Best PlacesDacula, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dacula, 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.
Dacula ranks 554th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and walkability ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Dacula
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.
Dacula's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dacula ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 93% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 88% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 88% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 85% of cities
Where Dacula ranks low
- WalkabilityBetter than only 2% of cities
- Short commute34.7 minutes each way, better than only 6% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 10% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 11% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 27% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Dacula
A household needs to earn about $119,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dacula home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $121,164, 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 Dacula's effective rate of 0.96%, 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 Dacula
Dacula runs younger than the country, 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 Dacula.
Who works in Dacula, and how
Work in Dacula centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Dacula
Dacula has more restaurants and bars per resident than 66% of cities and more parkland per resident than 89% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Dacula and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Dacula, month by month
Dacula sees roughly 90 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 55, 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 | 55° | 44° | 33° |
| April | 75° | 62° | 49° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 77° | 64° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Dacula
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 40 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 Dacula
Schools across Dacula average a C+, better than 41% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Puckett's Mill Elementary SchoolA+ · 72% proficient
- Dyer Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Fort Daniel Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Osborne Middle SchoolA · 62% proficient
- Jones Middle SchoolA− · 53% proficient
- Twin Rivers Middle SchoolB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- Mill Creek High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Archer High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Monroe Area High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dacula school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dacula 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 Dacula against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Dacula suits
Families
Schools land around the 41st percentile and crime safety beats 85%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 88% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 18% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Dacula
Is Dacula a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dacula ranks 554th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on few empty homes, a strong job market, and what local pay buys, and lowest on walkability and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dacula expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $445,417. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $121,164 median income, cost of living beats 88% of cities.
Is Dacula safe?
Yes, Dacula is safer than 85% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $193 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Dacula?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 55 with lows near 33. That works out to about 90 pleasant days a year, more than 54% of cities.
Is Dacula good for families?
Schools beat 41% of cities, crime safety beats 85%, and childcare runs $918 a month.
Compare Dacula with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dacula. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dacula 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.
Dacula detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dacula: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dacula: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dacula: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dacula: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dacula 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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