Best PlacesBetween, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Between, 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.
Between ranks 7,828th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Between
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.
Between's strengths and weaknesses
Where Between ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 88% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 84% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 83% of towns
Where Between ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 16% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 23% of towns
- Short commute32.0 minutes each way, better than only 24% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Between
A household needs to earn about $95,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Between home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $94,436; 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 Between's effective rate of 0.70%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Between
Between's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Between.
Who works in Between, and how
Work in Between centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Between
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Between.
What the weather is like in Between, month by month
Between sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 54, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs March through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54° | 43° | 34° |
| April | 74° | 61° | 50° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 75° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Between
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 38 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 Between
Schools across Between average a B, better than 70% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Youth Elementary SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Walker Park Elementary SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Top middle schools
- Youth Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
- Carver Middle SchoolD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Walnut Grove High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Monroe Area High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Between school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Between 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 Between against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Between
Is Between a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Between ranks 7,828th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, an educated workforce, and a strong job market, and lowest on an overheated housing market and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Between expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $370,153. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $94,436 median income, cost of living beats 83% of towns.
Is Between safe?
Yes, Between is safer than 83% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $189 per resident a year.
Compare Between with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Between. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Between 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.
Between detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Between: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Between: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Between: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Between: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Between 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.