Best PlacesGay, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gay, 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.
Gay ranks 41,564th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The schools pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on quiet.
The best neighborhoods in Gay
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.
Gay's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gay ranks high
- QuietBetter than 80% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 77% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 74% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 73% of towns
Where Gay ranks low
- School gradeD−, better than only 2% of towns
- Short commute44.0 minutes each way, better than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 16% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 20% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Gay
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gay home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,595, 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 Gay's effective rate of 0.79%, 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 Gay
Gay runs younger than the country, 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 Gay.
Who works in Gay, and how
Work in Gay centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Gay
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Gay.
What the weather is like in Gay, month by month
Gay sees roughly 75 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 Gay
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 35 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 Gay
Schools across Gay average a D−, better than 2% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Unity Elementary School (pk-5)F · 8% proficient
Top middle schools
- East Coweta Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Manchester Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Greenville Middle SchoolF · 12% proficient
Top high schools
- Greenville High SchoolF · 4% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gay school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gay 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 Gay against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Gay
Is Gay a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gay ranks 41,564th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, tree cover, and state finances, and lowest on the schools and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Gay expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $219,385. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $58,595 median income, cost of living beats 16% of towns.
Is Gay safe?
Gay is safer than 47% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $278 per resident a year.
Compare Gay with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gay. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gay 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.
Gay detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gay: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gay: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gay: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gay: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gay 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.