Best PlacesColbert, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Colbert, 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.
Colbert ranks 24,140th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on civic engagement, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Colbert
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.
Colbert's strengths and weaknesses
Where Colbert ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 89% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 78% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 78% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
- Cheap childcare$633 a month, better than 76% of towns
Where Colbert ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 23% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 27% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Colbert
A household needs to earn about $68,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Colbert home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,214, 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 Colbert's effective rate of 0.78%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Colbert
Colbert runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Colbert.
Who works in Colbert, and how
Work in Colbert centers on education and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Colbert
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Colbert.
What the weather is like in Colbert, month by month
Colbert sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 45° | 33° |
| April | 78° | 63° | 49° |
| July | 94° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 80° | 64° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Colbert
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 74 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 Colbert
Schools across Colbert average a C+, better than 45% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Comer Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Danielsville Elementary SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Hull-sanford Elementary SchoolB · 44% proficient
Top middle schools
- Oglethorpe County Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Madison County Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Madison County High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Oglethorpe County High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Colbert school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Colbert 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 Colbert against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Colbert
Is Colbert a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Colbert ranks 24,140th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, low crime, and a strong job market, and lowest on an overheated housing market and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Colbert expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $261,799. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $69,214 median income, cost of living beats 35% of towns.
Is Colbert safe?
Yes, Colbert is safer than 78% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $200 per resident a year.
Compare Colbert with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Colbert. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Colbert 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.
Colbert detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Colbert: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Colbert: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Colbert: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Colbert: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Colbert 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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