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City · 9,315 residents · Chatham County, Georgia

Skidaway Island , Georgia

In Skidaway Island, a typical home is worth $803,700 and typical rent is $3,501 a month. Compared with all of Chatham County, the typical home value is 166% higher, typical rent is 138% higher, and the share of households that own their home is 35 points higher.

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  • Typical home value

    $803,700

    166% above the county

    165% above Georgia

    • Skidaway Island
    • Chatham
    • Georgia

  • Typical rent

    $3,501a month

    138% above the county

    151% above Georgia

    • Skidaway Island
    • Chatham
    • Georgia

  • Typical household income

    $136,156a year

    92% above the county

    76% above Georgia

    • Skidaway Island
    • Chatham
    • Georgia

  • Households that own their home

    92%

    35 points above the county

    27 points above Georgia

    • Skidaway Island
    • Chatham
    • Georgia

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Average 2020–2024

Market now, with Zillow data

Zillow data
Typical home value
$889,897
about the same as 12 months ago

From Zillow (ZHVI), September 2026. The Census figures above are 5-year averages (2020–2024).

Skidaway Island is in Chatham County. The FHA loan limit ($541,287 for a one-unit home), the fair market rents and the help on this page are those of all of Chatham County. See the county

Data updated: October 1, 2026 11 official sources

Only here

What sets Skidaway Island apart

What this place has that others do not, from public data, most unusual first.

  1. Skidaway Island has the highest typical rent of the 162 cities in Georgia with more than 5,000 people: $3,501.

  2. Skidaway Island has the highest typical home value of the 164 cities in Georgia with more than 5,000 people: $803,700.

  3. 92% of households in Skidaway Island own their home, against 57% in Chatham County.

  4. The typical household income in Skidaway Island is $136,156, 92% more than in Chatham County as a whole ($71,097).

  5. Nearby, in Garden City, the typical rent is $1,282: 63% less than in Skidaway Island ($3,501).

  6. Nearby, in Garden City, the typical home value is $169,400: 79% less than in Skidaway Island ($803,700).

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (Average 2020–2024).

The homes here

Housing in Skidaway Island

What homes there are in Skidaway Island, what they cost, how that changed and how people live, from Census figures (2020–2024).

What homes there are

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year, 2020–2024

Kind of home

Detached houses, standing on their own, make up 95% of homes here, against 62% in Chatham County.

Year built

The typical home in Skidaway Island was built in 1990, 4 years after the typical one in Chatham County.

In Skidaway Island, 92% of homes have 3 bedrooms or more, more than in Chatham County (63%).

All homes, occupied or empty. A figure the Census cannot measure precisely enough here is not shown.

Census tables: B25024, B25034, B25035, B25041

What it costs here

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year, 2020–2024

Value of owner-occupied homes
Monthly rent with utilities

With a mortgage

$3,168 a month

Chatham County: $1,758 a month

Without a mortgage

$1,302 a month

Chatham County: $628 a month

Owners with a mortgage

55%

Chatham County: 64%

In Skidaway Island, 55% of owners have a mortgage, and their typical cost is $3,168 a month, against $1,758 in Chatham County. Without one it drops to $1,302.

Value: what owners think their home is worth. Rent: rent plus utilities, for homes of every size. The FHA limit is the most an FHA loan (Federal Housing Administration) lends for a one-unit home; the fair market rent (FMR) is the one HUD uses for housing vouchers.

Census tables: B25075, B25063, B25088, B25081

How it changed

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year, 2015–2019 and 2020–2024

Change since 2015–2019

Since 2015–2019, homes in Skidaway Island gained value faster than in Chatham County: 62% against 56%.

Change between two 5-year periods that do not overlap, in each period's dollars, not adjusted for inflation.

