2025 city tax rates: Savannah 11.749 mills, Pooler 4.197, Garden City 4.000, Richmond Hill 3.981. Schools, home values and commutes compared.
Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the Georgia Department of Revenue’s 2025 millage rates (PDF), the state’s 2025 School Grades data, the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System’s address lookup, Chatham County’s 2025 parcel digest, Zillow Research, the Census Bureau’s 2020-2024 American Community Survey and the cities’ own websites.
Savannah’s three nearest neighbors that are cities are Garden City, about five miles away, Pooler, about seven miles away, both in Chatham County, and Richmond Hill, about 11 miles away across the line in Bryan County. Georgetown, closer at about three miles, is unincorporated, so it has no city government or city tax rate. This page puts official figures for the four cities side by side, one topic per table, with the same year for every place. It does not rank them.
What this means for you
- The city rate is where the four differ most. Savannah’s 2025 city rate was 11.749 mills; the other three were between 3.981 and 4.197. Garden City, Pooler and Savannah all pay the same Chatham County and school rates.
- Richmond Hill is a different county and school district. Its county and school rates, and its schools, are Bryan County’s.
- Check the address, not the mailing city. Tax districts and school zones follow parcel lines, not ZIP codes.
Property tax rates
Rates are mills (dollars of tax per $1,000 of taxable value) for tax year 2025, from the Georgia Department of Revenue’s 2025 millage rate report (PDF). Georgia taxes homes at 40% of fair market value.
| Levy | Savannah | Garden City | Pooler | Richmond Hill |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City | 11.749 | 4.000 | 4.197 | 3.981 |
| County (incorporated areas) | 10.518 (Chatham) | 10.518 (Chatham) | 10.518 (Chatham) | 5.770 (Bryan) |
| School district | 17.331 (Chatham) | 17.331 (Chatham) | 17.331 (Chatham) | 14.663 plus 1.500 for bonds (Bryan) |
| Total of these | 39.598 | 31.849 | 32.046 | 25.914 |
The same report lists a 0.940-mill Chatham Area Transit district levy. In the county’s 2025 parcel digest, Savannah’s parcels carry the transit district code, as do 712 of Garden City’s 3,454 parcels; Pooler’s carry none. Chatham County’s Special Service District rate, 6.502 mills, applies only in unincorporated areas.
2026 rates are still being set. Savannah advertised keeping 11.749 mills, according to our property taxes guide. Pooler’s millage page says its council adopted the full rollback rate, 4.096 mills. Richmond Hill’s 2026 proposed millage page proposes 4.981 mills, a net increase of 1 mill that includes replacing the city’s eliminated fire fee.
Exemptions. Homestead exemptions are filed with each county’s Board of Assessors: the Chatham County Board of Assessors for Savannah, Garden City and Pooler, and the Bryan County Board of Assessors, 912-756-3209, for Richmond Hill, which says exemption amounts are set by the county, not the city. Savannah’s exemptions, including Stephens-Day, are explained in our property taxes guide.
City tax rates in a chart
High schools
For Savannah, Garden City and Pooler, we ran homes chosen at random from the county’s 2025 parcel records through the school system’s address lookup on Oct. 6: 150 in Savannah and 60 each in Garden City and Pooler. Scores and graduation rates are from the state’s 2025 School Grades report: the College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI) and the four-year graduation rate.
| City | High school | Share of homes | 2025 CCRPI | Graduation rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savannah | School of Liberal Studies at Savannah High | 27% | 53.9 | 79.1% |
| Savannah | Beach High | 21% | 67.8 | 86.9% |
| Savannah | Groves High | 18% | 52.6 | 77.1% |
| Savannah | Windsor Forest High | 16% | 67.1 | 81.2% |
| Savannah | Jenkins High | 10% | 60.5 | 83.2% |
| Savannah | Johnson High | 6% | 78.3 | 84.1% |
| Savannah | New Hampstead High | 2% | 73.9 | 91.2% |
| Savannah | Islands High | 1% | 75.7 | 94.0% |
| Garden City | Groves High | 93% | 52.6 | 77.1% |
| Garden City | Beach High | 7% | 67.8 | 86.9% |
| Pooler | New Hampstead High | 64% | 73.9 | 91.2% |
| Pooler | Groves High | 36% | 52.6 | 77.1% |
| Richmond Hill | Richmond Hill High | Only high school in the city | 87.7 | 95.8% |
Pooler’s shares are of the 45 sampled homes that returned a high school; the lookup returned only a 2026-27 Bloomingdale sixth-grade assignment for the other 15. Richmond Hill’s schools are run by Bryan County Schools, and Richmond Hill High is the only high school with a Richmond Hill address in the state’s data. Search any school on the state’s School Grades report. Savannah’s zones by area are in our neighborhoods guide.
