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City in the United States

Brunswick

$246kMedian Home
326Sunny Days/yr
78°FAvg High Temp
View on Map· Pop. 6k· Elev. 10 ftWikipedia

Brunswick is a city in and the county seat of Glynn County in the U.S. state of Georgia. As the primary urban and economic center of the lower southeast portion of Georgia, it is the second-largest urban area on the Georgia coastline after Savannah and contains the Brunswick Old Town Historic District. At the 2020 U.S. census, the population of the city proper was 15,210; the Brunswick metropolitan area's population as of 2020 was 113,495.Wikipedia

Nickname: Port CityNickname: Shrimp Capital of the World
About the RegionSoutheast

The Southeast has become the most active real estate market in the United States. Charlotte, Raleigh, Atlanta, and Nashville's broader metro have all absorbed sustained in-migration driven by warmer weather, relatively lower housing costs than comparable Sun Belt metros, and — in Florida and Tennessee — no state income tax. The Research Triangle between Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill has emerged as a genuine rival to established tech corridors, anchored by Duke, UNC, and NC State.

The region's rapid growth has created real affordability pressure in cities that were bargains a decade ago. Asheville, Savannah, and coastal Florida markets have seen sharp appreciation, narrowing the cost advantage that drew transplants in the first place. Coastal areas across the Southeast also carry increasing flood and hurricane insurance costs as storm frequency and severity trends upward. Long, hot, and humid summers are a material lifestyle consideration — June through September in much of the region is genuinely intense.

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Current Conditions

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Cost of Living

Housing
$2k/mo
Median Rent
$246k
Median Home Price
Rent burden17% of income
Household Income
$113k
Median annual
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Livability

School Rating
7.7/10
Internet
Fiber
14%
Cable
96%
address availability
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Climate

Sunshine
326
sunny days per year
89% of the year
Avg High Temp
78°F
annual average
Humidity
79%
relative humidity
Comfort Score
79/100
Great
Temp Swing
24°F
seasonal high-temp spread
Rainfall
50"
inches per year
Snowfall
0"
inches per year
Air Quality
47
Good AQI
07

Demographics

Population6k
Altitude10 ftabove sea level
Median Age43 yrs
College Educated41%bachelor's or higher
Work From Home8%of workforce
Poverty Rate6%

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