Best Places30153, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 30153, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
30153 ranks 24,250th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on affordable childcare, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 30153
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
30153's strengths and weaknesses
Where 30153 ranks high
- Cheap childcare$617 a month, better than 84% of zip codes
- Tree shadeBetter than 79% of zip codes
- State fiscal healthBetter than 77% of zip codes
- Internet speedBetter than 76% of zip codes
- State infrastructureBetter than 73% of zip codes
Where 30153 ranks low
- Short commute33.2 minutes each way, better than only 16% of zip codes
- School gradeC−, better than only 18% of zip codes
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 22% of zip codes
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 24% of zip codes
- Air qualityBetter than only 24% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 30153
A household needs to earn about $61,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 30153 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,145, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses 30153's effective rate of 0.66%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 30153
30153 runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 30153.
Who works in 30153, and how
Work in 30153 centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in 30153
30153 has more parkland per resident than 72% of zip codes. That concentrates in some parts of 30153 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 30153, month by month
30153 sees roughly 95 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 44° | 37° |
| April | 74° | 62° | 52° |
| July | 88° | 78° | 70° |
| October | 74° | 63° | 55° |
Flying in and out of 30153
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 43 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 51.5 million passengers in 2025, with 278 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around 30153
Schools across 30153 average a C−, better than 18% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Taylorsville Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Westside Elementary SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Lillian C. Poole Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Haralson County Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Carl Scoggins Sr. Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Herschel Jones Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Haralson County High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Paulding County High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- South Paulding High SchoolC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 30153 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
30153 measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare 30153 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 30153
Is 30153 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 30153 ranks 24,250th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on affordable childcare, tree cover, and state finances, and lowest on long commutes and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 30153 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $236,469. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $62,145 median income, cost of living beats 37% of zip codes.
Is 30153 safe?
30153 is safer than 42% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $314 per resident a year.
Compare 30153 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 30153. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 30153 represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
30153 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 30153: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 30153: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 30153: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 30153: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
30153 detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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