Best PlacesIsle of Hope, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Isle of Hope, 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.
Isle of Hope ranks 2,162nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
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The best neighborhoods in Isle of Hope
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.
Isle of Hope's strengths and weaknesses
Where Isle of Hope ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$181,250 median, better than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 97% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
Where Isle of Hope ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Isle of Hope
A household needs to earn about $157,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Isle of Hope home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $181,250, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.7% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-08-20 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 Isle of Hope's effective rate of 0.93%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Isle of Hope
Isle of Hope runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Isle of Hope.
Who works in Isle of Hope, and how
Work in Isle of Hope centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Isle of Hope
The coast is about 24 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Isle of Hope, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Isle of Hope, month by month
Isle of Hope sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 65, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs February through May and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65° | 51° | 40° |
| April | 80° | 67° | 55° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 82° | 70° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Isle of Hope
The nearest airport, Savannah/Hilton Head International, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charleston AFB/International, about 86 miles away.
The best schools in and around Isle of Hope
Schools across Isle of Hope average a D+, better than 10% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Isle Of Hope SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- Jenkins High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Johnson High SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Isle of Hope school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Isle of Hope 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 Isle of Hope against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Isle of Hope
Is Isle of Hope a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Isle of Hope ranks 2,162nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and health care access, and lowest on disaster risk and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Isle of Hope expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $585,600. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $181,250 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Isle of Hope safe?
Yes, Isle of Hope is safer than 83% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $184 per resident a year.
Compare Isle of Hope with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Isle of Hope. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Isle of Hope 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.
Isle of Hope detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Isle of Hope: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Isle of Hope: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Isle of Hope: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Isle of Hope: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Isle of Hope 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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