Best PlacesHarrington, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Harrington, 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.
Harrington ranks 3,772nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Harrington
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.
Harrington's strengths and weaknesses
Where Harrington ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
Where Harrington ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 27% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 36% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Harrington
A household needs to earn about $171,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Harrington home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $116,346, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Harrington's effective rate of 0.49%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Harrington
Harrington runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Harrington.
Who works in Harrington, and how
Work in Harrington centers on arts & entertainment and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Harrington
The coast is about 20 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Harrington, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Harrington, month by month
Harrington sees roughly 95 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs February through May and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 52° | 42° |
| April | 79° | 67° | 56° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 74° |
| October | 81° | 70° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Harrington
The nearest airport, Brunswick Golden Isles, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Jacksonville International, about 57 miles away.
The best schools in and around Harrington
Schools across Harrington average a B+, better than 82% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Oglethorpe Point Elementary SchoolA · 71% proficient
- St. Simons Elementary SchoolA · 62% proficient
- Greer Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Glynn MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- Needwood Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Glynn AcademyB · 50% proficient
- Brunswick High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Harrington school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Harrington 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 Harrington against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Harrington
Is Harrington a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Harrington ranks 3,772nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, low crime, and civic engagement, and lowest on an overheated housing market and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Harrington expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $681,020. The overall cost of living runs about 9% above the national average. Set against a $116,346 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Harrington safe?
Yes, Harrington is safer than 99% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $118 per resident a year.
Compare Harrington with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Harrington. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Harrington 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.
Harrington detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Harrington: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Harrington: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Harrington: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Harrington: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Harrington 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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