Moody AFBGA
A town of 1,630 in Georgia.
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 commute 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
45% of Moody AFB adults feel lonely. Of the 262 Georgia towns we compare, none has a lower share of adults who have high blood pressure than Moody AFB. Among adults in the town, 8.8% report frequent physical distress and 23% binge drink. The town beats the Georgia average on 14 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7.
| 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
Of the 264 Georgia towns we compare, none has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Moody AFB. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs here rose by 158, to 233. The top destinations are Valdosta (47%), Adel (3%) and Tifton (2%). Half the trips to work are shorter than 12 miles.
| 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
Federal disaster aid has reached households in Moody AFB after 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2024. Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 72% of U.S. communities.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Expect mild winters and hot summers in Moody AFB
July afternoons reach 92°, January nights drop to 39° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
0% of Moody AFB is conserved land
Trails run 1.4 miles in 2 parks and preserves. Parks and preserves in Moody AFB: 2, covering 8 acres. The town’s density of trails is 0.4 miles per square mile.
| 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.