GA area data
Fort Benning, GA
Fort Benning, GA.
Population: 15,157 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 421.8 (-0.1% YoY)
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Average)
- 96.3 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 14.7¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $20.40/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Relatively Moderate
- Top hazards
- lightning, hail, heatWave, hurricane, inlandFlooding
Climate (30-year normals)
- Annual precipitation
- 55.1 in
Air quality
- Air quality rating
- Good
- Median AQI (annual)
- 49
- Days with Good air quality
- 193
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 4
- Nearest national park
- Jimmy Carter National Historical Park (40 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Lawson Army Air Field (LSF) (5 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Lawson Army Air Field (LSF) (5 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 1
- EV charging stations (within 10 mi)
- 29
- Solar radiation rating
- Good (4.6 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 2,000
- Households with broadband internet
- 83.0%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 73,771
- Average weekly wage
- $1,013
- Top industries (by employment)
- Health Care, Accommodation & Food, Finance & Insurance
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 156
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