Savannah, GA
Savannah, GA Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Savannah, GA Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Savannah ranks 104th for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 117th for income. A household earns $80,518 a year while median rent runs $1,589/mo, making it moderately affordable for what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 5% below the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is affordability (104th of 300), while hazard safety is the soft spot (277th). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 233rd and home prices 182nd among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
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On $75,000 for just you in Savannah, your take-home is worth about $60,967 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it further than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 117th of 300↑33.4%$80,518
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 153rd of 30095 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $84,572
- Per-capita income
- $41,186
- Full-time pay
- $44,005
Housing
- Median rent
- 233rd of 300↑44.8%$1,589/mo
- Home value
- 182nd of 300↑74.1%$349,900
- Property tax
- $2,770/yr · 0.8%
- Sales tax
- 7.42%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 235th of 3005.4%
- Bachelor's+
- 118th of 30036.3%
- Avg commute
- 215th of 30026.2 min
People
- Population
- 431,589
- Population change
- +9.7%
- Median age
- 37.4 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 9.2%
- Broadband
- 91.9%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 116th of 30044
- Natural-hazard loss
- 277th of 300$36/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 136th of 30018.1%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 12.2%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. EPA, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
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Watch-outs
- – Rent
- – Job market
- – Commute
- – Hazard safety
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — savannah intl ap.
What jobs pay in Savannah
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- Family medicine physicians
- $349,030
- IT managers
- $159,660
- Financial managers
- $144,120
- Pharmacists
- $137,420
- Software developers
- $123,220
- Lawyers
- $123,050
- Civil engineers
- $98,950
- Registered nurses
- $86,760
- General & operations managers
- $83,990
- Accountants & auditors
- $79,790
- Secondary school teachers
- $63,960
- Elementary school teachers
- $63,710
- Plumbers
- $60,530
- Police officers
- $59,930
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $58,930
- Electricians
- $58,430
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $46,580
- Carpenters
- $44,900
- Construction laborers
- $37,690
- Customer service reps
- $36,830
- Janitors
- $33,770
- Retail salespersons
- $30,160
- Cashiers
- $29,140
- Waiters & waitresses
- $20,830
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Savannah metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in Georgia are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- South Carolina2,477
- Florida2,285
- North Carolina1,926
- Alabama1,896
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Savannah metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Savannah metro?
- Median gross rent across the Savannah, GA Metro Area is $1,589 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Savannah.
- What is the median household income in the Savannah metro?
- A typical household in the Savannah, GA Metro Area earns $80,518 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Savannah expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Savannah, GA Metro Area runs about 5% below the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are lower than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Savannah metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $84,572 (versus its face value of $80,518). CityLedger rates the Savannah, GA Metro Area moderately affordable for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Savannah metro?
- The median home value across the Savannah, GA Metro Area is $349,900 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Savannah metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Savannah, GA Metro Area is 5.4% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).