Glynn County, Georgia

Glynn County has a population of 85,447 and has grown 3.7% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $301,300, about 4.3 times the county's median household income of $69,799.

Home price
$301,300
Income
$69,799
Population
85,447
Unemployment
3.7%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$301,300county
Median gross rent$1,135county
Median year homes here were built1988county
Share of homes built before 198037.4%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile10.0%county
Share of homes that are vacant18.3%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented33.3%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use8.6%county
Typical monthly rent$1,638county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,293county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,105county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,550county
Home insurance / yr$2,323(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living92.5(statewide)
Median household income$69,799county
Family health premium / yr$23,363(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$11,863(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.768(statewide)
Poverty rate16.1%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home8.8%county
Unemployment rate3.7%county
Share of adults in the labor force56.9%county
Share of workers who are self-employed7.4%county
Share of workers employed by government16.9%county
Share of workers in the largest industry22.0%county
Economic output per resident$73,423county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.57%county
Top state income tax4.99%(statewide)
Capital gains tax4.99%(statewide)
Combined sales tax7.56%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time20.0 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service4.1 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport42771county
Miles to nearest general aviation field6.6 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station36 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.5%county
Traffic deaths30.4county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-4.9(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher32.4%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher90.0%county
Public schools in the county18county
Public school enrollment13911county
Students per full-time teacher13.9county
Free lunch eligible79.2%county
Elementary schools10county
Middle schools4county
High schools3county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution1.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians52county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department0county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here2county
Fine particulate matter7.7 µgcounty
Without health insurance13.3%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year16.3%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year13.3%county
Frequent mental distress15.5%county
No leisure-time physical activity26.0%county
Diagnosed diabetes13.9%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population85,447county
Land area in square miles420county
People per square mile of land204.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores23county
Convenience stores25county
Share living far from a food store20.6%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract15.4%county
Population change since 2020+3.7%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents2county
Median age43.4 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1820.8%county
Share of residents 65 and over22.7%county
Share of households that are one person30.3%county
Share of residents born outside the United States6.4%county
Second languages8.6%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls48.1%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents156county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents7county
Households that moved in2,624county
Households that moved away2,398county
Average income of arriving households$88,058county
Average income of departing households$68,447county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes10county
Housing units authorised in the latest year448county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings0.0%county
Violent crime rate326(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature68.5°Fcounty
Annual precipitation45.7 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.79 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F73 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing13 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 8bcounty
Frost-free days280 dayscounty
Average last spring frostFeb 23county
Average first fall frostNov 30county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$159county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh14.9¢county
Household electricity use1,070 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$26.20(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity86.0%county
Homes heated by utility gas10.1%county
Homes heated by propane2.3%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.0%county
Homes heated by wood0.4%county
Households with broadband88.8%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk54.2county
Coastal flood risk89.6county
Drought risk14.6county
Landslide risk7.7county
Hail risk43.8county
Earthquake risk79.5county
Tornado risk43.1county
Tropical cyclone risk95.9county
Extreme heat risk81.1county
Winter weather risk23.6county
Strong wind risk58.7county
Wildfire risk92.1county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Glynn County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Georgia figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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