Census tables: B25077, B25064, B19013

How people live

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year, 2020–2024

MeasureSkidaway IslandChatham CountyGeorgiaUnited States
Rental vacancy Unreliable estimate6.2%6.8%5.5%
Homeowner vacancy Unreliable estimate1.8%1.1%0.9%
More than one person per room Unreliable estimate1.7%2.4%3.4%
People per household 2.122.402.622.53
Drive alone 67%73%71%69%
Carpool Unreliable estimate10%9%9%
Public transit Unreliable estimate1%1%3%
Walk or bike Unreliable estimate3%1%3%
Work from home 27%12%16%15%
Other means Unreliable estimate2%2%2%
Typical commute 20 to 29 minutes20 to 29 minutes20 to 29 minutes20 to 29 minutes

Households in Skidaway Island are smaller: 2.12 people on average; in Chatham County, 2.40.

Working from home is more common in Skidaway Island: 27%, against 12% in Chatham County.

Vacancy: empty homes offered for rent or for sale. Rooms: every room in the home, not only bedrooms. Commute: the minute range of the typical worker.

Census tables: B25004, B25003, B25014, B25010, B08301, B08303

Do the math

What would you pay each month for a home in Skidaway Island?

A typical home costs more than the typical income allows

We start with a typical home in Skidaway Island, worth $803,700, an FHA loan with 3.5% down and the latest average rate (7.18%). That payment would take 58% of the typical household income in Skidaway Island, which is $136,156 a year. For that payment to be 28% of income, a household would need to earn about $281,373 a year. Note: at that price the loan is above the FHA limit for Chatham County ($541,287), so FHA would not insure it; the payment is only a reference.

The calculator's FHA and conventional loan limits are those of all of Chatham County.

Your numbers

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Starts at the typical home value in Skidaway Island. Change it to the price you have in mind.

Loan type
Your credit score

Your score changes which loans apply and FHA's minimum down payment. Your real rate also depends on your credit.

Down payment
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That is $28,130 (3.5% of the price). The usual minimum for this loan is 3.5%.

This week's average ± a quarter or half point.

Term

National average as of November 5, 2026 (Freddie Mac); your rate may be different.

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Estimated monthly payment

Local data

$6,565

at 7.18% · 30 years

Loan amount
$789,142
Total interest
$1,135,391
Paid off in
November 2056

Includes $13,572 FHA upfront mortgage insurance premium.

Does it fit the income?

  • Comfortable

    up to $3,177 a month

  • Tight

    $3,177 to $4,085 a month

  • Hard

    more than $4,085 a month

    Your payment · 58%

Compared with the typical household income in Skidaway Island ($136,156 a year). Reference: HUD calls paying more than 30% of income for housing a cost burden.

Show the result as
per month$6,565
Principal & interest$5,346
Property tax$529
Home insurance$335
FHA mortgage insurance (MIP)$355

This loan is over the FHA limit

You'd borrow $775,570, but the FHA limit for a one-unit home in Skidaway Island is $541,287. You'd need a bigger down payment or a different loan.

You need at least $28,130 for the down payment, plus closing costs.

Next step

This is an estimate to give you an idea, not a loan offer. Your real payment depends on your rate, your credit, and the insurance and taxes on the home you buy.

The city and its county

Skidaway Island and Chatham County

Skidaway Island is in Chatham County, Georgia. The U.S. Census Bureau publishes its own numbers for the city: home values, rent, household income, how many households own their home and the property tax. They are American Community Survey estimates (average 2020–2024).

Skidaway Island's own numbers

Typical home value
$803,700
Typical monthly rent
$3,501
Typical yearly household income
$136,156
Households that own their home
92%
Effective property tax rate
0.79%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (average 2020–2024).

Numbers for all of Chatham County

FHA limit, one-unit home
$541,287
Conventional limit, one unit
$832,750
HUD fair market rent, 2 bedrooms
$1,679
Price change over 5 years (FHFA)
+71%
Homes in a high flood-risk zone
14%

HUD, FHFA and FEMA don't publish these numbers by city.

Other numbers are not published by city, only for the whole county: FHA and conventional loan limits, HUD’s fair market rents, FHFA’s price index and FEMA’s flood data. On this page, those numbers always say they are for all of Chatham County.

