Best PlacesBarrettsville, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Barrettsville, 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.
Barrettsville ranks 5,835th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and walkability ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Barrettsville
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.
Barrettsville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Barrettsville ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 92% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 92% of towns
- Household income$111,836 median, better than 91% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 86% of towns
Where Barrettsville ranks low
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 22% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 23% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 26% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Barrettsville
A household needs to earn about $114,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Barrettsville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $111,836; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Barrettsville's effective rate of 0.68%, 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 Barrettsville
Barrettsville runs younger than the country, 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 Barrettsville.
Who works in Barrettsville, and how
Work in Barrettsville centers on retail trade and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Barrettsville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Barrettsville.
What the weather is like in Barrettsville, month by month
Barrettsville sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 52, 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 | 52° | 42° | 35° |
| April | 73° | 61° | 50° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 75° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Barrettsville
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 51 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 Barrettsville
Schools across Barrettsville average a B, better than 65% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Matt Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Riverview Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Robinson Elementary SchoolB− · 44% proficient
Top middle schools
- Liberty Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Dawson County Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- North Forsyth High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Dawson County High SchoolC− · 26% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Barrettsville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Barrettsville 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 Barrettsville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Barrettsville
Is Barrettsville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Barrettsville ranks 5,835th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, what local pay buys, and few empty homes, and lowest on walkability and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Barrettsville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $444,321. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $111,836 median income, cost of living beats 92% of towns.
Is Barrettsville safe?
Barrettsville is safer than 51% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $271 per resident a year.
Compare Barrettsville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Barrettsville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Barrettsville 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.
Barrettsville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Barrettsville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Barrettsville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Barrettsville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Barrettsville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Barrettsville 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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