2,518)
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,774,563

7.6% ±3.1% (2,897  ±1,200) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Macon-Bibb County, GA Metro Area: 6% † 3,301 (±2.3% / ±1,241)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 141,228 (±0.3% / ±6,907)

Housing

71,965 ±148 Number of housing units
  • the Macon-Bibb County, GA Metro Area: 104,954 ±1,229
  • Georgia: 4,610,506 ±467

$199,800 ±$16,769 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Macon-Bibb County, GA Metro Area: $195,600 ±$13,483
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $323,000 ±$1,915

17% ±3% (26,218  ±4,572.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Macon-Bibb County, GA Metro Area: 12.7% † 29,243 (±2.1% / ±4,761.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Georgia: 12.6% 1,369,769 (±0.3% / ±34,280.3)

Social

88.4% ±5.3% (92,032  ±5,495.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Macon-Bibb County, GA Metro Area: 89.4% 141,869 (±4.1% / ±6,727.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 89.3% 6,653,783 (±0.6% / ±43,866.7)
26.3% ±2.7% (27,402  ±2,848) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Macon-Bibb County, GA Metro Area: 25% 39,673 (±2.2% / ±3,537)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Georgia: 35.4% 2,637,795 (±0.4% / ±27,056)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.1% (7,946  ±1,564) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Macon-Bibb County, GA Metro Area: 3.8% † 8,731 (±0.7% / ±1,624)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 11.6% 1,274,462

7.5% ±1.6% (8,889  ±1,835) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Macon-Bibb County, GA Metro Area: 7.9% † 14,012 (±1.1% / ±2,040)
  • a little higher than the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 608,198 (±0.2% / ±13,207)
8,889 Total veterans ±1,835 6,588 Male ±1,245 2,301 Female ±1,158

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