124 nursing jobs in Savannah, GA

Working professionals and many relocating nurses look first at Pooler—about 10 miles from downtown, with Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, a Tanger outlet center, apartments, grocery stores, and fast new growth—and at Richmond Hill, 20–30 minutes south on I-95 or Highway 17, a slower Ogeechee River suburb of about 10,000. Island options include Whitemarsh Island (under 10 miles out, waterway access) and Wilmington Island; Facebook and Reddit locals also name Georgetown (the Gateway district where I-95, Abercorn Street, and Fort Argyle Road meet), Rincon, Guyton, and Port Wentworth for commute, safety, and price. Downtown Historic District living is walkable and tourist-adjacent; Starland is the creative, food-truck pocket rather than a suburban lot.

Savannah’s average home price is about $327,900 with average 2-bedroom rent about $1,802; values are still described as under $350,000 and nearly $200,000 below Charleston. Richmond Hill’s median sale is $364,588 (townhomes about $256,900, condos about $457,500), a mix of 1930s three-to-six-bedroom houses and new construction, typically around 34 days on market with about four offers.

Pooler and Georgetown/Gateway are the apartment-and-new-construction affordable suburbs; historic-district and some island product runs higher. Community posts say purchase prices have risen.

Citywide commute time is cited at about 25 minutes. Pooler is roughly 10 miles and about 30 minutes from the Historic District; Richmond Hill is 20–30 minutes from Savannah’s core via I-95, Highway 17, or back roads; Whitemarsh Island is under 10 miles.

Highways through the city (I-95, I-16, Abercorn Street) make most trips workable, but traffic is called out on I-16, roads to the islands, and highways around Richmond Hill. Named hospital employers are Memorial Health University Medical Center and St. Joseph’s and Candler hospitals; these sources do not describe campus parking or a transit line to those sites.

In the Historic Landmark District, Belford’s Savannah Seafood & Steaks and Saint Bibiana (Italian inside Hotel Bardo, with a cooking school) are the special-occasion names; Collins Quarter at Forsyth Park is the brunch and weekday-lunch stop with a park view. Starland District has The Vault Kitchen and Market for Asian fusion and a popular food-truck park for casual lunch or dinner.

Everyday treats are Leopold’s ice cream and River Street Sweets, with River Street the open-container stroll-and-drink strip. None of these sources name late-night spots specifically next to the hospitals.

Everyday outdoor life is Forsyth Park plus Savannah’s 23 historic squares—quiet Monterey and Oglethorpe, livelier Johnston and Lafayette, Chippewa Square’s Forrest Gump bench, Columbia Square by the Davenport House. Tybee Island’s beach is about 20 minutes from the Historic Landmark District; Richmond Hill and Whitemarsh Island put you on the Ogeechee and other Lowcountry rivers for fishing, kayaking, and boating.

Named day trips include Wormsloe Historic Site’s oak allée, Bonaventure Cemetery, Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens, Wetlands Preserve Park, and Keller’s Flea Market; locals also mention nature trails and surfing.

Culture concentrates in the Historic Landmark District: horse-drawn carriages, ghost tours, the American Prohibition Museum, SCAD’s Savannah Film Festival, and a well-known haunted reputation (Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil was filmed here; Forrest Gump used Chippewa Square). Local sports are the Savannah Bananas baseball club and the Savannah Ghost Pirates hockey team.

River Street is the waterfront nightlife spine, helped by historic-district open-container laws; square-side boutiques and a broader arts scene fill the rest of the week.

These sources do not give month-by-month temperatures, but residents warn that heat and humidity are a real downside of living here. Fall is the season tourism boards push—SCAD Savannah Film Festival and other autumn events—while sunny-day routines are the squares, Forsyth Park, River Street drinks, and Tybee.

Hurricane season, winter mildness, and pollen are not described in the provided pages.

Richmond Hill is the suburb sources call out for families: public schools with A+ ratings, Richmond Hill High School in Georgia’s top 100, elementary and middle close behind, a comparatively low crime rate, and river recreation (fishing, kayaking, boating). Whitemarsh Island, Wilmington Island, and Georgetown are named in local groups as safe, reasonably priced options; Pooler is the convenient commuter suburb with shops and outlets.

One longtime resident described raising a teenager downtown as workable. Childcare supply and hospital-zone school assignments are not covered.

Locals describe a fun city with good people, Southern charm, strong food, and a slower Lowcountry pace—one resident said raising a teenager downtown actually helped the kid later. Reddit regulars fill time with nature trails, surfing, eating, drinking, and shopping; Facebook threads keep pointing newcomers to Whitmarsh, Wilmington Island, Richmond Hill, Georgetown, Pooler, and Rincon/Guyton for safety and reasonable prices.

The honest complaints are brutal heat and humidity, and housing costs that have climbed even though Savannah still undercuts Charleston.