Best PlacesOliver, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Oliver, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Oliver ranks 37,641st 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 Oliver
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.
Oliver's strengths and weaknesses
Where Oliver ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap childcare$542 a month, better than 88% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 81% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 74% of towns
Where Oliver ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 12% of towns
- Short commute35.2 minutes each way, better than only 13% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 14% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Oliver
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Oliver home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,831, 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 Oliver's effective rate of 0.84%, 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 Oliver
Oliver 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 Oliver.
Who works in Oliver, and how
Work in Oliver centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Oliver
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Oliver.
What the weather is like in Oliver, month by month
Oliver sees roughly 103 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 60, 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 | 60° | 48° | 39° |
| April | 79° | 66° | 54° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 80° | 67° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Oliver
The nearest airport, Savannah/Hilton Head International, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charleston AFB/International, about 91 miles away.
The best schools in and around Oliver
Schools across Oliver average a C+, better than 47% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Brooklet Elementary SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- Guyton Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Screven County Elementary SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top middle schools
- Effingham County Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Southeast Bulloch Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Screven County Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Southeast Bulloch High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Screven County High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Effingham County High SchoolC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Oliver school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Oliver 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 Oliver against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Oliver
Is Oliver a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Oliver ranks 37,641st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, affordable childcare, and tree cover, 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 Oliver expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $170,509. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $66,831 median income, cost of living beats 32% of towns.
Is Oliver safe?
Yes, Oliver is safer than 74% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $210 per resident a year.
Compare Oliver with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Oliver. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Oliver 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.
Oliver detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Oliver: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Oliver: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Oliver: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Oliver: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Oliver 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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