Best Places30296, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 30296, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
30296 ranks 26,856th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. An overheated housing market pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on fast internet.
The best neighborhoods in 30296
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.
30296's strengths and weaknesses
Where 30296 ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 86% of zip codes
- TransitBetter than 85% of zip codes
- Low vacancyBetter than 79% of zip codes
- State fiscal healthBetter than 77% of zip codes
- Big-city accessBetter than 76% of zip codes
Where 30296 ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of zip codes
- School gradeD+, better than only 10% of zip codes
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of zip codes
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 14% of zip codes
- Crime safetyBetter than only 15% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 30296
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 30296 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,232, 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 30296's effective rate of 0.81%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 30296
30296 runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 30296.
Who works in 30296, and how
Work in 30296 centers on transportation & warehousing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in 30296
30296 has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most zip codes. That concentrates in some parts of 30296 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 30296, month by month
30296 sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 45° | 35° |
| April | 77° | 64° | 52° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 79° | 66° | 56° |
Flying in and out of 30296
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 5 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 30296
Schools across 30296 average a D+, better than 10% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Rise Grammar SchoolD · 16% proficient
- Oliver Elementary SchoolD− · 15% proficient
- Dubois Integrity AcademyD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kendrick Middle SchoolD− · 17% proficient
- Rise Prep SchoolD− · 16% proficient
- Riverdale Middle SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Top high schools
- Banneker High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Martha Ellen Stilwell School For The Performing ArtsB− · 42% proficient
- Creekside High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 30296 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
30296 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 30296 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Who 30296 suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 12% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in 30296
Is 30296 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 30296 ranks 26,856th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on fast internet, transit, and few empty homes, and lowest on an overheated housing market and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 30296 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $226,484. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $67,232 median income, cost of living beats 44% of zip codes.
Is 30296 safe?
30296 is safer than 15% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $481 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in 30296?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 58 with lows near 35. That works out to about 73 pleasant days a year, more than 31% of zip codes.
Is 30296 good for families?
Schools beat 10% of zip codes, crime safety beats 15%, and childcare runs $919 a month.
Compare 30296 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 30296. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 30296 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.
30296 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 30296: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 30296: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 30296: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 30296: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
30296 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.