Best PlacesTrudie, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Trudie, 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.
Trudie ranks 43,586th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Trudie
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.
Trudie's strengths and weaknesses
Where Trudie ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap childcare$502 a month, better than 92% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
Where Trudie ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$39,381 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Trudie
A household needs to earn about $33,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Trudie home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $39,381, 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 Trudie's effective rate of 1.14%, 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 Trudie
Trudie runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Trudie.
Who works in Trudie, and how
Work in Trudie centers on transportation & warehousing and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Trudie
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Trudie.
What the weather is like in Trudie, month by month
Trudie sees roughly 110 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs February through May and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 52° | 42° |
| April | 81° | 68° | 56° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 82° | 69° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Trudie
The nearest airport, Brunswick Golden Isles, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Jacksonville International, about 60 miles away.
The best schools in and around Trudie
Schools across Trudie average a B, better than 63% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Patterson Elementary SchoolA · 62% proficient
- Screven Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Waynesville Primary SchoolB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pierce County Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Atkinson Elementary SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Nahunta Elementary SchoolB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- Pierce County High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Wayne County High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Brantley County High SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Trudie school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Trudie 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 Trudie against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Trudie
Is Trudie a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Trudie ranks 43,586th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, fast internet, and tree cover, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Trudie expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $122,354. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $39,381 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Trudie safe?
Yes, Trudie is safer than 72% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $219 per resident a year.
Compare Trudie with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Trudie. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Trudie 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.
Trudie detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Trudie: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Trudie: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Trudie: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Trudie: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Trudie 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.