Best PlacesEmit, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Emit, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Emit ranks 24,908th 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 Emit
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.
Emit's strengths and weaknesses
Where Emit ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 93% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 91% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 90% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 88% of towns
Where Emit ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 27% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Emit
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Emit home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $64,194; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Emit's effective rate of 0.73%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Emit
Emit runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Emit.
Who works in Emit, and how
Work in Emit centers on education and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Emit
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Emit.
What the weather is like in Emit, month by month
Emit sees roughly 87 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs February through May and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 49° | 39° |
| April | 79° | 66° | 54° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 80° | 67° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Emit
The nearest airport, Savannah/Hilton Head International, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charleston AFB/International, about 106 miles away.
The best schools in and around Emit
Schools across Emit average a C, better than 35% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Brooklet Elementary SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- Nevils Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Langston Chapel Elementary SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Southeast Bulloch Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Langston Chapel Middle SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Southeast Bulloch High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Statesboro High SchoolD · 19% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Emit school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Emit 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 Emit against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Emit
Is Emit a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Emit ranks 24,908th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, a strong job market, and civic engagement, 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 Emit expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $252,434. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $64,194 median income, cost of living beats 36% of towns.
Is Emit safe?
Yes, Emit is safer than 64% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $236 per resident a year.
Compare Emit with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Emit. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Emit 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.
Emit detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Emit: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Emit: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Emit: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Emit: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Emit 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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