Best PlacesFloyd County, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Floyd County, 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.
Floyd County ranks 1,638th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on fast internet.
The best neighborhoods in Floyd 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 Floyd County
The parts of Floyd 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.
Cave Spring
It is quieter, tree cover is thicker, and crime runs lower.
Silver Creek
More residents vote and health care is easier to reach.
Rome
More households have young kids, though fewer adults hold degrees.
Lindale
Local pay stretches less far and incomes run lower.
Floyd County shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 3% of the country and others in the top 4%. Pick the area first, then the home.
Floyd County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Floyd County ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 83% of counties
- Local economyBetter than 77% of counties
- Big-city accessBetter than 77% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than 74% of counties
- Low vacancyBetter than 69% of counties
Where Floyd County ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of counties
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 23% of counties
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 25% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than only 27% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 27% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Floyd County
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Floyd County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,573, 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 Floyd County's effective rate of 0.92%, 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 Floyd County
Floyd County'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 Floyd County.
Who works in Floyd County, and how
Work in Floyd County centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Floyd County
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Floyd County.
Is Floyd County growing, and who is moving in?
Floyd County has grown about 6% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Atlanta, GA.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Floyd County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Floyd County, month by month
Floyd County sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 43° | 32° |
| April | 78° | 62° | 47° |
| July | 93° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 80° | 64° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Floyd County
The nearest airport, Lovell Field, is about 54 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 61 miles away.
The best schools in and around Floyd County
Schools across Floyd County average a C, better than 37% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Johnson ElementaryA · 63% proficient
- Armuchee Primary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Model Elementary SchoolB · 49% proficient
Top middle schools
- Model Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- Pepperell Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Coosa Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Model HighC+ · 38% proficient
- Armuchee High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Pepperell High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Floyd County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Floyd 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 Floyd County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Floyd County suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 8% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Floyd County
Is Floyd County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Floyd County ranks 1,638th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on fast internet, a strong job market, and big-city access, and lowest on the weather and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Floyd County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $222,268. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $72,573 median income, cost of living beats 62% of counties.
Is Floyd County safe?
Floyd County is safer than 54% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $311 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Floyd County?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 56 with lows near 32. That works out to about 60 pleasant days a year, more than 6% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Floyd County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Cave Spring, Silver Creek, and Rome. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Floyd County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Floyd County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Floyd 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.
Floyd County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Floyd County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Floyd County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Floyd County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Floyd County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Floyd 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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