Best PlacesAtlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta, 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.
Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta ranks 305th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta
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.
Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta's strengths and weaknesses
Where Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Household income$155,558 median, better than 92% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
Where Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 16% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 27% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 31% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 35% of neighborhoods
- School gradeC, better than only 37% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta
A household needs to earn about $228,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $155,558, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta's effective rate of 1.02%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta
Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta.
Who works in Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta, and how
Work in Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 49%
- Work from home 39%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta
Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta has more restaurants and bars per resident than 91% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 88% of neighborhoods. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta, month by month
Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 43° | 32° |
| April | 76° | 62° | 48° |
| July | 92° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 77° | 63° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 9 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 Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta
Schools across Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta average a C, better than 37% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Kipp Ways Primary Charter SchoolF · 5% proficient
Top middle schools
- David T Howard Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
- Martin L. King Jr. Middle SchoolD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Midtown High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Maynard Jackson High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta 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 Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta
Is Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta ranks 305th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on population health, an educated workforce, and what local pay buys, and lowest on the weather and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $846,119. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $155,558 median income, cost of living beats 98% of neighborhoods.
Is Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta safe?
Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta is safer than 27% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $558 per resident a year.
Compare Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta 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.
Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta 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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