Best PlacesFayette County, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Fayette County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages hide a wide spread here, so the area matters as much as the address. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Fayette County ranks 87th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. Paychecks stretch further here than almost anywhere else: the median household brings in $121,135, everyday costs sit below the national average, and an educated workforce ranks near the top of the country. The main drawbacks are long commutes, car insurance costs, and air quality.
The best neighborhoods in Fayette 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.
The best areas in Fayette County
The parts of Fayette County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Peachtree City
More adults hold degrees, biking is better, and schools score higher.
Tyrone
Fewer homes sit empty and heat risk is lower.
Fayetteville
Crime runs higher and fewer households have young kids.
Scores across Fayette County run from about the 19th to the 98th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Fayette County's strengths and weaknesses
Fayette County ranks where it does because the parts of life that are hardest to change mostly work here. What local pay buys is the standout, in the top 1% of counties. Few empty homes and high incomes follow.
The drawbacks are real but narrow. Long commutes, car insurance costs, and air quality hold the score down. The measures below break that down, and the map shows how much of it holds street by street.
Where Fayette County ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of counties
- Low vacancyBetter than 97% of counties
- Household income$121,135 median, better than 97% of counties
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of counties
- Voter turnoutBetter than 96% of counties
Where Fayette County ranks low
- Short commute31.5 minutes each way, better than only 11% of counties
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 19% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than only 20% of counties
- Nice weatherabout 70 pleasant days a year, better than only 21% of counties
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 23% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Fayette County
A household needs to earn about $123,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fayette County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $121,135; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Fayette County'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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Fayette County
Fayette County runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Fayette County.
Who works in Fayette County, and how
Work in Fayette County centers on health care & social and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Fayette County
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Fayette County.
Is Fayette County growing, and who is moving in?
Fayette County has grown about 15% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Atlanta, GA metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Fayette County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Fayette County, month by month
Fayette County sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 58, 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 | 58° | 44° | 33° |
| April | 78° | 62° | 48° |
| July | 92° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 79° | 64° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Fayette County
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 15 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 Fayette County
Schools across Fayette County average a B, better than 81% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Braelinn Elementary SchoolA+ · 72% proficient
- Peeples Elementary SchoolA · 69% proficient
- Peachtree City Elementary SchoolA · 66% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rising Starr Middle SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- J.c. Booth Middle SchoolA · 67% proficient
- Whitewater Middle SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top high schools
- Starrs Mill High SchoolA− · 61% proficient
- Mcintosh High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Whitewater High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fayette County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fayette 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 Fayette County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Fayette County suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 99% of counties, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 19% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Fayette County
Is Fayette County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fayette County ranks 87th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on what local pay buys, few empty homes, and high incomes, and lowest on long commutes and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fayette County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $473,288. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $121,135 median income, cost of living beats 99% of counties.
Is Fayette County safe?
Yes, Fayette County is safer than 84% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $239 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Fayette County?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 58 with lows near 33. That works out to about 70 pleasant days a year, more than 21% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Fayette County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Peachtree City, Tyrone, and Fayetteville. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Fayette County good for families?
Schools beat 81% of counties, crime safety beats 84%, and childcare runs $919 a month.
Is Fayette County good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 99% of counties, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 89% of counties. About 19% of workers already work from home.
Compare Fayette County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fayette County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fayette 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.
Fayette County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fayette County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fayette County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fayette County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fayette County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fayette 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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