Best PlacesBascom, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bascom, 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.
Bascom ranks 33,616th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bascom
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.
Bascom's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bascom ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap childcare$502 a month, better than 92% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 79% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
Where Bascom ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bascom
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bascom home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,769, 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 Bascom's effective rate of 0.99%, 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 Bascom
Bascom runs older 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 Bascom.
Who works in Bascom, and how
Work in Bascom centers on agriculture & forestry and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Bascom
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bascom.
What the weather is like in Bascom, month by month
Bascom sees roughly 103 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 48° | 39° |
| April | 79° | 66° | 54° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 80° | 67° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Bascom
The nearest airport, Augusta Regional at Bush Field, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charleston AFB/International, about 95 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bascom
Schools across Bascom average a C+, better than 45% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Screven County Elementary SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top middle schools
- Screven County Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Screven County High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bascom school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bascom 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 Bascom against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bascom
Is Bascom a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bascom ranks 33,616th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, fast internet, and affordable childcare, and lowest on disaster risk and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bascom expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $167,413. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $74,769 median income, cost of living beats 59% of towns.
Is Bascom safe?
Bascom is safer than 35% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $323 per resident a year.
Compare Bascom with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bascom. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bascom 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.
Bascom detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bascom: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bascom: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bascom: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bascom: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bascom 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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