120 Tom Hill Sr. Blvd
Macon, GA 31210

Macon is the county seat of Bibb County and lies near the geographic center of Georgia, approximately 85 miles south of Atlanta, hence the city's nickname "the Heart of Georgia." With a population of 152,555, Macon is the largest city in Bibb County and serves as the principal city of the Macon Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which had an estimated population of 231,259 in 2014. Macon is also the largest city in the Macon–Warner Robins Combined Statistical Area (CSA), a larger trading area with an estimated 417,473 residents in 2014; the CSA abuts the Atlanta metropolitan area just to the north. Macon’s central location has made the city an attractive site for businesses. Macon is served by three interstate highways: Interstate 16, Interstate 75, and Interstate 475; boasts a population of over 390,000 within a 30-mile radius; has access to four major seaports within four hours truck travel time; is only 75 minutes from international airfreight facilities; and has two railroads and the largest rail switching center on the East Coast. The city also has several institutions of higher education, as well as numerous museums and tourism sites. The Macon MSA is a metropolitan area consisting of five counties in Central Georgia, anchored by the principal city of Macon. Macon also anchors the seven-county Macon–Warner Robins–Fort Valley CSA, sometimes referred to as Greater Macon. Greater Macon looms large as the financial, retail, medical, educational, and cultural center of Central Georgia. Top employers in the Macon area are impressively diverse among industries, with education, health care, aerospace, manufacturing, government, insurance, retail, and financial services all strongly represented. • Approximately 30,000 college students live in the Greater Macon area. Several colleges are located in Macon, including Wesleyan College, which has been named among the best colleges in the nation by Forbes and Princeton Review. • Robins Air Force Base, the largest single-site industrial complex in Georgia, is just south of Macon, next to the city of Warner Robins. With an annual economic impact of $2.75 billion, Robins Air Force Base is one of the largest employers in Georgia and directly contributes over 25,000 military, civil service, and contractor jobs to the local economy. • Macon has a Certified Georgia Work Ready status, with Bibb County holding the distinction of being the largest county in Georgia by population to achieve Georgia Work Ready certification.