City · Brantley County, Georgia

Nahunta, Georgia

Nahunta is a city in Brantley County, Georgia, part of the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area. It has 1,386 residents. Nahunta, Georgia has a quality-of-life score of 12 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,799 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Georgia it ranks #224 of 386 cities and towns. It ranks best on new homes permitted (high), math scores (high) and child care cost burden (low). It ranks worst on restaurants and bars (low), dentists (low) and access to exercise opportunities (low).

12Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,799 of 15,651 cities and towns
Georgia: #224 of 386 in GA
Population: 1,386 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 491.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 1354124

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety60#6,252/15,637
Economy15#13,346/15,631
Housing47#7,928/14,977
Health11#13,892/15,609
Healthcare0#15,630/15,650
Environment30#10,841/15,453
Education82#2,834/15,649
Infrastructure6#14,718/15,650
Community2#15,303/15,651
Leisure & amenities1#15,567/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Nahunta, Georgia ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Brantley County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

New homes permitted · high33.2 /1k
98/100Georgia 5.5 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Math scores · high3.52
97/100Georgia 2.92United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBrantley County value
Child care cost burden · low20.3%
94/100Georgia 23.0%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBrantley County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Georgia 7.4 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataBrantley County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.6×
92/100Georgia 3.9×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077High uncertainty
Comfortable days · high33.2%
90/100Georgia 31.5%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationBrantley County value

Weaknesses

Restaurants and bars · low1.6 /10k
0/100Georgia 8.5 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsBrantley County value
Dentists · low5 /100k
0/100Georgia 54 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBrantley County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low17.3%
1/100Georgia 74.6%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBrantley County value
Mental health care shortage · high20.0
1/100Georgia 9.6United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationBrantley County value
Mental health providers · low27 /100k
2/100Georgia 201 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBrantley County value
Grocery stores · low0.5 /10k
2/100Georgia 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsBrantley County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
893 (2015-2019) → 1,386 (2020-2024)
+55%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedImproving
0.8 /1k (2021) → 33.2 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+3,883%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
49.1% (2015-2019) → 82.9% (2020-2024)
+34 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
4.7% (2015-2019) → 35.3% (2020-2024)
+31 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
High school diploma or higherImproving
65.3% (2015-2019) → 89.1% (2020-2024)
+24 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
69.4% (2015-2019) → 48.2% (2020-2024)
−21 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Nahunta, Georgia improved on 1 of 7 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 6 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Broadband+34 points49.1% → 82.9%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 7 measures

Change of every measure of Nahunta, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Broadband subscriptions	49.1%2015-2019	82.9%2020-2024	+34 points	Improved	99%
Child poverty rate	51.5%2015-2019	58.6%2020-2024	+7.1 points	Within the margin of error	16%
High school diploma or higher	65.3%2015-2019	89.1%2020-2024	+24 points	Within the margin of error	100%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4522015-2019	0.4502020-2024	−0.003	Within the margin of error	53%
Median household income	$22,6472015-2019	$45,8932020-2024	+103%	Within the margin of error	98%
Poverty rate	37.6%2015-2019	29.3%2020-2024	−8.2 points	Within the margin of error	90%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	24.4%2015-2019	40.8%2020-2024	+16 points	Within the margin of error	1%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Nahunta, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Nahunta, Georgia in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

No place that looked like Nahunta, Georgia five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

For comparison, Nahunta, Georgia itself moved +14 points in standing on average over the same 4 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,386 residents (±504)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

398 households (±135)

Nahunta, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k36%†145
$25k–50k16%†63
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

398 households (±135)

Nahunta, Georgia
Georgia share

Own64%†256
Rent36%†142

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

447 workers (±197)

Nahunta, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone74%†329
Carpool21%†96
Public transit

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Brantley County, the county holding most of Nahunta's residents.

Brantley County has 224 employer establishments, 122 for every 10,000 residents (0.49× the US rate of 248; 0.52× Georgia's), with 1,590 paid employees at an average annual pay of $43,089. The Census Bureau also counts 1,169 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 224; 1,169 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 122; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 1,590
Average annual pay: $43,089; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Brantley County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Truck transportation	26	14.1	2.80×More than typical	100	$54,900	62
Specialty trade contractors	19	10.3	0.67×Fewer than typical	134	$41,179	153
Religious organizations	13	7.1	1.27×More than typical	31	$23,774	—
Restaurants and other eating places	13	7.1	0.38×Fewer than typical	154	$15,429	5
Ambulatory health care services	12	6.5	0.31×Fewer than typical	67	$46,284	43
Gasoline stations	12	6.5	2.01×More than typical	95	$22,737	—
Building equipment contractors	10	5.4	0.90×About typical	65	$48,831	24
Heavy and civil engineering construction	9	4.9	4.27×Too few to compare	75	$77,893	3
Child day care services	7	3.8	1.56×Too few to compare	27	$31,296	29
General merchandise stores	7	3.8	2.15×Too few to compare	51	$20,745	11
Limited-service restaurants	7	3.8	0.47×Too few to compare	89	$17,584	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	7	3.8	0.56×Too few to compare	15	$33,067	205

Rank places for an industry Open Brantley County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 18,391 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $1,462 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Nahunta, Georgia: $1.05 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1,462
Per resident: $1.05; US $1,994
Sole-source: 100%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Federal Law Enforcement Training Center$1,462100%

Top recipients

BUILDERS SUPPLY INC$1,462100%

Spending by fiscal year

4.3KFY2021
6.3KFY2023
1.5KFY2026

What was bought

Equipment maintenance$1,462100%

Top industries (NAICS)

Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasing · 5324$1,462100%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Nahunta, Georgia, so they do not add up across cities.

Nahunta, Georgia's figures are part of those of Brantley County, GA ($94.8K in FY2026), never added to them: 1.5% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Nahunta is mostly in Brantley County.

See federal money in Brantley County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Nahunta, Georgia is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Earl L. "Buddy" CarterR-GA-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 5.5%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Brantley County12100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Brunswick-St. Simons, GA35

Other cities and towns in Brantley County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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