Best PlacesFive Points, Atlanta, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Five Points, Atlanta, 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.
Five Points, Atlanta ranks 4,499th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Five Points, Atlanta
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.
Five Points, Atlanta's strengths and weaknesses
Where Five Points, Atlanta ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 84% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than 82% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than 76% of neighborhoods
Where Five Points, Atlanta ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Household income$39,126 median, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Five Points, Atlanta
A household needs to earn about $76,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Five Points, Atlanta home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $39,126, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Five Points, Atlanta's effective rate of 0.88%, 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 Five Points, Atlanta
Five Points, Atlanta runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Five Points, Atlanta.
Who works in Five Points, Atlanta, and how
Work in Five Points, Atlanta centers on education and professional & technical. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 36%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 36%
Life in Five Points, Atlanta
Five Points, Atlanta has more restaurants and bars per resident than 97% of neighborhoods and more late-night spots per resident than 94% of neighborhoods. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Five Points, Atlanta and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Five Points, Atlanta, month by month
Five Points, Atlanta sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 57, 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 | 57° | 44° | 33° |
| April | 77° | 63° | 48° |
| July | 92° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 78° | 64° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Five Points, Atlanta
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 9 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 Five Points, Atlanta
Schools across Five Points, Atlanta average a C, better than 40% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Kipp Ways Primary Charter SchoolF · 5% proficient
Top middle schools
- David T Howard Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
- Martin L. King Jr. Middle SchoolD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Midtown High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Maynard Jackson High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Five Points, Atlanta school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Five Points, Atlanta 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 Five Points, Atlanta against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Five Points, Atlanta
Is Five Points, Atlanta a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Five Points, Atlanta ranks 4,499th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on walkability, transit, and biking, and lowest on noise and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Five Points, Atlanta expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $287,951. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $39,126 median income, cost of living beats 6% of neighborhoods.
Is Five Points, Atlanta safe?
Five Points, Atlanta is safer than 15% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $807 per resident a year.
Compare Five Points, Atlanta with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Five Points, Atlanta. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Five Points, Atlanta 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.
Five Points, Atlanta detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Five Points, Atlanta: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Five Points, Atlanta: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Five Points, Atlanta: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Five Points, Atlanta: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Five Points, Atlanta 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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