Best PlacesSurrency, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Surrency, 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.
Surrency ranks 38,465th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Surrency
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.
Surrency's strengths and weaknesses
Where Surrency ranks high
- Cheap childcare$502 a month, better than 92% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 122 pleasant days a year, better than 81% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 74% of towns
Where Surrency ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 6% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 12% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Surrency
A household needs to earn about $23,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Surrency home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,300, 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 Surrency's effective rate of 0.54%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Surrency
Surrency's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Surrency.
Who works in Surrency, and how
Work in Surrency centers on manufacturing and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Surrency
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Surrency.
What the weather is like in Surrency, month by month
Surrency sees roughly 122 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 65, 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 | 65° | 51° | 39° |
| April | 82° | 67° | 53° |
| July | 94° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 83° | 69° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Surrency
The nearest airport, Brunswick Golden Isles, is about 54 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Jacksonville International, about 91 miles away.
The best schools in and around Surrency
Schools across Surrency average a C+, better than 40% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Odum Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Fourth District Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Appling County Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Appling County Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Martha Puckett Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Wayne County High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Appling County High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Surrency school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Surrency 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 Surrency against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Surrency
Is Surrency a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Surrency ranks 38,465th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, a stable housing market, and the weather, 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 Surrency expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $90,542. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $58,300 median income, cost of living beats 23% of towns.
Is Surrency safe?
Surrency is safer than 29% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $369 per resident a year.
Compare Surrency with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Surrency. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Surrency 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.
Surrency detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Surrency: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Surrency: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Surrency: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Surrency: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Surrency 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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