Best PlacesCooksville, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cooksville, 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.
Cooksville ranks 27,235th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cooksville
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.
Cooksville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cooksville ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap childcare$502 a month, better than 92% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 87% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 78% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
Where Cooksville ranks low
- Short commute41.9 minutes each way, better than only 4% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 13% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 14% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cooksville
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cooksville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,833, 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 Cooksville's effective rate of 0.49%, 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 Cooksville
Cooksville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cooksville.
Who works in Cooksville, and how
Work in Cooksville centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Cooksville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cooksville.
What the weather is like in Cooksville, month by month
Cooksville sees roughly 89 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 46° | 38° |
| April | 76° | 63° | 53° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 77° | 65° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Cooksville
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 44 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 Cooksville
Schools across Cooksville average a C+, better than 48% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Heard Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Hogansville Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Heard County Middle SchoolB+ · 49% proficient
- Callaway Middle SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Top high schools
- Heard County High SchoolB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cooksville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cooksville 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 Cooksville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cooksville
Is Cooksville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cooksville ranks 27,235th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, affordable childcare, and few empty homes, and lowest on long commutes and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cooksville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $211,700. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $80,833 median income, cost of living beats 75% of towns.
Is Cooksville safe?
Cooksville is safer than 52% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $264 per resident a year.
Compare Cooksville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cooksville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cooksville 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.
Cooksville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cooksville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cooksville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cooksville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cooksville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cooksville 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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