A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Buckhead$3,080/mo

Typical home $537K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.60% · Housing →

Bluffton$1,400/mo

Typical home $203K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.98% · Housing →

The difference: $1,690 a month, about $20,200 a year, between Buckhead and Bluffton.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Grades and rankings, side by side

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Georgia ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Health

ABuckheadHealthier than 94% of U.S. towns –BlufftonNot graded

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

BuckheadBluffton

Snow a year0″0″

January low32°F 35°F

July high91°F 92°F

Growing season (days)228d 236d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)70th 57th

Outdoors & history

BuckheadBluffton

National Register places2 —

Archive photos—6

Community

BuckheadBluffton

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

167 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BuckheadGA BlufftonGA

Buckhead ↔ Bluffton167 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Georgia average

BuckheadBluffton

People

Population 331Lowest 350Highest

Median age 30.5±26.4Highest 19% below GA 26.5±25.2Lowest 30% below GA

Buckhead and Bluffton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 47.7%±36.5Highest GA: 23.2% 47.4%±9.7Lowest GA: 23.2%

Buckhead and Bluffton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 9.1%±10.6Highest GA: 15% 7.4%±13.2Lowest GA: 15%

Buckhead and Bluffton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 15%Lowest GA: 34.9% 20.9%Highest GA: 34.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±6 GA: 6.4% 0%±5.7 GA: 6.4%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $80,238±$27kLowest 4% above GA $86,131±$49kHighest 11% above GA

Bluffton and Buckhead are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $227,800±$65kHighest 25% below GA $161,300±$146kLowest 47% below GA

Buckhead and Bluffton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,370Lowest 41% below GA $3,188Highest 36% above GA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100Lowest GA: 52.4% 16.7%±100Highest GA: 52.4%

Bluffton and Buckhead are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 5.7%Highest GA: 13.4% 2.9%Lowest GA: 13.4%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 96.3%Highest GA: 65.7% 84.4%Lowest GA: 65.7%

Typical home builtmedian year 1985Highest 7 yrs older than GA 1982Lowest 10 yrs older than GA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 29 minHighest about the GA average 26 minLowest 9% below GA

Work from home 8.9%±10.8Highest GA: 15.9% 2%±3.1Lowest GA: 15.9%

Buckhead and Bluffton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 3.4%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 28.8 miLowest 49.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.02Lowest 7.48Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Madison (13%)Valdosta (10%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BlufftonFew work in Buckhead

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.7 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.4 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 17.4Highest 13.7Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #2 of 231 in GA—

Georgia average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

Buckhead neighborsTown Square →

Your question goes to Buckhead’s Town Square.

Bluffton neighborsTown Square →

Your question goes to Bluffton’s Town Square.

Add a town

Set another town beside Buckhead and Bluffton

One tap adds it. Up to 4 towns at once.

Towns like Buckhead

+ Compare

Lone Oak297 people

+ Compare

Eton735 people · $229K homes

+ Compare

Carlton245 people · $174K homes

+ Compare

Between482 people · $404K homes

Not sure which town to add? Find your place ranks Georgia towns on what matters to you.Find your place →

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Buckhead vs Bluffton

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $1,690 more a month in Buckhead

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

167 miles apart

What matters to you?

Ask the people who live there

Set another town beside Buckhead and Bluffton

Towns like Buckhead

Post to Buckhead

Check your email