SavannahTX
With 6,469 residents, it is a town in Texas.
Is Savannah a good place to live?
Real strengths, and real weak spots. Overall, Savannah earns a B−, better than 47% of U.S. towns. Its place in the ranking is 199th of 640 in Texas. The weak point is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $400K, 4.4 years of the Dallas metro’s $90K median household income. Health is its strong suit: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 88% of the country. Incomes are another plus (A−): the median household earns $143K. The town’s average commute is 40 minutes, above both the Texas town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes).
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow.
What makes Savannah stand out
Where Savannah beats most towns.
Savannah has grown 97% from 2010 to 2020
3,318 counted in 2010 and 6,529 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Savannah grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Savannah is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Savannah: who provides what
Savannah is unincorporated, so Denton 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 Savannah.
Savannah has hotter summers than nearly all U.S. towns, has less no health insurance than most of Texas and sends most of its workers to Dallas and beyond.
Savannah’s grade for health is an A
Its widest gap with Texas is no health insurance: 9.8% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 19.1% statewide. Against the 3,330 U.S. towns with household incomes like Savannah’s, it is healthier than 52%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
Nearly a tenth of Savannah adults have diabetes. Against the Texas average, Savannah comes out ahead on 18 CDC measures out of 31, and behind on 1.
| Savannah | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 15% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 8.5% | 13% | 12% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 24% | 19% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 30% | 25% |
| What stands out | Savannah | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 9.8% | 19.1% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7% | 12.5% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 70.5% | 74.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Savannah’s public schools outperform 55% of Texas districts
Public schools: Denton ISD. Its one school is below. Enrollment at Savannah’s public school: 728 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Savannah ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 728 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Most people working in Savannah commute elsewhere
Savannah has 271 jobs for its 3,525 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 39.8 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas.
For most workers, Savannah is a place to come home to: only 1% work in town. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs here rose by 205, to 271. The share of residents in Savannah who live below the poverty line: 4%. Half of commuters travel less than 19 miles.
| Savannah | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 40 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $143,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.6% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Top of a low hazard risk in Savannah: tornadoes
Households in Savannah have drawn federal disaster aid in 3 declared disasters, most recently in 2024. Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 71% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 49% come from tornadoes and 24% from inland flooding.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Young adults are less common in Savannah than in Texas
The median household earns $142,868, against $78,476 across Texas, one input to its A− for jobs and income.
29% of residents are under 18 in Savannah. Adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (24% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 46% of residents (38% statewide). Four-year graduates: 35% of adults 25 and older here, 34% across Texas.
| Savannah | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 29% | 26% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 9.5% | 14% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 35% | 23% | 29% |
| Median age | 36.6 years | 35.8 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 41% and 68% women
The Census survey reached too few of Savannah’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±13.4 points. Across Texas, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Savannah | TX | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.6% | 13.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 16.6% | 11.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.5% | 9.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.2% | 14.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 19.3% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 20.3% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 6% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 7% | 8.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 2.5% | 5.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.1% | 14% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.3% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 25.1% | 20.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.1% | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 26.3% | 21.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.1% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
In Savannah, expect mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons average 95.3°, hotter than in 96% of U.S. towns; January nights average 34.2°.
The typical July afternoon high for Savannah comes to 95°F. About 3 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Savannah | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 95°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 34°F | 37°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Holly Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes in Savannah sell for about $335K
The median property tax bill is $8,090, against $4,232 across Texas, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The median rent in Savannah is $2,000 a month. Sellers in Savannah got 98.7% of the asking price, typically. Homes sold in Savannah spent a median 63 days on the market.
| Savannah | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,000 a month | $1,206 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 72% | 69% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
AT&T Stadium and 59 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Savannah. Close and well known come first.
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaAT&T Stadium
Big draw32 mi Stadium & arenaCotton Bowl
5 mi Theme parkUniversal Kids Resort
7 mi Stadium & arenaToyota Stadium
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaGlobe Life Field
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaTexas StadiumPhoto credits
AT&T Stadium: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cotton Bowl: Robbiewest88, Public domain · Universal Kids Resort: CANthony0125, CC0 · Toyota Stadium: Flavius Constantine, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Globe Life Field: Drone To Fly, CC BY 3.0 · Texas Stadium: Allspamme, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Everything we know about Savannah
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Savannah
About 4 of every 100 Savannah residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
99% of working residents leave Savannah for work
Where Savannah’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Savannah
Census-designated place in Texas, United States
Savannah is a census-designated place east of Denton in Denton County, Texas, United States. The community is a housing subdivision marketed by Huffines Communities and is located entirely within the boundaries of Elm Ridge WCID. As of the 2020 census, Savannah had a population of 6,529.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 0.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 584 ft
- Area code
- 972
Savannah’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Savannah.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savannah | #199 | B− | D | — | B | A |
| Little Elm | #206 | B− | D | B+ | B− | B+ |
| Prosper | #43 | A− | D | B+ | A | A |
Savannah reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Savannah with a neighbor →
Questions about Savannah
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Savannah, TX a good place to live?
Savannah grades B− overall, better than 47% of U.S. towns and #199 of 640 in Texas. It grades A for health and B for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Savannah, TX expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $400,000, 35% above the Texas 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 D.