Best PlacesHinesville, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in the Hinesville metro, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages are not the whole story, and the strongest areas score well above them. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
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Hinesville ranks 376th of 387 U.S. metro areas on the BestNeighborhood index. It ranks low mainly on walkability and disaster risk. It does better on fast internet, which keeps it off the bottom.
The best neighborhoods in the Hinesville metro
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.
The best areas in Hinesville
The towns and districts of the Hinesville metro, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood in each, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the metro.
Ludowici
Fewer homes sit empty, disaster risk is lower, and prices have run up less.
Midway
Tree cover is thicker, though fewer households have young kids.
Fort Stewart
Commutes are shorter, though homes cost more.
Downtown Hinesville
It is noisier and crime runs higher.
Walthourville
Health outcomes score lower.
Scores across Hinesville run from about the 1st to the 55th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Hinesville's strengths and weaknesses
Hinesville ranks near the bottom because several of the basics fall short at once. Fast internet, quiet, and affordable childcare carry most of that.
The weak spots are broad rather than narrow: walkability, disaster risk, and biking all drag on the score. Those are area averages, and the map below shows which parts run well above them.
Where Hinesville ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of metro areas
- QuietBetter than 93% of metro areas
- Cheap childcare$620 a month, better than 90% of metro areas
- State fiscal healthBetter than 77% of metro areas
- State infrastructureBetter than 73% of metro areas
Where Hinesville ranks low
- WalkabilityBetter than only 1% of metro areas
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of metro areas
- BikingBetter than only 4% of metro areas
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of metro areas
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 7% of metro areas
What it costs to buy a home in Hinesville
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hinesville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,288, 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 Hinesville's effective rate of 0.92%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hinesville
Hinesville runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hinesville.
Who works in Hinesville, and how
Work in Hinesville centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, 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 Hinesville
Hinesville has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most metro areas and less parkland per resident than most metro areas. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Hinesville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Hinesville growing, and who is moving in?
Hinesville has grown about 10% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Savannah, GA.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Hinesville go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Hinesville, month by month
Hinesville sees roughly 72 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 Hinesville
The nearest airport, Savannah/Hilton Head International, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Jacksonville International, about 92 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hinesville
Schools across Hinesville average a C−, better than 8% of metro areas.
Top elementary schools
- Taylors Creek Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Waldo Pafford Elementary SchoolC− · 26% proficient
- Joseph Martin Elementary SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top middle schools
- Midway Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Long County Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
- Lewis Frasier Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Liberty County High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Long County High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Bradwell InstituteD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hinesville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hinesville 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 Hinesville against the other 386 metro areas.
Who Hinesville suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 7% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Hinesville
Is Hinesville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hinesville ranks 376th of 387 metro areas. It scores highest on fast internet, quiet, and affordable childcare, and lowest on walkability and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hinesville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $205,194. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $63,288 median income, cost of living beats 7% of metro areas.
Is Hinesville safe?
Hinesville is safer than 54% of metro areas. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $309 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Hinesville?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 66 with lows near 39. That works out to about 72 pleasant days a year, more than 26% of metro areas.
What are the best neighborhoods in Hinesville?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Ludowici, Midway, and Fort Stewart. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Hinesville good for families?
Schools beat 8% of metro areas, crime safety beats 54%, and childcare runs $620 a month.
Is Hinesville good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 7% of metro areas, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 94% of metro areas. About 7% of workers already work from home.
Compare Hinesville with other metro areas
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hinesville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hinesville 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.
Hinesville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hinesville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hinesville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hinesville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hinesville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hinesville 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.