Everything about Chatham County

Buying

Buying a home in Skidaway Island

A typical home in Skidaway Island is worth $803,700: 166% above the county and 165% above Georgia. With the typical household income in Skidaway Island ($136,156 a year), a typical home costs 5.9 times what the household earns in a year.

Years of income to pay for a typical home

The typical home value divided by the typical household income for one year. The lower it is, the less buying weighs.

  • Skidaway Island 5.9 years
  • Chatham 4.3 years
  • Georgia 3.9 years
  • United States 4.1 years
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Average 2020–2024

How prices have changed in Chatham County

According to FHFA’s house price index, home prices in Chatham County rose 120% in the 10 years through 2025.

FHFA does not publish this index by city: these are the numbers for all of Chatham County.

Period County Georgia U.S.
Last year (2025) +2.3% +2.2% +2.9%
5 years (2020–2025) +71% +58% +47%
10 years (2015–2025) +120% +110% +85%

The index follows the price of the same homes over time (sales and appraisals with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans). It is not the average price of a home. FHFA considers its annual county indexes experimental. Source: FHFA, 2025 data

Skidaway Island next to Chatham County, Georgia and the U.S.

Three numbers side by side. “Typical” means the median: half are above it and half below.

Typical home value
  • Skidaway Island $803,700
  • Chatham $302,700
  • Georgia $303,300
  • United States $332,700
Typical monthly rent
  • Skidaway Island $3,501
  • Chatham $1,471
  • Georgia $1,393
  • United States $1,413
Typical yearly household income
  • Skidaway Island $136,156
  • Chatham $71,097
  • Georgia $77,353
  • United States $80,734
See the full table
Skidaway Island next to Chatham County and Georgia
Measure Skidaway Island Chatham County Georgia U.S.
Typical home value $803,700 $302,700 $303,300 $332,700
Typical monthly rent $3,501 $1,471 $1,393 $1,413
Typical yearly household income $136,156 $71,097 $77,353 $80,734
Households that own their home 92% 57% 66% 65%
Typical yearly property tax $6,388 $2,541 $2,341 $3,119
Effective property tax rate 0.79% 0.84% 0.77% 0.94%
Renters with high rent for their income 61% 54% 52% 51%

“Typical” means the median: half are above and half are below. ▲ and ▼ say whether the city is above or below Chatham County. “High rent” is the Census measure: renter households that pay 30% or more of their income in rent.

Four ways to pay for a typical home in Skidaway Island

For a typical $803,700 home in Skidaway Island, at Freddie Mac's average rate (7.18% as of November 5, 2026) over 30 years. The monthly payment adds principal and interest, Skidaway Island's typical property tax, an example home insurance and mortgage insurance when it applies.

  • FHA, 3.5% down $6,565a month

    Above the FHA limit for Chatham County ($541,287)
    Down payment
    $28,130
    Cash to close
    $52,241
    Rate
    7.18%
    Mortgage insurance
    FHA MIP · $355

  • Conventional, 5% down $6,418a month

    Least cash to close
    Down payment
    $40,185
    Cash to close
    $64,296
    Rate
    7.18%
    Mortgage insurance
    PMI · $382

  • Conventional, 20% down, no PMI $5,220a month

    Down payment
    $160,740
    Cash to close
    $184,851
    Rate
    7.18%
    Mortgage insurance
    None

  • ITIN, 15% down (example) $5,963a month

    Down payment
    $120,555
    Cash to close
    $144,666
    Rate
    8.18%
    Mortgage insurance
    None

The option that asks for the least cash to close is Conventional, 5% down.

  • Cash to close = down payment plus 3% of the price in closing costs (example).
  • Minimum score: FHA requires 580 or higher for the minimum down payment (HUD Handbook 4000.1). * Fannie Mae requires 620 when a loan is underwritten by hand; its automated system has no fixed minimum.
  • The ITIN row is an example with a rate 1 percentage point higher: ITIN loans follow no federal rule and each lender sets its own down payment and rate. Nothing in this table promises an approval.

