Is Bloomingdale a good place to live?
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 95% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. Overall it grades C, 135th of 258 graded towns in Georgia. It also does better than most on health: it is healthier than 72% of U.S. towns. Its lowest everyday mark is in schools: its schools rank behind 73% of the state's. A typical home there costs about $315K, 4.1 years of the Savannah metro’s $77K median household income. Bloomingdale’s January low is 39°F, above both the Georgia town median (33°F) and the median of U.S. towns (22°F). Bloomingdale's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 89% of U.S. towns. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 74% of U.S. towns.
What makes Bloomingdale stand out
Where Bloomingdale beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
97% of working residents leave Bloomingdale for work
Where Bloomingdale’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Bloomingdale grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Georgia), ordered by how far Bloomingdale is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Mercer House and 22 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bloomingdale. Close and well known come first.
13 mi MuseumMercer House
18 mi National MonumentFort Pulaski National Monument321K visitors a year
13 mi MuseumSorrel–Weed House
17 mi State parkWormsloe Historic Site
13 mi MuseumCongregation Mickve Israel
13 mi Park & preserveForsyth ParkPhoto credits
Mercer House: Kyle Kesselring from Canal Winchester, OH, CC BY 2.0 · Fort Pulaski National Monument: Edibobb, CC BY 3.0 · Sorrel–Weed House: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wormsloe Historic Site: Bubba73, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Congregation Mickve Israel: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Forsyth Park: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5
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Moving to Bloomingdale: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bloomingdale, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Bloomingdale.
Bloomingdale fares better on crime within Georgia than nationally and is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Georgia (mostly hurricanes).
Very high risk in Bloomingdale, with hurricanes at the top
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 96% of Georgia towns, with expected losses of about $1,010 per resident a year; that rating is what its D− for hazard risk is built on.
Among 262 Georgia towns, just 10 have a higher FEMA risk score than Bloomingdale. Since 1987, 22 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Bloomingdale.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
For schools, Bloomingdale earns a C
Its public schools are run by the Savannah-Chatham County school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomingdale Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 350 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within GA on state tests and graduation
| Bloomingdale | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.1% | 2.3% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most of Bloomingdale’s workers commute out: the town has 0.6 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Bloomingdale for work: only 3% work in town. Since 2013, Bloomingdale has added 407 jobs, to 641 in 2023. Bloomingdale’s average trip to work is 28 minutes.
| Bloomingdale | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 3.3% | 9.2% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 9.5% | 15% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $60,000 | $63,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
For health, Bloomingdale earns a B+
Against the 8,989 U.S. towns with household incomes like Bloomingdale’s, it is healthier than 94%, so its B+ isn’t only a matter of income.
30% of Bloomingdale adults have obesity. Bloomingdale beats the Georgia average on 11 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 18% of Bloomingdale adults binge drink.
| Bloomingdale | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 38% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 16% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 22% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 29% | 25% |
| What stands out | Bloomingdale | GA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12% | 17.7% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.6% | 9.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.7% | 7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Bloomingdale, expect mild winters and hot summers
Bloomingdale has mild winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Bloomingdale is 93°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
For cost of living, Bloomingdale earns a C
Home values rose 37% in five years, to about $315K, against 21% across Georgia. 66.4% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 52.4% across Georgia.
The typical Bloomingdale home is worth about $315,000, down 2.7% in a year, close to the Georgia typical home.
| Bloomingdale | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,538 a month | $1,152 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 61% | 58% | 73% |
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Bloomingdale is safer than 50% of U.S. towns, by crime per resident
At 18.5 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 73% of Georgia’s graded towns.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Everything we know about Bloomingdale
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Bloomingdale
About 3 of every 100 Bloomingdale residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Georgia.
About Bloomingdale
City in Georgia, United States
Bloomingdale is a city in Chatham County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 2,790. It is part of the Savannah metropolitan statistical area.
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- Area
- 14 sq mi
- Elevation
- 20 ft
- ZIP code
- 31302
- Area code
- 912
Bloomingdale’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Bloomingdale.
| Town | GA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomingdale | #135 | C | C | B− | C | B+ |
| Pooler | #156 | C− | C− | — | C | A− |
| Savannah | #191 | D | C | — | C | C+ |
Pooler and Savannah report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Bloomingdale with a neighbor →
Questions about Bloomingdale
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Bloomingdale, GA a good place to live?
Bloomingdale grades C overall, better than 27% of U.S. towns and #135 of 258 in Georgia. It grades B+ for health, B− for safety and C for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Bloomingdale, GA expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.