Best PlacesPine Grove, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pine Grove, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Pine Grove ranks 42,689th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and low incomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Pine Grove
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.
Pine Grove's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pine Grove ranks high
- Cheap childcare$502 a month, better than 92% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 85% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 79% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 115 pleasant days a year, better than 78% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
Where Pine Grove ranks low
- Household income$46,386 median, better than only 8% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 9% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 9% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pine Grove
A household needs to earn about $25,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pine Grove home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $46,386, 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 Pine Grove's effective rate of 0.75%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pine Grove
Pine Grove runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pine Grove.
Who works in Pine Grove, and how
Work in Pine Grove centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Pine Grove
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pine Grove.
What the weather is like in Pine Grove, month by month
Pine Grove sees roughly 115 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 65, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65° | 51° | 40° |
| April | 81° | 68° | 55° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 83° | 70° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Pine Grove
The nearest airport, Brunswick Golden Isles, is about 70 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Jacksonville International, about 102 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pine Grove
Schools across Pine Grove average a C, better than 36% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Appling County Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Altamaha Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jeff Davis Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Bacon County Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Appling County Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Appling County High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Jeff Davis High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Bacon County High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pine Grove school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pine Grove 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 Pine Grove against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pine Grove
Is Pine Grove a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pine Grove ranks 42,689th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, a strong job market, and fast internet, and lowest on low incomes and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pine Grove expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $96,154. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $46,386 median income, cost of living beats 10% of towns.
Is Pine Grove safe?
Pine Grove is safer than 47% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $287 per resident a year.
Compare Pine Grove with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pine Grove. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pine Grove 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.
Pine Grove detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pine Grove: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pine Grove: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pine Grove: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pine Grove: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pine Grove 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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