Best PlacesDoerun, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Doerun, 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.
Doerun ranks 35,497th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Doerun
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.
Doerun's strengths and weaknesses
Where Doerun ranks high
- Cheap childcare$502 a month, better than 92% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 80% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 118 pleasant days a year, better than 79% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 78% of towns
Where Doerun ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 14% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 20% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Doerun
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Doerun home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,993, 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 Doerun's effective rate of 0.82%, 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 Doerun
Doerun'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 Doerun.
Who works in Doerun, and how
Work in Doerun centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Doerun
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Doerun.
What the weather is like in Doerun, month by month
Doerun sees roughly 118 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 50° | 42° |
| April | 78° | 67° | 56° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 73° |
| October | 81° | 69° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Doerun
The nearest airport, Southwest Georgia Regional, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Jacksonville International, about 142 miles away.
The best schools in and around Doerun
Schools across Doerun average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Worth County Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Okapilco Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Worth County Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Willie J. Williams Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Mitchell County Middle SchoolF · 7% proficient
Top high schools
- Colquitt County High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Worth County High SchoolD− · 17% proficient
- Mitchell County High SchoolF · 8% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Doerun school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Doerun 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 Doerun against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Doerun
Is Doerun a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Doerun ranks 35,497th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, a stable housing market, and walkability, and lowest on air quality and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Doerun expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $156,383. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $58,993 median income, cost of living beats 28% of towns.
Is Doerun safe?
Doerun is safer than 28% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $364 per resident a year.
Compare Doerun with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Doerun. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Doerun 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.
Doerun detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Doerun: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Doerun: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Doerun: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Doerun: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Doerun 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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