Moody AFBGA
A town of 1,630.
Is Moody AFB a good place to live?
The best of Moody AFB’s subject grades are an A for schools and an A− for health; the weakest is a D− for cost of living. Moody AFB’s average trip to work is 8 minutes, below both Georgia’s towns (26 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). On cost of living, just 1 of Georgia’s 371 towns do worse. On history, just 14 of Georgia’s 373 towns do worse. Moody AFB has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Moody AFB stand out
Where Moody AFB beats most towns.
100% of working residents leave Moody AFB for work
Where Moody AFB’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Moody AFB grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Georgia), ordered by how far Moody AFB is from typical.
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Moving to Moody AFB: who provides what
Moody AFB is unincorporated, so Lowndes County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Moody AFB.
Fewer of Moody AFB’s adults have diabetes than in the typical Georgia or U.S. town
3.6% of adults have diabetes in Moody AFB, against 14% in Georgia’s towns and 12% across U.S. towns. 16% of Moody AFB adults have high blood pressure. Of the 262 Georgia towns we compare, none has a lower share of adults who had a checkup this year than Moody AFB.
| Moody AFB | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 3.6% | 14% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 8.8% | 14% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 14% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Moody AFB | GA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 1.7% | 7% |
| Fewer adults with diabetes | 3.6% | 13.3% |
| More binge drinkers | 22.5% | 14.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Compared with most of Georgia and the rest of the country, more of Moody AFB’s residents live below the poverty line
45% of residents live below the poverty line in Moody AFB. Of the 264 Georgia towns we compare, none has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Moody AFB. Since 2013, Moody AFB has added 158 jobs, to 233 in 2023.
| Moody AFB | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 45% | 15% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.3% | 9.1% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Low risk in Moody AFB, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 72% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Moody AFB has mild winters and hot summers
Moody AFB has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Moody AFB is 92°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. President George W. Bush Heritage Park | 0.4 mi | 6 |
| 2. Splatter Swamp Paintball Range | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Moody AFB
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Moody AFB
About 3 of every 100 Moody AFB residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Georgia.