Best PlacesBartow, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bartow, 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.
Bartow ranks 42,175th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bartow
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.
Bartow's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bartow ranks high
- Cheap childcare$502 a month, better than 92% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 79% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 74% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 73% of towns
Where Bartow ranks low
- School gradeD−, better than only 3% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 8% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 12% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bartow
A household needs to earn about $27,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bartow home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,536, 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 Bartow's effective rate of 0.91%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bartow
Bartow runs older 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 Bartow.
Who works in Bartow, and how
Work in Bartow centers on transportation & warehousing and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Bartow
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bartow.
What the weather is like in Bartow, month by month
Bartow sees roughly 90 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 48° | 40° |
| April | 78° | 66° | 54° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 80° | 68° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Bartow
The nearest airport, Augusta Regional at Bush Field, is about 44 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 124 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bartow
Schools across Bartow average a D−, better than 3% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Johnson County Elementary SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Ridge Road Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Carver Elementary SchoolD · 19% proficient
Top middle schools
- Johnson County Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- T. J. Elder Middle SchoolD · 21% proficient
- Jefferson County Middle SchoolF · 9% proficient
Top high schools
- Johnson County High SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Washington County High SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Jefferson County High SchoolF · 6% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bartow school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bartow 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 Bartow against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bartow
Is Bartow a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bartow ranks 42,175th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, a stable housing market, and state finances, and lowest on the schools and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bartow expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $100,513. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $64,536 median income, cost of living beats 53% of towns.
Is Bartow safe?
Bartow is safer than 20% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $419 per resident a year.
Compare Bartow with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bartow. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bartow 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.
Bartow detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bartow: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bartow: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bartow: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bartow: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bartow 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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