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Warner Robins vs Centerville

Next-door neighbors. The biggest differences: trails (54× in Warner Robins) and size (9.8× in Warner Robins).

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Warner Robins, GAAn outdoors townGeorgia · 82,990 people
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Centerville, GAHomes around $231KGeorgia · 8,505 people
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Where each one shines

Two towns, two different strengths

What each town does better than most of its state (not better than each other). Tap one to see the page behind it.

Warner RobinsAn outdoors town
Outdoors#61 most walkable in GA5.4 miles of trails across 18 parks and preserves Housing$215K typical home35% below the GA typical home SafetySafer than 8%of U.S. towns we grade All about Warner Robins →
CentervilleHomes around $231K
Housing$231K typical home30% below the GA typical home Outdoors#38 most walkable in GA0.1 miles of trails across 2 parks and preserves Schools#47 for schools in GAof 231 towns All about Centerville →
The biggest differences

Where they part ways

The rows below where the towns are furthest apart, beyond the Census margin of error. The full table is further down.

Trails54×
Warner Robins has more miles of trail
Warner Robins 5.4 miCenterville 0.1 mi
Size9.8×
Warner Robins is the bigger place
Warner Robins 82,990Centerville 8,505
Work in town+25 pts
More of Warner Robins’s workers stay in town
Warner Robins 27.3%Centerville 2.3%
Jobs per worker2.6×
Warner Robins is more of a job hub
Warner Robins 1.02Centerville 0.40
Homeowners+16.9 pts renters
Warner Robins has more renters
Centerville 70.4%Warner Robins 53.5%
Property tax bill+25%
Tax bills are bigger in Centerville
Centerville $2,045Warner Robins $1,641
★ What stands out · Monthly cost

A typical home costs about the same each month

A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Warner Robins$1,290/mo
Typical home $215K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.88% · or rent about $1,212/mo · Housing →
Centerville$1,410/mo
Typical home $231K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.05% · or rent about $1,312/mo · Housing →

The difference: $120 a month, about $1,500 a year, between Centerville and Warner Robins.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Where they are

Warner Robins and Centerville share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

Warner RobinsCentervilleWarner RobinsCenterville
Warner Robins ↔ Centerville3.2 miles apart · They share a border
Who commutes between them
783 Centerville residents work in Warner Robins (27.4% of its workers)
287 Warner Robins residents work in Centerville (1% of its workers)
Work & commute in Centerville →
Report cards

Centerville places higher on 9 of 20 GA lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Georgia ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety
DWarner RobinsSafer than 8% of U.S. towns –CentervilleNot graded
Schools
A−Warner RobinsBetter than 81% of districts in the state A−CentervilleBetter than 81% of districts in the state
Health
CWarner RobinsHealthier than 30% of U.S. towns C+CentervilleHealthier than 37% of U.S. towns
8Warner Robins
9Centerville

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most remote workersWork · 257 towns #120#186 Most conserved landOutdoors · 257 towns #168#219 Shortest commuteGetting around · 265 towns #64#116 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 263 towns #85#37 Most new homesHousing · 188 towns #58#25 Lowest property taxCost of living · 264 towns #102#145 Best schoolsSchools · 231 towns #77#47 Lowest obesityHealth · 263 towns #198#164

Left end = #1 in Georgia. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Warner Robins’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons
Warner RobinsCenterville
Snow a year0″0″
January low36°F36°F
July high91°F91°F
Growing season (days)256d256d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)17th29th
Outdoors & history
Warner RobinsCenterville
Trails5 mi0 mi
Conserved land1.1%0.5%
Settled19421958
National Register places1—
Archive photos—6
Famous people born here29—
Community
Warner RobinsCenterville
Library hours a week46 hrs48 hrs
Colleges in town1—
Posts this month00
Neighbors joined00

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Warner RobinsCenterville
People
Population 82,990Highest 8,505Lowest
Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +20.6%Highest GA: +10.6% +15.1%Lowest GA: +10.6%
Median age 31.9±1.2Lowest 15% below GA 37.9±5.1Highest about the GA average
Centerville and Warner Robins are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 27.3%±1.7Highest GA: 23.2% 24.4%±6.7Lowest GA: 23.2%
Warner Robins and Centerville are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 11.9%±1Lowest GA: 15% 17.2%±3.9Highest GA: 15%
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 31.1%Highest GA: 34.9% 27.3%Lowest GA: 34.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.6%±0.9Lowest GA: 6.4% 8.6%±3.3Highest GA: 6.4%
Centerville and Warner Robins are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $66,970±$3kLowest 13% below GA $68,922±$13kHighest 11% below GA
Centerville and Warner Robins are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $185,700±$8kLowest 39% below GA $194,900±$25kHighest 36% below GA
Centerville and Warner Robins are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,212±$41Lowest 13% below GA $1,312±$115Highest 6% below GA
Centerville and Warner Robins are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Property taxmedian, yearly $1,641Lowest 30% below GA $2,045Highest 13% below GA
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 49%±4.7Lowest GA: 52.4% 63%±13.6Highest GA: 52.4%
Centerville and Warner Robins are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Below poverty line 14.2%Lowest GA: 13.4% 16.5%Highest GA: 13.4%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 53.5%Lowest GA: 65.7% 70.4%Highest GA: 65.7%
Typical home builtmedian year 1989Lowest 3 yrs older than GA 2001Highest 9 yrs newer than GA
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 22 minLowest 22% below GA 25 minHighest 11% below GA
Work from home 9.6%±1.6Highest GA: 15.9% 5.6%±4.4Lowest GA: 15.9%
Warner Robins and Centerville are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Work in townworking residents 27.3%Highest 2.3%Lowest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 14.3 miHighest 13.3 miLowest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.02Highest 0.40Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town Macon-Bibb County (19%)Warner Robins (27%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others 1% work in Centerville27% work in Warner Robins
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 1.1%Highest 0.5%Lowest
Trailsmapped miles 5.4 miHighest 0.1 miLowest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 18Highest 2Lowest
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 71.3Lowest 82.6Highest
Schools
Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #77 of 231 in GA#47 of 231 in GA
School district Houston CountyHouston County
High school in town Houston County High SchoolNone in town
Students per teacherat that high school 17.8 —
Georgia average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

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