Best PlacesEllenwood, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ellenwood, 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.
Ellenwood ranks 1,783rd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. Walkability pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on tree cover.
The best neighborhoods in Ellenwood
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.
Ellenwood's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ellenwood ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 83% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 83% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 82% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 74% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 74% of cities
Where Ellenwood ranks low
- WalkabilityBetter than only 1% of cities
- Short commute35.2 minutes each way, better than only 5% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 7% of cities
- School gradeD+, better than only 11% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Ellenwood
A household needs to earn about $72,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ellenwood home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $87,789, 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 Ellenwood's effective rate of 0.78%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Ellenwood
Ellenwood's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Ellenwood.
Who works in Ellenwood, and how
Work in Ellenwood centers on transportation & warehousing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Ellenwood
Ellenwood has more parkland per resident than 77% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Ellenwood and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ellenwood, month by month
Ellenwood sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 45° | 35° |
| April | 77° | 64° | 52° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 79° | 66° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Ellenwood
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 10 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 Ellenwood
Schools across Ellenwood average a D+, better than 11% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Museum School Avondale EstatesB · 46% proficient
- Lorraine Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Austin Road Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- General Ray Davis Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
- The Champion Middle Theme SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Austin Road Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Martha Ellen Stilwell School For The Performing ArtsB− · 42% proficient
- Woodland High SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Stockbridge High SchoolD · 19% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ellenwood school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ellenwood 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 Ellenwood against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Ellenwood suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 14% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Ellenwood
Is Ellenwood a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ellenwood ranks 1,783rd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on tree cover, state finances, and fast internet, 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 Ellenwood expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $277,947. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $87,789 median income, cost of living beats 62% of cities.
Is Ellenwood safe?
Ellenwood is safer than 14% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $410 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Ellenwood?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 58 with lows near 35. That works out to about 73 pleasant days a year, more than 33% of cities.
Is Ellenwood good for families?
Schools beat 11% of cities, crime safety beats 14%, and childcare runs $919 a month.
Compare Ellenwood with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ellenwood. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ellenwood 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.
Ellenwood detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ellenwood: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ellenwood: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ellenwood: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ellenwood: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ellenwood 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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