Home values
Zillow Home Value Index by city, August 2026, from Zillow Research. The index is a modeled typical value for the middle third of homes, not a sale price.
| City | Typical value, August 2026 | August 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Savannah | $322,239 | $331,595 | Down 2.8% |
| Garden City | $268,054 | $263,344 | Up 1.8% |
| Pooler | $341,902 | $357,394 | Down 4.3% |
| Richmond Hill | $419,999 | $426,989 | Down 1.6% |
More on Savannah prices by ZIP code: home prices.
People, income and commute
From the Census Bureau’s 2020-2024 American Community Survey five-year estimates, the same vintage for all four. The median home value here is what owners told the survey their homes were worth, so it lags the market.
| Savannah | Garden City | Pooler | Richmond Hill | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 147,898 | 10,426 | 28,466 | 18,181 |
| Median household income | $57,137 | $47,814 | $91,766 | $92,824 |
| Median home value (owner estimate) | $248,900 | $169,400 | $322,400 | $313,400 |
| Mean travel time to work | 20.7 minutes | 19.1 minutes | 24.1 minutes | 29.8 minutes |
Census QuickFacts pages: Savannah, Garden City, Pooler and Richmond Hill.
Police, fire and trash
| Service | Savannah | Pooler | Richmond Hill |
|---|---|---|---|
| Police | Savannah Police Department | Pooler Police Department | Richmond Hill Police Department |
| Fire | Savannah Fire Department | Pooler Fire-Rescue | Richmond Hill Fire Department |
| Trash | City Solid Waste Department | Atlantic Waste, the city’s hauler | Atlantic Waste, the city’s service provider |
Garden City lists its own services on the City of Garden City website. Savannah’s pickup days and fees are in our trash and recycling guide.
How to check an address
- Which city is a parcel in? Look it up in the Chatham County Board of Assessors’ records search or, for Richmond Hill, with the Bryan County Board of Assessors, 912-756-3209. The tax district on the record decides which city rate applies.
- Which schools? Enter the address in the Savannah-Chatham school system’s address lookup, or ask Bryan County Schools for a Richmond Hill address.
- What will the tax be? Multiply 40% of the fair market value, less exemptions, by the total millage. The Chatham County Tax Commissioner, 912-652-7100, handles county and school bills for the three Chatham cities; the method is in our property taxes guide.
Frequently asked questions
Which has lower property taxes, Savannah or Pooler?
Pooler’s 2025 city rate was 4.197 mills and Savannah’s 11.749, according to the Georgia Department of Revenue. Both pay the same Chatham County (10.518) and school (17.331) rates, so the three main levies total 32.046 mills in Pooler and 39.598 in Savannah.
Is Richmond Hill in Chatham County?
No. Richmond Hill, about 11 miles from Savannah, is in Bryan County, so it pays Bryan County and Bryan County Schools taxes and its public schools are in the Bryan County district.
What high schools serve Garden City and Pooler?
In the Savannah-Chatham school system’s address lookup on Oct. 6, 2026, 93% of the Garden City homes we checked were zoned for Groves High. Of the Pooler homes that returned a high school, 64% were zoned for New Hampstead High and 36% for Groves High.
Which has the highest home values, Savannah, Garden City, Pooler or Richmond Hill?
Richmond Hill: $419,999 in August 2026 on the Zillow Home Value Index, against $341,902 in Pooler, $322,239 in Savannah and $268,054 in Garden City. The index is a modeled typical value, not a sale price.
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