Macon, Georgia
Cost of living, housing, income, commute, climate, and safety — compiled for relocators researching Macon.
Key figures
Each metric shows how Macon compares with the U.S. baseline (ACS/BLS nationals where available; catalog-city averages for crime, climate, and commute). Income, housing, population, and crime are for the incorporated city (city limits), not the broader metro/MSA — unemployment is county-level (BLS LAUS).
- Population
- 156,543City limits · not metro/MSA
- Median household income
- $50,747Incorporated place (ACS)35% below U.S. avgU.S. $78,538
- Housing cost index
- 65ACS home+rent vs U.S. (100 = avg)35% below U.S. avgU.S. 100
- Median home value
- $165,800City limits (ACS)45% below U.S. avgU.S. $303,400
- Median rent
- $1,026City limits (ACS)24% below U.S. avgU.S. $1,348
- Unemployment
- 4.2%County LAUS · not city-onlyNear U.S. avg (4.2 pts)U.S. 4.2 pts
- Avg commute
- 21 min16% below U.S. avgU.S. 25 min
- Walk Score
- 2838% below U.S. avgU.S. 45
- Violent crime rate
- UnavailableFBI CDE gap
- Property crime rate
- UnavailableFBI CDE gap
- Summer high
- 92°F5.0°F above U.S. avgU.S. 87°F
- Winter low
- 38°F4.0°F above U.S. avgU.S. 34°F
- Annual rainfall
- 46.9 in43% above U.S. avgU.S. 32.9 in
- Sunny days
- 257Near U.S. avg (266)U.S. 266
Compare Macon with another city
Macon (pop. 156,543) sits in Georgia. Median household income is roughly $50,747, while the ACS housing-cost index sits near 65 — among the more affordable large markets in this catalog on housing costs (100 ≈ U.S. average). Entry home prices around $165,800 still look attainable compared with coastal metros.
Macon is compact enough that a single wrong neighborhood choice is easy to feel day to day — visit at commute hour before signing. Figures on this page are merged from Census ACS, BLS LAUS, FBI Crime Data Explorer, and NOAA Climate Normals — use them to compare Macon with nearby alternatives before you relocate.
Piedmont heat and a sprawling logistics/job belt shape commute realities. The normals show about 46.9 inches of rain and 257 sunny days across a typical year. Plan on roughly 21 minutes each way for a typical commute; Walk Score is about 28. Unemployment recently ran near 4.2%, broadly in line with many large U.S. counties. Official FBI agency crime rates were not published for this place in the latest pull, so treat safety as a neighborhood-level research task.
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Sources
- Census / ACS: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 5-year (Macon-Bibb County, 1600000US1349008)
- BLS: BLS LAUS LAUCN130210000000003 (Bibb County, May 2026)
- Crime: data unavailable
- Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 Monthly Normals (USW00003813 MACON MIDDLE GA RGNL AP)
Last updated 2026-07-28