What is the cost of living in Brunswick-St. Simons?

Brunswick-St. Simons has a Regional Price Parity (RPP) of 87.7, where 100 represents the national average. Housing costs index at 56.3, which is below the national average. The average 2-bedroom rent is $1,293/month.

What is the median salary in Brunswick-St. Simons?

The median salary in Brunswick-St. Simons is $56,638 annually (mean: $60,853). Top occupations include Retail Salespersons, Fast Food and Counter Workers, Waiters and Waitresses.

How safe is Brunswick-St. Simons?

The violent crime rate in the Brunswick-St. Simons area is 300 per 100,000 population (state-level data). Property crime rate is 1567 per 100K.

What are the schools like in Brunswick-St. Simons?

The state of GA has 2,315 schools (state-level data, no metro-level federal count exists) with an average student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. Charter schools make up 4.2% of all schools.

How much does childcare cost in Brunswick-St. Simons?

Infant center-based childcare in the Brunswick-St. Simons area averages $6,591 per year. Preschool averages $6,034/year. These are state-level averages.

Is Brunswick-St. Simons a good place to relocate?

Brunswick-St. Simons has a Life Score of 54/100 (D), based on 7 of 7 available dimensions among cost of living, wages, rent, crime, schools, childcare, and environment (missing dims omitted, weights renormalized). This is a middle-of-the-pack score, where the composite lands for most US metros; look at individual dimensions to see the real trade-offs.

Where does Brunswick-St. Simons sit among US metros on LiveAbility?

According to PlainRelocate's LiveAbility composite, Brunswick-St. Simons ranks #44 of 387 scored US metros by LiveAbility Score (highest score = #1). That ordinal matches the /rankings/livability listing. See /methodology#corpus-placement for the exact sort basis.

Relocation profile · Federal data

Brunswick-St. Simons, GA

LiveAbility 61/100 places Brunswick-St. Simons #44 of 387 (top third of scored metros).

Compiled by PlainRelocate · June 15, 2026

87.7
Cost index (US=100): $1,293
2BR rent / mo: $56,638
Median salary: 61
LiveAbility Score

The verdict

As of June 2026, Brunswick-St. Simons ranks #44 of 387 US metros on the LiveAbility Score (61/100), with its strongest marks in climate and cost of living.

#44
of 387 US metros · Excellent: 11,180,878
metro-area population: 300
violent crimes per 100K (state-level): 2,315
schools in the state (NCES)

Weakest dimension: job market (19/100). Weigh every dimension against your own priorities, use the City Finder to re-rank by what matters to you.

According to PlainRelocate's LiveAbility composite (BEA, BLS, HUD, FBI, NCES, EPA, NOAA, and FEMA inputs), Brunswick-St. Simons ranks #44 of 387 scored US metros by LiveAbility Score (highest score = #1). Cost-of-living index 87.7 (100 = national average), median 2-bedroom rent $1,293/mo, median salary $56,638; LiveAbility Score 61/100, strongest in climate and cost of living.

Signature: LiveAbility 61/100 places Brunswick-St. Simons #44 of 387 (top third of scored metros).

Purchasing power opens up: BEA RPP 87.7 lands in the cheaper third of scored metros (cuts at 91.5 / 97.0). Median 2BR rent $1,293/mo.

LiveAbility 61/100 puts Brunswick-St. Simons in the top third (#44 of 387).

BLS OEWS total employment in the Brunswick-St. Simons area is 39,810.

Brunswick-St. Simons vs all US metros by LiveAbility Score

Where this metro's LiveAbility Score falls among every scored US metro (composite placement, not a desirability verdict)

61 Top 12% higher than 88% of 387 US metros

Metros banded by LiveAbility Score (0–100)

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Source PlainRelocate LiveAbility Score · June 2026

Brunswick-St. Simons housing and rent

HUD Fair Market Rents for the Brunswick-St. Simons MSA; housing RPP 56.3 (100 = national average); 2BR $1,293/mo.

Studio

$1,035

/month

1 Bedroom

$1,105

/month

2 Bedroom

$1,293

/month

3 Bedroom

$1,550

/month

4 Bedroom

$1,906

/month

Brunswick-St. Simons wages and employment

Brunswick-St. Simons posts 39,810 total employment with median salary $56,638 against a cheaper-than-average RPP.

Median Salary

$56,638

Mean Salary

$60,853

Total Employment

39,810

Top Occupations by Employment

Occupation	Median Salary
Retail Salespersons	$30,200
Fast Food and Counter Workers	$26,770
Waiters and Waitresses	$18,250
Cashiers	$27,810
Registered Nurses	$82,630

Schools & Education

State-level education data for the Brunswick-St. Simons area from NCES.

Schools

2,315

Enrollment

1,738,641

Student:Teacher

14.4:1

Title I %

Childcare Costs

State-average childcare costs for the Brunswick-St. Simons area (DOL data).

Infant (Center)

$6,591

per year

Toddler (Center)

$6,153

per year

Preschool (Center)

$6,034

per year

Life Score Breakdown

Brunswick-St. Simons's composite Life Score is 54/100 (D), computed across 7 of 7 dimensions.

Cost

88/100

Elite

Wages

19/100

Bottom decile

Rent

51/100

Average

Crime

55/100

Above average

Schools

32/100

Weak

Childcare

97/100

Elite

Environment

38/100

Below average

LiveAbility Score

View full rankings →

Brunswick-St. Simons ranks #44 out of 387 metros with a LiveAbility Score of 61/100 - a composite of 8 of 8 quality-of-life dimensions from federal data. Customize the weights to match your priorities →

Strongest dimension: Climate (95/100)

Climate

95
Cost of living

88
Air quality

78
Schools

68
Safety

55
Housing

51
Low hazard

46
Job market

19

What this shows Brunswick-St. Simons's strongest dimensions are climate and cost of living; its weakest among scored dims is job market at 19/100. Default weights: cost 18%, jobs & housing 15% each, safety & schools 12%, air & hazard 10%, climate 8%.

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Metros near Brunswick-St. Simons on cost, LiveAbility, or wages

Nearest out-of-state neighbors to Brunswick-St. Simons on BEA RPP, LiveAbility, or BLS median salary, a different lens than the size-ranked list.

Similar cost of living (BEA RPP)

Similar LiveAbility score

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, HUD Fair Market Rents, BLS OES, FBI UCR, NCES, DOL, EPA June 2026

Brunswick-St. Simons cost figures follow BEA Regional Price Parities and HUD Fair Market Rents; Brunswick-St. Simons wages and LiveAbility inputs follow BLS OEWS plus the federal sources listed in methodology. This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Scores are federal-data percentiles, not a move recommendation. How this data is sourced.

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