Best PlacesDaniel, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Daniel, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Daniel ranks 29,806th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Daniel
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Daniel's strengths and weaknesses
Where Daniel ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 84% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 82% of towns
- Household income$94,391 median, better than 81% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
Where Daniel ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Daniel
A household needs to earn about $66,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Daniel home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $94,391, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Daniel's effective rate of 0.89%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Daniel
Daniel runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Daniel.
Who works in Daniel, and how
Work in Daniel centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Daniel
The coast is about 48 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Daniel, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Daniel, month by month
Daniel sees roughly 71 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 51° | 39° |
| April | 81° | 67° | 53° |
| July | 94° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 83° | 69° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Daniel
The nearest airport, Savannah/Hilton Head International, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Jacksonville International, about 100 miles away.
The best schools in and around Daniel
Schools across Daniel average a B−, better than 62% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Richmond Hill Elementary SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Dr. George Washington Carver Elementary SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- Liberty Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Richmond Hill Middle SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Midway Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Southwest Middle SchoolF · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- Richmond Hill High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- New Hampstead High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Daniel school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Daniel measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Daniel against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Daniel
Is Daniel a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Daniel ranks 29,806th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, what local pay buys, and tree cover, and lowest on disaster risk and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Daniel expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $250,885. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $94,391 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Daniel safe?
Yes, Daniel is safer than 64% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $236 per resident a year.
Compare Daniel with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Daniel. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Daniel represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Daniel detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Daniel: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Daniel: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Daniel: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Daniel: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Daniel detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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