Best PlacesSt. George, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around St. George, 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.
St. George ranks 43,229th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in St. George
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.
St. George's strengths and weaknesses
Where St. George ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 170 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- Cheap childcare$502 a month, better than 92% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 74% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 73% of towns
Where St. George ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 5% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 9% of towns
- Household income$51,450 median, better than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in St. George
A household needs to earn about $30,000 a year to comfortably buy the median St. George home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $51,450, 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 St. George's effective rate of 0.64%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in St. George
St. George 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 St. George.
Who works in St. George, and how
Work in St. George centers on admin & support services and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 97%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in St. George
St. George has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of St. George and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in St. George, month by month
St. George sees roughly 170 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 67, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs October through May.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 67° | 55° | 44° |
| April | 81° | 69° | 57° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 84° | 72° | 62° |
Flying in and out of St. George
Jacksonville International sits about 25 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.7 million passengers in 2025, with 86 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around St. George
Schools across St. George average a C−, better than 25% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Folkston Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- St. George Elementary SchoolC · 30% proficient
- Ruskin Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ware County Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
- Bethune Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Ware County High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Charlton County High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every St. George school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
St. George 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 St. George against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in St. George
Is St. George a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, St. George ranks 43,229th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, affordable childcare, and state finances, and lowest on education levels and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is St. George expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $116,271. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $51,450 median income, cost of living beats 8% of towns.
Is St. George safe?
St. George is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $300 per resident a year.
Compare St. George with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to St. George. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in St. George 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.
St. George detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for St. George: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in St. George: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of St. George: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in St. George: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
St. George 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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