How much house can I afford? Estimate closing costs

Taxes and floods

Two costs that change from place to place

Property tax and flood insurance raise or lower what you pay each month. Here are the numbers for Skidaway Island and for Chatham County.

Property tax

Effective rate in Skidaway Island

0.79%of the home’s value each year

$6,388 a year for the typical owner in Skidaway Island.

  • Skidaway Island 0.79%
  • Chatham 0.84%
  • Georgia 0.77%

What Georgia publishes Standard state homestead exemption (Georgia Department of Revenue)

Exemptions and deadlines in Georgia

Flood risk in Chatham County

FEMA does not publish these numbers by city: they are for all of Chatham County.

Homes in the high-risk zone
14%
12,957
Of those, with NFIP insurance
81%
County Georgia U.S.
Homes in the high-risk zone 14% 2% 3.5%
Of those, with NFIP insurance 81% 43% 48%

Most homeowners insurance policies do not cover flood damage.

Look up your address on FEMA’s map

Renting

Renting in Skidaway Island

Typical rent in Skidaway Island is $3,501 a month: 138% above the county. In Skidaway Island, 61% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income in rent.

HUD publishes a fair market rent for all of Chatham County, by unit size. To pay the 2-bedroom one ($1,679 a month) without spending more than 30% of your income, you would need to earn $32.29 an hour working full time.

HUD fair market rent for all of Chatham County

What you need to earn to pay it without spending more than 30% of income, working full time.

Size Fair rent a month Hourly wage Yearly income
Studio $1,481 $28.48 $59,240
1 bedroom $1,542 $29.65 $61,680
2 bedrooms $1,679 $32.29 $67,160
3 bedrooms $2,185 $42.02 $87,400
4 bedrooms $2,484 $47.77 $99,360

Includes basic utilities. It isn't the lowest or highest rent: it's a reference point. Source: HUD, Fiscal year 2027

By ZIP code

Fair market rent by ZIP code in Skidaway Island

HUD also publishes a fair market rent for each ZIP code (Small Area FMR, fiscal year 2027). Skidaway Island is in ZIP code 31411.

For 2 bedrooms it is $1,940: $261 more than the fair market rent for Chatham County ($1,679).

  • 31411 $1,940$2,600

1 of these ZIP codes crosses the city line: HUD sets the rent by ZIP code, not by city. A ZIP code counts for Skidaway Island when at least 50% of its land is inside the city or it covers at least 15% of the city (Census 2020 boundaries). Source: Small Area Fair Market Rents (HUD) Fiscal year 2027 Small Area Fair Market Rents (HUD) Source: Census Bureau ZCTA-to-place relationship file Data from 2020 data Census Bureau ZCTA-to-place relationship file

Is your rent high for your ZIP?

Free help

Help to buy or rent in Skidaway Island

You do not have to do this alone. A HUD-approved housing counseling agency helps for free or at low cost: getting ready to buy, understanding your credit, or solving a problem with your rent.

There is 1 HUD-approved agency with an office in Chatham County; 1 says it serves in Spanish.

Two women and a girl laugh together at the bus stop.

HUD counseling is free or low-cost

Assistance programs in Skidaway Island

No down payment, repair or rent-help program on our list is for Skidaway Island or Chatham County. The ones below are statewide in Georgia: they work in Skidaway Island the same as in the rest of the state.

Which programs do I qualify for? All programs in Georgia

  • Georgia Dream Homeownership Program

    Statewide in Georgia

    Georgia state program for first-time buyers: a mortgage with down payment assistance of up to 5% of the price or $10,000, as a 0% second mortgage with no monthly payments. Offered by Georgia Department of Community Affairs.

