City safety & data profile

WinderGA

Winder, GA is a 15K-resident city in Barrow County with a median household income of $63,779.

Barrow County, Georgia. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Winder, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Winder has a population larger than 29% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $288,500, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

15K
Population (place)
Bottom 30%
By size
$63,779
Median income (place)
$288,500
Median home (place)
13.2%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Winder

Winder posts a median household income higher than 28% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Winder area.

Bottom 29%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Winder

Where Winder income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$63,779 Bottom 28% higher than 28% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Winder $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in GA

Population among 99 GA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Atlanta is the largest GA city on this list; Milton leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in GA

Median household income among the same 99-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Milton posts the highest place-level median income in GA; Atlanta is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Winder, GA beyond the headline numbers

Winder sits inside Barrow County, Georgia, at roughly 33.99°N, -83.72°W. Population 15,447, $63,779 median household income. Median home value $288,500, median rent $1,209. Poverty rate 13.2%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Winder, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Poverty in Winder, GA stands at 13.2%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

A median home in Winder runs about 4.5 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Only 7.1% of Winder workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 14.8% in Winder, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Winder workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Winder from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
15,447
Winder · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$63,779
-29% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$288,500
-30% vs avg
Median Age (place)
35.9
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Barrow County): Winder's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
90K+29%
Median Income
$80,653+51%
Median Home Value
$294,700+132%
Poverty Rate
9.6%-30%
Unemployment
3.7%-69%

Economics

Economics indicators for Winder, GA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,209/mo
Poverty Rate
13.2% +6% vs avg
Unemployment 5.5%
Bachelor's Degree+ 19.3%
Work From Home 7.1%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 58.9%
African American 19.3%
Asian 3.1%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.6%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
39.1%
High Blood Pressure
37.3%
Obesity
35.8%
Physical Inactivity
29.3%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.2%
Current Smoking
15.5%
Lack of Health Insurance
14.8%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.6%
Binge Drinking
14.6%
Diabetes
12.9%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 55.4%
Annual Checkup 77%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.4%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.2%
Stroke
3.6%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
0
★★★★
1
★★★
0
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0
0
Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
NGMC BARROW, LLC
WINDER · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Winder?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Winder right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet GA-WINDER · Winder

Winder: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Winder; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Georgia state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Winder, GA?
Winder, GA has a population of 15,447 people, located in Barrow County, Georgia.
What is the median household income in Winder?
The median household income in Winder, GA is $63,779 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 13.2%.
What is the median home value in Winder?
The median home value in Winder, GA is $288,500. Median rent is $1,209/month.
What are the top health concerns in Winder?
The top health indicators in Winder include Short Sleep Duration (39.1%), High Blood Pressure (37.3%), Obesity (35.8%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Winder?
Winder has 1 hospital with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Winder?
The median age in Winder, GA is 35.9 years. 19.3% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Winder, both outside Georgia so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside GA (13.2% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside GA ($63,779 here).

Compare Winder with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Winder's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Winder area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Winder against Georgia peers on any ranking lens. Explore Georgia

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Barrow County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.