Savannah, Georgia
Cost of living, housing, income, commute, climate, and safety — compiled for relocators researching Savannah.
Key figures
Each metric shows how Savannah compares with the U.S. baseline (ACS/BLS nationals where available; catalog-city averages for crime, climate, and commute). Income, housing, population, and crime are for the incorporated city (city limits), not the broader metro/MSA — unemployment is county-level (BLS LAUS).
- Population
- 147,546City limits · not metro/MSA
- Median household income
- $56,782Incorporated place (ACS)28% below U.S. avgU.S. $78,538
- Housing cost index
- 85ACS home+rent vs U.S. (100 = avg)15% below U.S. avgU.S. 100
- Median home value
- $225,200City limits (ACS)26% below U.S. avgU.S. $303,400
- Median rent
- $1,302City limits (ACS)Near U.S. avg ($1,348)U.S. $1,348
- Unemployment
- 2.7%County LAUS · not city-only1.5 pts below U.S. avgU.S. 4.2 pts
- Avg commute
- 22 min12% below U.S. avgU.S. 25 min
- Walk Score
- 44Near U.S. avg (45)U.S. 45
- Violent crime rate
- UnavailableFBI CDE gap
- Property crime rate
- UnavailableFBI CDE gap
- Summer high
- 91°F4.0°F above U.S. avgU.S. 87°F
- Winter low
- 42°F8.0°F above U.S. avgU.S. 34°F
- Annual rainfall
- 48.1 in46% above U.S. avgU.S. 32.9 in
- Sunny days
- 257Near U.S. avg (266)U.S. 266
Compare Savannah with another city
Savannah, Georgia counts about 147,546 residents inside the city limits. Median household income is roughly $56,782, while the ACS housing-cost index sits near 85 — below the national housing-cost baseline (100 ≈ U.S. average). A typical home near $225,200 and rents around $1,302 frame most shortlists.
Savannah is compact enough that a single wrong neighborhood choice is easy to feel day to day — visit at commute hour before signing. Figures on this page are merged from Census ACS, BLS LAUS, FBI Crime Data Explorer, and NOAA Climate Normals — use them to compare Savannah with nearby alternatives before you relocate.
Piedmont heat and a sprawling logistics/job belt shape commute realities. The normals show about 48.1 inches of rain and 257 sunny days across a typical year. Plan on roughly 22 minutes each way for a typical commute; Walk Score is about 44. A recent county unemployment reading near 2.7% suggests a relatively tight local labor market. Official FBI agency crime rates were not published for this place in the latest pull, so treat safety as a neighborhood-level research task.
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Sources
- Census / ACS: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 5-year (Savannah city, 1600000US1369000)
- BLS: BLS LAUS LAUCN130510000000003 (Chatham County, May 2026)
- Crime: data unavailable
- Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 Monthly Normals (USW00003822 SAVANNAH INTL AP)
Last updated 2026-07-28