Best PlacesCordele, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cordele, 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.
Cordele ranks 43,537th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cordele
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.
Cordele's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cordele ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap childcare$502 a month, better than 92% of towns
- Short commute19.8 minutes each way, better than 88% of towns
- BikingBetter than 85% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 80% of towns
Where Cordele ranks low
- School gradeD, better than only 8% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 9% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cordele
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cordele home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $55,285, 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 Cordele's effective rate of 0.93%, 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 Cordele
Cordele's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cordele.
Who works in Cordele, and how
Work in Cordele centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Cordele
Cordele has more restaurants and bars per resident than 86% of towns and more parkland per resident than 93% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Cordele and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cordele, month by month
Cordele sees roughly 103 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 49° | 40° |
| April | 79° | 66° | 55° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 81° | 68° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Cordele
The nearest airport, Southwest Georgia Regional, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 122 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cordele
Schools across Cordele average a D, better than 8% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wilcox County Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Crisp County Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
- Crisp County Primary SchoolD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wilcox County Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Crisp County Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Dooly County Middle SchoolF · 6% proficient
Top high schools
- Wilcox County High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Crisp County High SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Dooly County High SchoolF · 7% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cordele school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cordele 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 Cordele against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cordele
Is Cordele a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cordele ranks 43,537th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, affordable childcare, and short commutes, and lowest on the schools and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cordele expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $162,711. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $55,285 median income, cost of living beats 23% of towns.
Is Cordele safe?
Cordele is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $562 per resident a year.
Compare Cordele with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cordele. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cordele 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.
Cordele detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cordele: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cordele: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cordele: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cordele: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cordele 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.