Best PlacesCedartown, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cedartown, 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.
Cedartown ranks 32,668th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cedartown
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.
Cedartown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cedartown ranks high
- Cheap childcare$503 a month, better than 92% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 90% of towns
- BikingBetter than 80% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 74% of towns
Where Cedartown ranks low
- School gradeD+, better than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 16% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 18% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cedartown
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cedartown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,636, 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 Cedartown's effective rate of 0.81%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cedartown
Cedartown runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cedartown.
Who works in Cedartown, and how
Work in Cedartown centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Cedartown
Cedartown has more restaurants and bars per resident than 80% of towns and more parkland per resident than 83% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Cedartown and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cedartown, month by month
Cedartown sees roughly 90 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 44° | 37° |
| April | 74° | 62° | 52° |
| July | 88° | 78° | 70° |
| October | 74° | 63° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Cedartown
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 54 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 Cedartown
Schools across Cedartown average a D+, better than 10% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Johnson ElementaryA · 63% proficient
- Pepperell ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
- Westside Elementary SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top middle schools
- Model Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- Pepperell Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Haralson County Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Haralson County High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Model HighC+ · 38% proficient
- Pepperell High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cedartown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cedartown 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 Cedartown against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Cedartown suits
Common questions about living in Cedartown
Is Cedartown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cedartown ranks 32,668th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, walkability, and biking, and lowest on the schools and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cedartown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $170,884. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $63,636 median income, cost of living beats 48% of towns.
Is Cedartown safe?
Cedartown is safer than 32% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $362 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Cedartown?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 53 with lows near 37. That works out to about 90 pleasant days a year, more than 60% of towns.
Is Cedartown good for families?
Schools beat 10% of towns, crime safety beats 32%, and childcare runs $503 a month.
Compare Cedartown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cedartown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cedartown 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.
Cedartown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cedartown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cedartown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cedartown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cedartown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cedartown 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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