Best PlacesTybee Island, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tybee Island, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Tybee Island ranks 22,475th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Tybee Island
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.
Tybee Island's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tybee Island ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of towns
- Cheap childcare$478 a month, better than 95% of towns
Where Tybee Island ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tybee Island
A household needs to earn about $152,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tybee Island home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $112,270, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Tybee Island's effective rate of 0.77%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Tybee Island
Tybee Island 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 Tybee Island.
Who works in Tybee Island, and how
Work in Tybee Island centers on hospitality & food and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Tybee Island
Tybee Island has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of towns. The coast is about 0 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Tybee Island and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Tybee Island, month by month
Tybee Island sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 65, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs February through May and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65° | 51° | 40° |
| April | 80° | 67° | 55° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 82° | 70° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Tybee Island
The nearest airport, Hilton Head, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charleston AFB/International, about 78 miles away.
The best schools in and around Tybee Island
Schools across Tybee Island average a C, better than 34% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- May Howard Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Tybee Island Maritime Academy SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Hardeeville ElementaryD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Coastal Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Islands High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Ridgeland Secondary Academy Of ExcellenceD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tybee Island school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tybee Island 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 Tybee Island against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tybee Island
Is Tybee Island a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tybee Island ranks 22,475th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, biking, and walkability, and lowest on summer heat and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tybee Island expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $584,812. The overall cost of living runs about 11% above the national average. Set against a $112,270 median income, cost of living beats 80% of towns.
Is Tybee Island safe?
Tybee Island is safer than 40% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $300 per resident a year.
Compare Tybee Island with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tybee Island. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tybee Island 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.
Tybee Island detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tybee Island: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tybee Island: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tybee Island: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tybee Island: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tybee Island 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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