Best PlacesCalvary, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Calvary, 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.
Calvary ranks 32,364th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Calvary
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.
Calvary's strengths and weaknesses
Where Calvary ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Cheap childcare$502 a month, better than 92% of towns
- QuietBetter than 89% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 74% of towns
Where Calvary ranks low
- Short commute43.0 minutes each way, better than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 15% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Calvary
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Calvary home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,979, 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 Calvary's effective rate of 0.77%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Calvary
Calvary runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Calvary.
Who works in Calvary, and how
Work in Calvary centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Calvary
Calvary has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Calvary and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Calvary, month by month
Calvary sees roughly 89 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 68, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68° | 53° | 40° |
| April | 83° | 69° | 54° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 86° | 72° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Calvary
The nearest airport, Tallahassee International, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Jacksonville International, about 159 miles away.
The best schools in and around Calvary
Schools across Calvary average a C+, better than 46% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Whigham Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
- West Bainbridge Primary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Southside Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bainbridge Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Washington Middle SchoolD− · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Lawton Chiles High SchoolA · 72% proficient
- Bainbridge High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Gadsden County High SchoolD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Calvary school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Calvary 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 Calvary against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Calvary
Is Calvary a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Calvary ranks 32,364th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, affordable childcare, and quiet, and lowest on long commutes and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Calvary expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $161,589. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $65,979 median income, cost of living beats 33% of towns.
Is Calvary safe?
Yes, Calvary is safer than 93% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $153 per resident a year.
Compare Calvary with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Calvary. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Calvary 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.
Calvary detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Calvary: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Calvary: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Calvary: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Calvary: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Calvary 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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