Best PlacesArcade, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Arcade, 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.
Arcade ranks 20,982nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on fast internet, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Arcade
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.
Arcade's strengths and weaknesses
Where Arcade ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 84% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 82% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 79% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 75% of towns
Where Arcade ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 17% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 21% of towns
- Short commute32.6 minutes each way, better than only 22% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 24% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Arcade
A household needs to earn about $68,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Arcade home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $76,403, 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 Arcade's effective rate of 0.72%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Arcade
Arcade runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, 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 Arcade.
Who works in Arcade, and how
Work in Arcade centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Arcade
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Arcade.
What the weather is like in Arcade, month by month
Arcade sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs March through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 43° | 35° |
| April | 73° | 61° | 50° |
| July | 90° | 78° | 70° |
| October | 75° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Arcade
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 59 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 Arcade
Schools across Arcade average a C, better than 40% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Jefferson AcademyA+ · 73% proficient
- South Jackson Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jefferson Middle SchoolA · 63% proficient
- East Jackson Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Jefferson High SchoolA · 68% proficient
- East Jackson Comprehensive High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Arcade school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Arcade 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 Arcade against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Arcade
Is Arcade a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Arcade ranks 20,982nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, few empty homes, and low crime, and lowest on air quality and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Arcade expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $261,893. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $76,403 median income, cost of living beats 64% of towns.
Is Arcade safe?
Yes, Arcade is safer than 79% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $208 per resident a year.
Compare Arcade with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Arcade. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Arcade 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.
Arcade detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Arcade: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Arcade: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Arcade: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Arcade: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Arcade 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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