Best PlacesCrisp County, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Crisp County, 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.
Crisp County ranks 2,801st of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. The schools pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on affordable childcare.
The best neighborhoods in Crisp County
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.
Crisp County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Crisp County ranks high
- Cheap childcare$502 a month, better than 90% of counties
- WalkabilityBetter than 76% of counties
- Short commute20.6 minutes each way, better than 75% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than 69% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than 68% of counties
Where Crisp County ranks low
- School gradeD, better than only 7% of counties
- QuietBetter than only 9% of counties
- Health outlookBetter than only 9% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than only 10% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Crisp County
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Crisp County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,923, 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 Crisp County'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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Crisp County
Crisp County runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Crisp County.
Who works in Crisp County, and how
Work in Crisp County 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 86%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Crisp County
Crisp County has more restaurants and bars per resident than 67% of counties and more parkland per resident than 80% of counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Crisp County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Crisp County growing, and who is moving in?
Crisp County has lost about 16% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Macon County, GA.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Crisp County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Crisp County, month by month
Crisp County 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 Crisp County
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 Crisp County
Schools across Crisp County average a D, better than 7% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Crisp County Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
- Crisp County Primary SchoolD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- Crisp County Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Crisp County High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Crisp County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Crisp County 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 Crisp County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Crisp County suits
Common questions about living in Crisp County
Is Crisp County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Crisp County ranks 2,801st of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on affordable childcare, walkability, and short commutes, and lowest on the schools and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Crisp County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $162,702. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $58,923 median income, cost of living beats 27% of counties.
Is Crisp County safe?
Crisp County is safer than 14% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $521 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Crisp County?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 60 with lows near 40. That works out to about 103 pleasant days a year, more than 62% of counties.
Is Crisp County good for families?
Schools beat 7% of counties, crime safety beats 14%, and childcare runs $502 a month.
Compare Crisp County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Crisp County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Crisp County 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.
Crisp County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Crisp County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Crisp County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Crisp County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Crisp County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Crisp County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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