    Deferred

    See the program Official page

  • Georgia Dream Peach Plus Loan Program

    Statewide in Georgia

    FHA or VA mortgage from the Georgia Dream program with down payment assistance of 3.5% of the price (up to $10,000), or 4% (up to $12,500) for police officers, educators, health care workers, military members or families with a person with a disability; no first-time buyer requirement. Offered by Georgia Department of Community Affairs.

    Type not stated

    See the program Official page

Housing counselors near Skidaway Island

The HUD-approved agencies closest to the center of Skidaway Island, in a straight line, nearest first. If one says it serves in Spanish, its card says so.

  • Credit.org - Savannah, GA Branch

    100 Bull St, Savannah · 10 miles away · Spanish

    • Mortgage delinquency and default
    • Budget and credit workshops
    • and 4 more
    (800) 431-8157

  • Jcvision and Associates, Inc

    135 E Ml King Jr Dr, Hinesville · 33 miles away · Spanish

    • Mortgage delinquency and default
    • Budget and financial counseling
    • and 9 more
    (912) 877-4243

  • CCCS of the Savannah Area, Inc. - Statesboro Branch

    515 Denmark Street Suite 700, Statesboro · 56 miles away

    • Mortgage delinquency and default
    • Budget and financial counseling
    • and 4 more
    (912) 691-2227

Every agency in Chatham County All counseling agencies in Georgia

Help in Spanish near Skidaway Island

2 of the 3 agencies on this list say they serve in Spanish.

Ask for service in Spanish

When you call, say “Spanish, please” or ask if someone speaks Spanish. If not, ask whether they offer an interpreter.

Housing authorities of Skidaway Island

In HUD’s record, no housing authority with an office in Chatham County is named for Skidaway Island or Chatham County.

One other authority has an office in Chatham County: see the list Source: HUD

Cities

Other cities in Chatham County

These cities are also in Chatham County. They share its loan limits and fair market rents, but home values and rent change from one to the next.

Everything about Chatham County Housing in Georgia

Nearby cities

The cities closest to Skidaway Island, with the typical home value.

Neighboring counties

If Chatham County is out of reach, look next door. Each number is that county's own.

Keep going

Guides for your next step

Short explanations, in plain language and with official sources, for buying or renting in Skidaway Island.

All guides
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Questions

Housing questions about Skidaway Island

Short answers with the numbers for Skidaway Island and all of Chatham County. If your case is different, a HUD-approved counseling agency can guide you for free or at low cost.

How much does a typical home cost in Skidaway Island?

The typical home value in Skidaway Island is $803,700, according to the U.S. Census Bureau (average 2020–2024). For comparison, in Chatham County it is $302,700.

How much does it cost to rent in Skidaway Island?

Typical rent in Skidaway Island is $3,501 a month, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. HUD’s fair market rent for 2 bedrooms in Chatham County is $1,679.

What is the FHA loan limit in Skidaway Island?

Skidaway Island uses the FHA limit for all of Chatham County (2026): $541,287 for a one-unit home and $1,041,125 for a four-unit home.

How much property tax do owners pay in Skidaway Island?

The typical homeowner in Skidaway Island pays $6,388 a year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is 0.79% of the home’s value; in Chatham County, the rate is 0.84%.

Where can I find free help to buy or rent in Skidaway Island?

There is 1 HUD-approved counseling agency with an office in Chatham County. 1 says it serves in Spanish. They can help you get ready to buy, with your credit, or with rent.

Sources: American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates (Average 2020–2024); FHA mortgage limits (HUD) (2026 data); Conforming loan limits (FHFA) (2026 data); Fair Market Rents (HUD) (Fiscal year 2027); Small Area Fair Market Rents (HUD) (Fiscal year 2027); Census Bureau ZCTA-to-place relationship file (2020 data); HUD-approved housing counseling agencies (Retrieved November 6, 2026); Public Housing Agencies (HUD) (Retrieved November 6, 2026); Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS) (As of November 5, 2026); FHFA House Price Index (HPI) (2025 data); Homes with flood insurance (NFIP, FEMA) (As of August 3, 2026).