Best PlacesGober, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gober, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Gober ranks 9,134th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Gober
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.
Gober's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gober ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 92% of towns
- Household income$111,677 median, better than 90% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 84% of towns
Where Gober ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 13% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 26% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 27% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Gober
A household needs to earn about $145,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gober home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $111,677, 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 Gober's effective rate of 0.89%, 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 Gober
Gober runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Gober.
Who works in Gober, and how
Work in Gober centers on other services and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Gober
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Gober.
What the weather is like in Gober, month by month
Gober sees roughly 101 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs March through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 42° | 35° |
| April | 73° | 61° | 50° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 75° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Gober
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 47 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 Gober
Schools across Gober average a B−, better than 57% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Macedonia Elementary SchoolA− · 59% proficient
- Avery Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Ball Ground Elementary SchoolB · 46% proficient
Top middle schools
- Creekland Middle SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Teasley Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Creekview High SchoolB− · 44% proficient
- Cherokee High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gober school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gober 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 Gober against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Gober
Is Gober a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gober ranks 9,134th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, low crime, and what local pay buys, and lowest on noise and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Gober expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $549,849. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $111,677 median income, cost of living beats 92% of towns.
Is Gober safe?
Yes, Gober is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $146 per resident a year.
Compare Gober with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gober. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gober 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.
Gober detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gober: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gober: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gober: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gober: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gober 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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