Best PlacesBeacon Heights, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Beacon Heights, 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.
Beacon Heights ranks 20,496th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Beacon Heights
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.
Beacon Heights' strengths and weaknesses
Where Beacon Heights ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 97% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 87% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 82% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 121 pleasant days a year, better than 81% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 79% of towns
Where Beacon Heights ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 19% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 20% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Beacon Heights
A household needs to earn about $83,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Beacon Heights home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $66,614, 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 Beacon Heights' effective rate of 0.83%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Beacon Heights
Beacon Heights 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 Beacon Heights.
Who works in Beacon Heights, and how
Work in Beacon Heights centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Beacon Heights
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Beacon Heights.
What the weather is like in Beacon Heights, month by month
Beacon Heights sees roughly 121 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 44° | 36° |
| April | 74° | 62° | 51° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 76° | 64° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Beacon Heights
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 56 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 Beacon Heights
Schools across Beacon Heights average a B−, better than 60% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Morgan County Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Morgan County Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Morgan County High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Beacon Heights school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Beacon Heights 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 Beacon Heights against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Beacon Heights
Is Beacon Heights a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Beacon Heights ranks 20,496th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, fast internet, and population health, and lowest on an overheated housing market and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Beacon Heights expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $318,041. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $66,614 median income, cost of living beats 42% of towns.
Is Beacon Heights safe?
Beacon Heights is safer than 29% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $370 per resident a year.
Compare Beacon Heights with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Beacon Heights. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Beacon Heights 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.
Beacon Heights detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Beacon Heights: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Beacon Heights: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Beacon Heights: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Beacon Heights: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Beacon Heights 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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