Best PlacesGladesville, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gladesville, 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.
Gladesville ranks 35,974th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Gladesville
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.
Gladesville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gladesville ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap childcare$522 a month, better than 90% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 90% of towns
- QuietBetter than 83% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 81% of towns
Where Gladesville ranks low
- Short commute39.8 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 7% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 14% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Gladesville
A household needs to earn about $69,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gladesville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $68,805; 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 Gladesville's effective rate of 0.87%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Gladesville
Gladesville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Gladesville.
Who works in Gladesville, and how
Work in Gladesville centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Gladesville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Gladesville.
What the weather is like in Gladesville, month by month
Gladesville sees roughly 93 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 45° | 37° |
| April | 74° | 62° | 52° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 70° |
| October | 75° | 64° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Gladesville
The nearest airport, Middle Georgia Regional, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 47 miles away.
The best schools in and around Gladesville
Schools across Gladesville average a C−, better than 25% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Katherine B. Sutton Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Washington Park Elementary SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Jackson Elementary SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top middle schools
- Monroe County Middle School- Banks Stephens CampusB+ · 49% proficient
- Henderson Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
- Jasper County Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Mary Persons High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Jasper County High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Jackson High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gladesville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gladesville 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 Gladesville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Gladesville
Is Gladesville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gladesville ranks 35,974th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, affordable childcare, and a strong job market, and lowest on long commutes and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Gladesville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $260,726. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $68,805 median income, cost of living beats 42% of towns.
Is Gladesville safe?
Gladesville is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $519 per resident a year.
Compare Gladesville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gladesville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gladesville 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.
Gladesville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gladesville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gladesville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gladesville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gladesville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gladesville 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.