Best PlacesScreven County, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Screven County, 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.
Screven County ranks 2,707th of 3,144 U.S. counties 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 Screven County
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.
Screven County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Screven County ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of counties
- Cheap childcare$502 a month, better than 90% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than 87% of counties
- QuietBetter than 75% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than 69% of counties
Where Screven County ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of counties
- BikingBetter than only 8% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than only 9% of counties
- WalkabilityBetter than only 9% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than only 10% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Screven County
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Screven County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,552, 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 Screven County's effective rate of 0.94%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Screven County
Screven County runs older 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 Screven County.
Who works in Screven County, and how
Work in Screven County centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Screven County
Screven County has more restaurants and bars per resident than 96% of counties. That concentrates in some parts of Screven County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Screven County growing, and who is moving in?
Screven County has grown about 2% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Savannah, GA.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Screven County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Screven County, month by month
Screven County sees roughly 104 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 Screven County
The nearest airport, Savannah/Hilton Head International, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charleston AFB/International, about 93 miles away.
The best schools in and around Screven County
Schools across Screven County average a C+, better than 50% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Brooklet Elementary SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- Screven County Elementary SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- S G A Elementary SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Screven County Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Jenkins County Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Allendale-fairfax MiddleF · 5% proficient
Top high schools
- Southeast Bulloch High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Screven County High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Allendale Fairfax HighD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Screven County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Screven County 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 Screven County against the other 3,143 counties.
Common questions about living in Screven County
Is Screven County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Screven County ranks 2,707th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on fast internet, affordable childcare, and tree cover, and lowest on disaster risk and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Screven County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $158,091. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $58,552 median income, cost of living beats 26% of counties.
Is Screven County safe?
Screven County is safer than 48% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $312 per resident a year.
Compare Screven County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Screven County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Screven County 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.
Screven County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Screven County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Screven County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Screven County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Screven County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Screven County 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.