Houston County, Georgia · Perry
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Pipes freeze in Houston County on about 1 night a year, mostly midwinter. Older homes, 8% of the stock here, are most at risk.
Basements flood here mostly in December. Houston County averages 10.2 days a year with an inch of rain or more.
Sewage backups in Houston County spike on heavy-rain days, about 10.2 a year, when sewer mains fill up and water finds the lowest drain.
Roof leaks here come from summer downpours and, with about 24 freeze-thaw days a year, from winter ice dams. Most show up as ceiling stains in the room below.
2% of occupied homes in Houston County heat mainly with wood or propane, below the Georgia county median of 7.1%.
Muggy summer nights, lows of 65°F or more, come about 119 times a year in Houston County. Mold after a leak spreads fastest from June through August.
Local risk profile
Houston County covers 376 square miles of central Georgia, with about 169,649 residents and 69,823 homes. Perry is the county seat; Warner Robins, Centerville and Robins AFB are the next largest communities. Much of its housing is recent, with a median build year of 1994.
29/100 Water Damage Risk Index: Moderate Houston County ranks 148 of 159 Georgia counties. See the statewide ranking and method.The three factors where Houston County ranks highest compared with other Georgia counties.
Pipe-freeze risk in Houston County sits near the middle of the state. It averaged 24 freezing nights a year over 2015–2024, 1 of them at 20°F or colder, cold enough for pipes in outside walls and crawl spaces to freeze. Among 159 Georgia counties that's 85th.
Hard freezes are uncommon here, about 24 nights a year at or below 32°F, and that's exactly why they do damage: pipes in attics, exterior walls and slab-edge plumbing are rarely insulated. The coldest night in the record was about 13°F on December 24, 2022.
Houston gets fewer downpours than most Georgia counties, but they still fill basements. Of roughly 50 inches of yearly precipitation, the damage comes from the 10.2 days a year with an inch or more, ranked 144th of 159. January, April and December see the most. The single wettest day in the record: 6 inches, September 17, 2020. The worst three-day stretch dropped 7.03 inches, ending September 18, 2020, the kind of soaking that overwhelms sump pumps and storm sewers.
The temperature crosses 32°F in both directions on roughly 24 days a year. Each cycle melts and refreezes water at roof edges and in foundation cracks, which is how ice dams and basement seepage get started.
Housing
Roughly 29% of the county's housing was built before 1980. That puts Houston among the newer housing stocks of Georgia's 159 counties.
41% of homes were built in 2000 or later, more than in most of Georgia. Newer plumbing rarely corrodes, so damage here tends to come from appliance supply lines, water heaters, sump pumps and storms.
30% date from 1980 to 1999, the window when polybutylene, a gray flexible plastic supply pipe, was used in some homes. It's prone to leaks at the fittings, so it's worth checking for in a house from those years.
Beyond water
Summer nights that don't drop below 65°F, a good marker of humid air, come about 119 times a year here, close to the Georgia county median of 112. Mold grows when indoor humidity stays above about 60%, the EPA's ceiling. A basement dehumidifier set to 50% and drying anything wet within 24 to 48 hours prevents most problems.
Mold remediation: what to expectBy main heating fuel, Houston County homes break down as 11% utility gas, 87% electric, 1% propane and under 1% wood. Heating equipment, cooking and electrical failures cause most home fires nationally. Even a small kitchen fire can leave soot through the whole house, because smoke follows air currents into closets, ducts and attic space.
Fire and smoke cleanup: first stepsCoverage
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Population from ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Townships and unincorporated areas are covered too.
Nearby
Bibb and Peach get more pipe-freeze nights than Houston. Macon County has the oldest housing nearby, with 55% of homes built before 1980.
By the numbers
| Factor | Houston | Georgia median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1960 | 8.3% | 15% | 125 of 159 |
| Homes built before 1980 | 29% | 38% | 114 of 159 |
| Homes built 2000 or later | 41% | 27% | 28 of 159 |
| Manufactured or mobile homes | 6% | 21% | 136 of 159 |
| Vacant homes | 8.6% | 14% | 129 of 159 |
| Wood or propane heat | 1.7% | 7.1% | 149 of 159 |
| Nights at 20°F or colder | 1/yr | 2/yr | 85 of 159 |
| Days with 1 inch+ of rain | 10/yr | 12/yr | 144 of 159 |
| Freeze-thaw days | 24/yr | 29/yr | 91 of 159 |
| Muggy nights (65°F+) | 119/yr | 112/yr | 67 of 159 |
Rank 1 is the highest value. Bars run from the lowest to the highest Georgia county; the tick marks the median; orange means higher water damage risk than the median, green means lower.
Questions
Peak risk months in Houston County: freezing from midwinter, heavy rain in January, April and December.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates (2020-2024); weather from NOAA nClimGrid-Daily county averages (EpiNOAA), 2015–2024, averaged across the county; county boundaries from Census TIGER. Reviewed 2026-10-21. Methodology