Best PlacesAcworth, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Acworth, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Acworth ranks 103rd of 445 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. Paychecks stretch further here than almost anywhere else: the median household brings in $115,588, everyday costs sit below the national average, and a strong job market ranks near the top of the country. The main drawbacks are walkability, biking, and cell coverage.
The best neighborhoods in Acworth
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.
Acworth's strengths and weaknesses
Acworth ranks where it does because the parts of life that are hardest to change mostly work here. Tree cover is the standout, in the top 1% of cities. Civic engagement and what local pay buys follow.
The one real hole is walkability, near the bottom of the country. Biking and cell coverage also cost it ground. The measures below break that down, and the map shows how much of it holds street by street.
Where Acworth ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 99% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 93% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 89% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 82% of cities
Where Acworth ranks low
- WalkabilityBetter than only 1% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 1% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 7% of cities
- Short commute32.3 minutes each way, better than only 9% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 15% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Acworth
A household needs to earn about $102,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Acworth home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $115,588, 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 Acworth's effective rate of 0.73%, 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 Acworth
Acworth's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Acworth.
Who works in Acworth, and how
Work in Acworth centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Acworth
Acworth has more parkland per resident than 81% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Acworth and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Acworth, month by month
Acworth sees roughly 89 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 54, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54° | 43° | 33° |
| April | 76° | 63° | 50° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 77° | 65° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Acworth
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 32 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 Acworth
Schools across Acworth average a B−, better than 53% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Burnt Hickory Elementary SchoolA− · 61% proficient
- Ford Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Frey Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sammy Mcclure Sr. Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
- Durham Middle SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- Mcclure Middle SchoolB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- Harrison High SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
- North Cobb High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Woodland High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Acworth school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Acworth 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 Acworth against the other 444 cities.
Who Acworth suits
Families
Schools land around the 53rd percentile and crime safety beats 82%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 93% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 20% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Acworth
Is Acworth a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Acworth ranks 103rd of 445 cities. It scores highest on tree cover, civic engagement, and what local pay buys, and lowest on walkability and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Acworth expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $395,807. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $115,588 median income, cost of living beats 93% of cities.
Is Acworth safe?
Yes, Acworth is safer than 82% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $253 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Acworth?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 54 with lows near 33. That works out to about 89 pleasant days a year, more than 40% of cities.
Is Acworth good for families?
Schools beat 53% of cities, crime safety beats 82%, and childcare runs $904 a month.
Is Acworth good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 93% of cities, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 63% of cities. About 20% of workers already work from home.
Compare Acworth with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Acworth. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Acworth 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.
Acworth detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Acworth: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Acworth: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Acworth: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Acworth: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Acworth 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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