Best PlacesCabbage Town, Atlanta, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cabbage Town, Atlanta, 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.
Cabbage Town, Atlanta ranks 1,090th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cabbage Town, Atlanta
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.
Cabbage Town, Atlanta's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cabbage Town, Atlanta ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 87% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than 87% of neighborhoods
Where Cabbage Town, Atlanta ranks low
- School gradeD, better than only 13% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 69 pleasant days a year, better than only 23% of neighborhoods
- Short commute28.7 minutes each way, better than only 24% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than only 28% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Cabbage Town, Atlanta
A household needs to earn about $160,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cabbage Town, Atlanta home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $128,105, 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 Cabbage Town, Atlanta's effective rate of 0.92%, 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 Cabbage Town, Atlanta
Cabbage Town, Atlanta runs younger 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 Cabbage Town, Atlanta.
Who works in Cabbage Town, Atlanta, and how
Work in Cabbage Town, Atlanta centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 50%
- Work from home 41%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Cabbage Town, Atlanta
Cabbage Town, Atlanta has more restaurants and bars per resident than 84% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 82% of neighborhoods. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Cabbage Town, Atlanta and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cabbage Town, Atlanta, month by month
Cabbage Town, Atlanta sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 45° | 35° |
| April | 77° | 64° | 52° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 79° | 66° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Cabbage Town, Atlanta
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 9 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 Cabbage Town, Atlanta
Schools across Cabbage Town, Atlanta average a D, better than 13% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Kipp Ways Primary Charter SchoolF · 5% proficient
Top middle schools
- David T Howard Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
- Martin L. King Jr. Middle SchoolD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Midtown High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Maynard Jackson High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cabbage Town, Atlanta school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cabbage Town, Atlanta 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 Cabbage Town, Atlanta against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Cabbage Town, Atlanta
Is Cabbage Town, Atlanta a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cabbage Town, Atlanta ranks 1,090th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on population health, what local pay buys, and biking, and lowest on the schools and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cabbage Town, Atlanta expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $603,003. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $128,105 median income, cost of living beats 95% of neighborhoods.
Is Cabbage Town, Atlanta safe?
Cabbage Town, Atlanta is safer than 31% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $530 per resident a year.
Compare Cabbage Town, Atlanta with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cabbage Town, Atlanta. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cabbage Town, Atlanta 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.
Cabbage Town, Atlanta detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cabbage Town, Atlanta: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cabbage Town, Atlanta: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cabbage Town, Atlanta: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cabbage Town, Atlanta: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cabbage Town, Atlanta 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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