Best PlacesVernonburg, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Vernonburg, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Vernonburg ranks 35,065th of 50,333 U.S. towns 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 Vernonburg
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.
Vernonburg's strengths and weaknesses
Where Vernonburg ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of towns
- Cheap childcare$478 a month, better than 95% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 92% of towns
- BikingBetter than 90% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 87% of towns
Where Vernonburg ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 8% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Vernonburg
A household needs to earn about $74,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Vernonburg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $72,330; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Vernonburg's effective rate of 0.85%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Vernonburg
Vernonburg 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 Vernonburg.
Who works in Vernonburg, and how
Work in Vernonburg centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Vernonburg
The coast is about 25 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Vernonburg, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Vernonburg, month by month
Vernonburg sees roughly 79 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 Vernonburg
The nearest airport, Savannah/Hilton Head International, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charleston AFB/International, about 90 miles away.
The best schools in and around Vernonburg
Schools across Vernonburg average a D, better than 8% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hesse SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
- Windsor Forest Elementary SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Top high schools
- Jenkins High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Windsor Forest High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Vernonburg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Vernonburg 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 Vernonburg against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Vernonburg
Is Vernonburg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Vernonburg ranks 35,065th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, affordable childcare, and an educated workforce, and lowest on disaster risk and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Vernonburg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $279,738. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $72,330 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is Vernonburg safe?
Vernonburg is safer than 28% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $359 per resident a year.
Compare Vernonburg with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Vernonburg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Vernonburg 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.
Vernonburg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Vernonburg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Vernonburg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Vernonburg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Vernonburg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Vernonburg 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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