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

The cost side of living in Savannah

Census figures put the median gross rent in the Savannah, GA metro at $1,273 for a one-bedroom, $1,408 for a two-bedroom and $1,624 for a three-bedroom. Moving from one to two bedrooms adds $135 a month, and the third bedroom another $216.

Homeowners in Savannah report a median home value of $302,000. That works out to 3.9× the local median household income of $77,180, a mid-range ratio.

Price levels matter beyond rent. The Bureau of Economic Analysis measures Savannah's overall prices at 95.2 on a scale where the nation is 100, which makes a $100,000 salary feel like about $105,035 would elsewhere.

Savannah: the pre-tax income for each grade

For two bedrooms, $164,000 is where Savannah turns Comfortable. Below that, $82,000 marks the start of Okay and $41,000 the start of Tight; under $41,000 the score reads Stretched. Rent at the Comfortable line is 10% of gross pay.

Reaching Royal takes $499,000 — 3.0× the Comfortable line — because the last points come slowly once rent is already a small share.

These lines come straight from the calculator's formula: the income is raised until the two-bedroom score crosses each cutoff, then rounded up to the next $1,000.

What different incomes look like in Savannah

At $75,000 home size barely changes the picture: one, two and three bedrooms all grade Tight, with scores from 40 to 44.

In Savannah the table's top salary of $150,000 stops at Okay (63) for two bedrooms; Comfortable starts higher, at $164,000.

Where Savannah falls nationally

Out of 387 metros, Savannah has the 163rd highest price parity and the 95th highest two-bedroom rent, which puts it in the middle half on overall prices and in the top quarter on rent.

Its nearest neighbors on the rent list are St. George, UT ($1,409) and Ogden, UT ($1,403).

Savannah vs. the rest of Georgia

Statewide, Georgia's median two-bedroom rent is $1,326 and its median home value $303,300. Savannah's rent is +6% against that, and its home value 0%; the price parity is 95.2 versus 96.3 for the state.

Run Georgia's statewide medians through the same score and Comfortable begins at $163,000; Savannah's line is +1% from that.

Within Georgia, the metros closest to Savannah on rent and overall prices are Gainesville, GA, Athens-Clarke County, GA, and Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA. Their Comfortable lines for two bedrooms sit at $175,000, $146,000, and $218,000.

Where the typical Savannah household lands

A household at the Savannah median income of $77,180 would see a two-bedroom score of 44 — Tight — with rent at 22% of income. That falls $86,820 short of the $164,000 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. Since a household can have two or more earners, compare it with a combined income rather than one paycheck.

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