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Cost of living in Skidaway Island, Georgia

Skidaway Island, Georgia has about 9,315 people. Typical rent is $3,501 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $136,156 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

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Typical rent is $3,501 a month.

Skidaway Island is a Census community, not a separate city government in Georgia. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $136,156 a year.

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People
9,315
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$3,501
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$136,156
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$803,700
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,679
Savannah, GA MSA

Skidaway Island, Georgia has about 9,315 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $803,700.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Chatham County is $1,679 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Skidaway Island. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Savannah, GA metro area, prices sit at 95.2 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

Georgia taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 7.5% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Skidaway Island's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical Georgia home paid 16.27¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Skidaway Island's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Georgia in the table we use.

Among 354 places we list in Georgia with a rent figure, 0 have higher typical rent than Skidaway Island.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.