Best PlacesButts, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Butts, 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.
Butts ranks 44,503rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Butts
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.
Butts' strengths and weaknesses
Where Butts ranks high
- Cheap childcare$502 a month, better than 92% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 84% of towns
- QuietBetter than 80% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 74% of towns
Where Butts ranks low
- Short commute43.2 minutes each way, better than only 3% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 10% of towns
- Household income$48,243 median, better than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Butts
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Butts home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $48,243, 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 Butts' effective rate of 0.71%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Butts
Butts runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Butts.
Who works in Butts, and how
Work in Butts centers on hospitality & food and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Butts
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Butts.
What the weather is like in Butts, month by month
Butts sees roughly 99 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 Butts
The nearest airport, Augusta Regional at Bush Field, is about 45 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charleston AFB/International, about 115 miles away.
The best schools in and around Butts
Schools across Butts average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Jenkins County Elementary SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jenkins County Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Jenkins County High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Butts school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Butts 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 Butts against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Butts
Is Butts a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Butts ranks 44,503rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, a strong job market, and quiet, and lowest on long commutes and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Butts expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $152,732. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $48,243 median income, cost of living beats 12% of towns.
Is Butts safe?
Yes, Butts is safer than 60% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $243 per resident a year.
Compare Butts with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Butts. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Butts 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.
Butts detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Butts: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Butts: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Butts: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Butts: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Butts 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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