Best PlacesGlennville, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Glennville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Glennville ranks 39,395th 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 Glennville
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.
Glennville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Glennville ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap childcare$502 a month, better than 92% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 82% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 82% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
Where Glennville ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 13% of towns
- Household income$56,221 median, better than only 21% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Glennville
A household needs to earn about $48,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Glennville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $56,221, 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 Glennville's effective rate of 0.74%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Glennville
Glennville's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Glennville.
Who works in Glennville, and how
Work in Glennville centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Glennville
Glennville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 70% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Glennville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Glennville, month by month
Glennville sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 63, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63° | 51° | 41° |
| April | 80° | 67° | 55° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 82° | 68° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Glennville
The nearest airport, Savannah/Hilton Head International, is about 45 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Jacksonville International, about 100 miles away.
The best schools in and around Glennville
Schools across Glennville average a C, better than 29% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Claxton Elementary SchoolD · 16% proficient
Top middle schools
- South Tattnall Middle SchoolC− · 31% proficient
- North Tattnall Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Long County Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Long County High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Tattnall County High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Claxton High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Glennville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Glennville 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 Glennville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Glennville
Is Glennville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Glennville ranks 39,395th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, affordable childcare, and walkability, and lowest on disaster risk and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Glennville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $184,250. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $56,221 median income, cost of living beats 23% of towns.
Is Glennville safe?
Glennville is safer than 26% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $371 per resident a year.
Compare Glennville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Glennville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Glennville 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.
Glennville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Glennville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Glennville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Glennville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Glennville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Glennville 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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