Kings Bay BaseGA
A town of 2,210.
Is Kings Bay Base a good place to live?
The best of Kings Bay Base’s subject grades is an A for schools; the weakest is a D− for cost of living. Kings Bay Base’s typical journey to work is 12 minutes, below both the Georgia town median (26 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). On cost of living, just 4 of Georgia’s 371 towns do worse. Kings Bay Base is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 75% of U.S. towns. Kings Bay Base has 3 places on the National Register. Kings Bay Base has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Kings Bay Base stand out
Where Kings Bay Base beats most towns.
Jobs vs. working residents
| Widest gap | Kings Bay Base | GA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 1.5% | 7% |
Kings Bay Base has grown 31% from 2010 to 2020
1,777 counted in 2010 and 2,329 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Kings Bay Base grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Georgia), ordered by how far Kings Bay Base is from typical.
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Moving to Kings Bay Base: who provides what
Kings Bay Base is unincorporated, so Camden 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Kings Bay Base.
A job hub: Kings Bay Base has 4.3 jobs for every working resident and draws in 1,354 commuters
Among residents in Kings Bay Base, 21% live below the poverty line, against 15% in Georgia’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Since 2013, Kings Bay Base has added 527 jobs, to 1,354 in 2023. The top destinations are Jacksonville (8%), Savannah (6%) and St. Marys (5%). For half of commuters, work is under 104 miles away.
| Kings Bay Base | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 21% | 15% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $78,000 | $63,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A smaller share of adults have diabetes in Kings Bay Base than in most of Georgia or the rest of the country
Only 2 of the 262 Georgia towns we compare have a higher share of adults who report frequent mental distress than Kings Bay Base. Kings Bay Base: 17% of adults have high blood pressure. Also worth knowing: on the CDC’s 32 measures, Kings Bay Base is ahead of Georgia on 10 and behind on 11.
| Kings Bay Base | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 3.5% | 14% | 12% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 19% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 14% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Kings Bay Base | GA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 1.5% | 7% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| More binge drinkers | 23.7% | 14.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The climate in Kings Bay Base brings mild winters and hot summers
In Kings Bay Base, the typical July afternoon high is 91°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The biggest natural risk in Kings Bay Base is hurricanes, at a moderate overall level
FEMA puts 68% of Kings Bay Base’s expected hazard losses down to hurricanes, and 15% to inland flooding. Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 58% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
EverBank Field and 30 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Kings Bay Base. Close and well known come first.
Big draw33 mi Stadium & arenaEverBank Field
21 mi Park & preserveJekyll Island
29 mi LandmarkIgbo Landing Historic Site
29 mi National MemorialFort Caroline National Memorial369K visitors a year
33 mi Stadium & arenaVyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
9 mi LandmarkFort ClinchPhoto credits
EverBank Field: AndrewAvitus, CC BY 3.0 · Jekyll Island: normanack on Flickr, CC BY 2.0 · Igbo Landing Historic Site: Jud McCranie, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Caroline National Memorial: NPS Photo, Public domain · VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena: Nichos (talk), Public domain · Fort Clinch: Fl295 at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Everything we know about Kings Bay Base
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Kings Bay Base; the nearest are
About 6 of every 100 Kings Bay Base residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Georgia.
Every workday, about 1,354 people come to Kings Bay Base for work
Where Kings Bay Base’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Kings Bay Base
Place in Georgia, United States
Kings Bay Base is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Camden County, Georgia, United States; it is home to the Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base. The population was 2,329 at the 2020 census, up from 1,777 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Kingsland, Georgia Micropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 1.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 23 ft
- ZIP code
- 31547
- Area code
- 912
Kings Bay Base’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Kings Bay Base.
| Town | GA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Bay Base | — | — | D− | — | A | A− |
| St. Marys | #154 | C− | C− | C+ | A | C |
Kings Bay Base has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Kings Bay Base reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Kings Bay Base with a neighbor →