Best PlacesAustell, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Austell, 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.
Austell ranks 1,872nd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. Crime pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in Austell
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.
Austell's strengths and weaknesses
Where Austell ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 83% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 80% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 77% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 74% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than 74% of cities
Where Austell ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 5% of cities
- School gradeD+, better than only 7% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 12% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 20% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 20% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Austell
A household needs to earn about $70,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Austell home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,945, 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 Austell's effective rate of 0.67%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Austell
Austell runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Austell.
Who works in Austell, and how
Work in Austell centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Austell
Austell has more restaurants and bars per resident than 70% of cities and more parkland per resident than 80% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Austell and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Austell, month by month
Austell sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 57, 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 | 57° | 44° | 33° |
| April | 77° | 63° | 48° |
| July | 92° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 78° | 64° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Austell
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 16 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 Austell
Schools across Austell average a D+, better than 7% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- New Manchester Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Sanders Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
- Austell Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cooper Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Garrett Middle SchoolD− · 19% proficient
- Factory Shoals Middle SchoolD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Pebblebrook High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- South Cobb High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- New Manchester High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Austell school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Austell 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 Austell against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Austell suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 16% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Austell
Is Austell a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Austell ranks 1,872nd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on state finances, tree cover, and low property taxes, and lowest on crime and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Austell expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $272,159. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $72,945 median income, cost of living beats 37% of cities.
Is Austell safe?
Austell is safer than 5% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $523 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Austell?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 57 with lows near 33. That works out to about 70 pleasant days a year, more than 26% of cities.
Is Austell good for families?
Schools beat 7% of cities, crime safety beats 5%, and childcare runs $919 a month.
Compare Austell with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Austell. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Austell 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.
Austell detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Austell: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Austell: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Austell: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Austell: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Austell 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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