What salary do you need to live in Brunswick, GA?

What housing costs in Brunswick

A one-bedroom in Brunswick rents for a median of $817 a month, utilities the tenant pays included; a two-bedroom goes for $1,124 and a three-bedroom for $1,098. Over a full year, the two-bedroom median comes to $13,488.

Homeowners in Brunswick report a median home value of $242,500. With median household income at $66,623, a typical home costs 3.6× a typical income, close to the middle of the range across US metros.

The Regional Price Parity, BEA's index of local prices with the US at 100, is 87.7 here. Below 100 means a paycheck stretches further: $100,000 in Brunswick has the buying power of roughly $114,015 at national average prices.

Income needed for each grade in Brunswick

The salary lines for a two-bedroom household land at $28,000 for Tight, $55,000 for Okay and $110,000 for Comfortable. The gap between the Okay and Comfortable lines alone is $55,000, which says how much extra income it takes to make housing feel roomy here rather than merely workable.

The Royal grade is within reach at $289,000 a year, where both rent and the median home price look small next to income.

Each figure is the lowest income, to the next $1,000, at which the calculator itself would show that grade for a two-bedroom in Brunswick.

What different incomes look like in Brunswick

At $75,000 home size barely changes the picture: one, two and three bedrooms all grade Okay, with scores from 54 to 59.

Read down the two-bedroom column and the first Comfortable row is $150,000, consistent with the $110,000 line above.

How Brunswick ranks among 387 metros

Ranked against all 387 metros, Brunswick sits 342nd on overall price level and 194th on the two-bedroom rent median, counting from the most expensive. Its median home value ranks 219th.

Its nearest neighbors on the rent list are Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC ($1,125) and Lewiston-Auburn, ME ($1,124).

Brunswick next to Georgia and similar metros

Compared with Georgia as a whole, two-bedroom rent in Brunswick is 15% lower ($1,124 vs. $1,326) and the median home is 20% lower ($242,500 vs. $303,300).

On statewide medians, a two-bedroom budget reaches Comfortable at $163,000 — above Brunswick's $110,000 line.

The nearest matches in Georgia, judged on rent and price parity together, are Chattanooga, TN-GA, Hinesville, GA, and Warner Robins, GA.

The median Brunswick household

A household at the Brunswick median income of $66,623 would see a two-bedroom score of 51 — Okay — with rent at 20% of income. That falls $43,377 short of the $110,000 Comfortable line, a reminder that the typical household here spends a larger share on housing than the Comfortable band allows. For Georgia as a whole, the median household income of $77,353 scores 44 against statewide rents. Keep in mind a household median often combines two incomes.

All figures are pre-tax estimates from public data, not financial advice.