Bulloch County, Georgia · Statesboro
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Bulloch County averages 0 nights a year at 20°F or colder, mostly midwinter, and 10% of its homes predate 1960.
Heavy rain days of an inch or more come about 12.1 times a year here, most often in April. A sump pump that hasn't run since last season is a common weak point.
Backups often follow heavy rain, which Bulloch County gets about 12.1 days a year, when storm water overloads sewer mains and pushes up through the lowest drain in the house.
Roof leaks here come from summer downpours and, with about 20 freeze-thaw days a year, from winter ice dams. Most show up as ceiling stains in the room below.
3% of occupied homes in Bulloch County heat mainly with wood or propane, below the Georgia county median of 7.1%.
With 128 muggy nights a year, mold in Bulloch County can appear within days of a leak. Dry first, then clean.
Local risk profile
With 34,182 homes and around 82,683 residents, Bulloch County is 676 square miles of eastern Georgia. Besides Statesboro, the county seat, the biggest communities are Brooklet, Portal and Register. Much of its housing is recent, with a median build year of 1995.
35/100 Water Damage Risk Index: Moderate Bulloch County ranks 141 of 159 Georgia counties. See the statewide ranking and method.The three factors where Bulloch County ranks highest compared with other Georgia counties.
Bulloch County is milder than most of Georgia, but not mild enough to skip winterizing. It averaged 20 freezing nights a year over 2015–2024, 0 of them at 20°F or colder, cold enough for pipes in outside walls and crawl spaces to freeze. Among 159 Georgia counties that's 117th.
With only about 20 freezing nights a year, many homes here aren't built for cold, so a single arctic outbreak can burst pipes across the county. The record low in this data was about 15°F, on December 25, 2022.
Rainfall is about average for Georgia. Of roughly 50.1 inches of yearly precipitation, the damage comes from the 12.1 days a year with an inch or more, ranked 78th of 159. April, May and June see the most. The single wettest day in the record: 7.58 inches, August 6, 2024. Multi-day storms matter most for basements; the wettest three days on record here totaled 11.65 inches (through August 8, 2024).
About 20 days a year swing from below freezing at night to above freezing by day. Those freeze-thaw cycles feed ice dams on roofs, open cracks in foundations and driveways, and stress pipes that are already marginal.
Housing
28% of homes in Bulloch County predate 1980, below the Georgia county median of 38.4%, which ranks 121st of Georgia's 159 counties.
Since 2000 the county has added enough housing that 40% of homes are that new. Modern PEX and copper rarely fail on their own; the leaks come from connections, appliances and storms.
33% date from 1980 to 1999, the window when polybutylene, a gray flexible plastic supply pipe, was used in some homes. It's prone to leaks at the fittings, so it's worth checking for in a house from those years.
Here 15% of housing is manufactured homes. Check the skirting and the heat tape on the main water line every fall, because that one exposed line is what freezes.
Renters occupy 47% of homes. If you rent, the building is usually the landlord's to repair, but your belongings are only covered by renters insurance.
Beyond water
About 128 nights a year in Bulloch County stay at 65°F or warmer, a sign of muggy summer air (48th of 159 counties). August is the wettest month. Keep indoor humidity under 60%, as the EPA advises, and dry any leak within 24 to 48 hours; in a humid month a wet basement left alone won't dry by itself.
Mold remediation: what to expectMain heating fuel in Bulloch County's occupied homes: 6% utility gas, 90% electric, 2% propane and under 1% wood. Most homes here heat with gas or electricity, so cooking and electrical faults are the likelier fire sources. Even a contained kitchen fire can send soot through the ductwork to every room.
Fire and smoke cleanup: first stepsCoverage
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Population from ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Townships and unincorporated areas are covered too.
Nearby
Emanuel, Jenkins and Screven get more pipe-freeze nights than Bulloch. Jenkins County has the oldest housing nearby, with 53% of homes built before 1980.
By the numbers
| Factor | Bulloch | Georgia median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1960 | 10% | 15% | 112 of 159 |
| Homes built before 1980 | 28% | 38% | 121 of 159 |
| Homes built 2000 or later | 40% | 27% | 31 of 159 |
| Manufactured or mobile homes | 15% | 21% | 104 of 159 |
| Vacant homes | 9.7% | 14% | 115 of 159 |
| Wood or propane heat | 2.6% | 7.1% | 135 of 159 |
| Nights at 20°F or colder | 0/yr | 2/yr | 117 of 159 |
| Days with 1 inch+ of rain | 12/yr | 12/yr | 78 of 159 |
| Freeze-thaw days | 20/yr | 29/yr | 102 of 159 |
| Muggy nights (65°F+) | 128/yr | 112/yr | 48 of 159 |
Rank 1 is the highest value. Bars run from the lowest to the highest Georgia county; the tick marks the median; orange means higher water damage risk than the median, green means lower.
Questions
Peak risk months in Bulloch County: freezing from midwinter, heavy rain in April, May and June.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates (2020-2024); weather from NOAA nClimGrid-Daily county averages (EpiNOAA), 2015–2024, averaged across the county; county boundaries from Census TIGER. Reviewed 2026-10-21. Methodology