Best PlacesCandler-McAfee, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Candler-McAfee, 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.
Candler-McAfee ranks 41,372nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Candler-McAfee
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.
Candler-McAfee's strengths and weaknesses
Where Candler-McAfee ranks high
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 92% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 90% of towns
Where Candler-McAfee ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 3% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 66 pleasant days a year, better than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Candler-McAfee
A household needs to earn about $70,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Candler-McAfee home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $68,799; 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 Candler-McAfee's effective rate of 0.84%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Candler-McAfee
Candler-McAfee runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Candler-McAfee.
Who works in Candler-McAfee, and how
Work in Candler-McAfee centers on education and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Candler-McAfee
Candler-McAfee has more parkland per resident than 84% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Candler-McAfee and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Candler-McAfee, month by month
Candler-McAfee sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 43° | 32° |
| April | 76° | 62° | 48° |
| July | 92° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 77° | 63° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Candler-McAfee
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 11 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 Candler-McAfee
Schools across Candler-McAfee average a C−, better than 24% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Museum School Avondale EstatesB · 46% proficient
- Kelley Lake Elementary SchoolD− · 14% proficient
- Columbia Elementary SchoolF · 10% proficient
Top middle schools
- The Champion Middle Theme SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Martin L. King Jr. Middle SchoolD− · 18% proficient
- Mcnair Middle SchoolF · 5% proficient
Top high schools
- Maynard Jackson High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Columbia High SchoolF · 8% proficient
- Elizabeth Andrews High SchoolF · 7% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Candler-McAfee school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Candler-McAfee 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 Candler-McAfee against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Candler-McAfee suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 21% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Candler-McAfee
Is Candler-McAfee a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Candler-McAfee ranks 41,372nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, fast internet, and biking, and lowest on crime and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Candler-McAfee expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $266,954. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $68,799 median income, cost of living beats 46% of towns.
Is Candler-McAfee safe?
Candler-McAfee is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $814 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Candler-McAfee?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 56 with lows near 32. That works out to about 66 pleasant days a year, more than 18% of towns.
Is Candler-McAfee good for families?
Schools beat 24% of towns, crime safety beats 2%, and childcare runs $919 a month.
Compare Candler-McAfee with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Candler-McAfee. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Candler-McAfee 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.
Candler-McAfee detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Candler-McAfee: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Candler-McAfee: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Candler-McAfee: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Candler-McAfee: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Candler-McAfee 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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