Is Country Club Estates a good place to live?
A town of contrasts. Overall, Country Club Estates earns a C, better than 27% of U.S. towns. That places it 134th of 258 in Georgia. Where it falls short is health (D): CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 88% of the country. Its best grade is for schools: its schools outperform three quarters of the state's. At about $169K, a typical home costs 2.5 years of the Brunswick metro’s $67K median household income. 30% of residents live below the poverty line here, above both Georgia’s towns (15%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Only 35 of Georgia’s 374 towns score lower on hazard risk.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index.
How Country Club Estates grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Georgia), ordered by how far Country Club Estates is from typical.
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99% of working residents leave Country Club Estates for work
Where Country Club Estates’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Country Club Estates.
Country Club Estates has a longer frost-free season than nearly all U.S. towns, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Georgia (mostly hurricanes) and is a long drive from an emergency room.
Country Club Estates earns a D for health
The nearest emergency room, Southeast Georgia Health System -- Camden Campus, is 30.8 miles away in a straight line.
40% of Country Club Estates adults have obesity. Two figures for adults locally: 45% have high blood pressure, 43% sleep under 7 hours.
| Country Club Estates | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 38% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 40% | 36% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 22% | 14% |
| What stands out | Country Club Estates | GA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 13.8% | 9.6% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 25.3% | 17.7% |
| More adults without reliable transportation | 13% | 9.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most people working in Country Club Estates commute elsewhere
Country Club Estates has 466 jobs for its 3,285 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here fell from 709 in 2013 to 466.
Most people who work leave Country Club Estates to do it: just 1% work in town. Jobs based locally fell to 466 in 2023, 243 fewer than in 2013. For Country Club Estates, the mean commuting time is 19 minutes. Half commute less than 6 miles.
| Country Club Estates | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 30% | 15% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.5% | 9.2% | 8% |
| Median household income | $53,000 | $63,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
High risk in Country Club Estates, with hurricanes at the top
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 88% of Georgia towns, with expected losses of about $217 per resident a year; that rating is what its C− for hazard risk is built on.
Country Club Estates’ risk rating from FEMA stands at 70 of 100. Since 1979, 59 flood insurance claims have been paid out locally. FEMA puts 51% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to hurricanes, and 13% to inland flooding.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A typical January night in Country Club Estates is milder than in the typical Georgia or U.S. town
The Brunswick weather station records that the frost-free season runs about 314 days, longer than in 95% of U.S. towns. January nights average 42.4°, milder than in 95% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 91.8°.
Winters in Country Club Estates are warm and summers warm, with plenty of rain. Country Club Estates’ midsummer high comes in at 92°F. It almost never snows.
| Country Club Estates | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 42°F | 33°F | 22°F |
| July high | 92°F | 90°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Protected land: 0.1% of Country Club Estates
Just 2 of its 3,037 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Country Club Estates itself; its outdoors grade is D.
Among 228 Georgia towns, just 6 have a lower share of conserved land than Country Club Estates. Parks and preserves locally: one, of 2 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Altama Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in Country Club Estates sells for about $292K at the median
At 2.5 years of the Brunswick metro’s $67K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 87% of Georgia towns; that ratio is one input to its B for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $940, against $2,341 across Georgia, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Nearly two in five households own their home in Country Club Estates. In Country Club Estates, the going rate for rent is $1,109 a month.
| Country Club Estates | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 39% | 58% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,109 a month | $1,160 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Country Club Estates
Jekyll Island and 8 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Country Club Estates. Close and well known come first.
10 mi Park & preserveJekyll Island
5 mi LandmarkIgbo Landing Historic Site
4 mi National MonumentFort Frederica National Monument108K visitors a year
16 mi National SeashoreCumberland Island National Seashore60K visitors a year
35 mi LandmarkFort Clinch36 mi MuseumWhite Oak ConservationPhoto credits
Jekyll Island: normanack on Flickr, CC BY 2.0 · Igbo Landing Historic Site: Jud McCranie, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Frederica National Monument: Bubba73 (talk), Jud McCranie, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cumberland Island National Seashore: The original uploader was Pgabolde at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Clinch: Fl295 at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Moving to Country Club Estates: who provides what
Country Club Estates is unincorporated, so Glynn County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Country Club Estates
About 8 of every 100 Country Club Estates residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Georgia.
About Country Club Estates
Place in Georgia, United States
Country Club Estates is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Glynn County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Brunswick metropolitan statistical area. The population was 8,373 at the 2020 census, down from 8,545 in 2010.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 4.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 12 ft
- Area code
- 912
Country Club Estates’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Country Club Estates.
| Town | GA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country Club Estates | #134 | C | B | — | A− | D |
| Brunswick | #161 | C− | B | — | A− | D− |
Country Club Estates and Brunswick report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Country Club Estates with a neighbor →
Questions about Country Club Estates
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Country Club Estates, GA a good place to live?
Country Club Estates grades C overall, better than 27% of U.S. towns and #134 of 258 in Georgia. It grades D for health and A− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Country Club Estates, GA expensive?
The typical home is worth about $169,000, 49% below the Georgia typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
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