Best PlacesGuyton, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Guyton, 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.
Guyton ranks 7,399th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Guyton
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.
Guyton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Guyton ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 98% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 91% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 90% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 86% of towns
Where Guyton ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of towns
- Short commute32.5 minutes each way, better than only 22% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 23% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Guyton
A household needs to earn about $77,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Guyton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $102,183, 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 Guyton's effective rate of 0.90%, 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 Guyton
Guyton 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 Guyton.
Who works in Guyton, and how
Work in Guyton centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Guyton
The coast is about 52 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Guyton, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Guyton, month by month
Guyton sees roughly 91 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° | 54° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 83° | 70° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Guyton
The nearest airport, Savannah/Hilton Head International, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charleston AFB/International, about 88 miles away.
The best schools in and around Guyton
Schools across Guyton average a B−, better than 63% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- South Effingham Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Marlow Elementary SchoolA− · 59% proficient
- Sand Hill Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- South Effingham Middle SchoolA− · 52% proficient
- Effingham County Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- South Effingham High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Effingham County High SchoolC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Guyton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Guyton 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 Guyton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Guyton
Is Guyton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Guyton ranks 7,399th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, fast internet, and what local pay buys, and lowest on disaster risk and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Guyton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $290,616. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $102,183 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Guyton safe?
Yes, Guyton is safer than 77% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $204 per resident a year.
Compare Guyton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Guyton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Guyton 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.
Guyton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Guyton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Guyton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Guyton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Guyton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Guyton 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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