Best PlacesGrant Park, Atlanta, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Grant Park, 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.
Grant Park, Atlanta ranks 3,304th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on low disaster risk, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Grant Park, 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.
Grant Park, Atlanta's strengths and weaknesses
Where Grant Park, Atlanta ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 83% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than 82% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than 81% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 79% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than 76% of neighborhoods
Where Grant Park, Atlanta ranks low
- School gradeD, better than only 15% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 15% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 19% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than only 21% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 24% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Grant Park, Atlanta
A household needs to earn about $149,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Grant Park, Atlanta home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $87,063, 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 Grant Park, Atlanta's effective rate of 0.98%, 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 Grant Park, Atlanta
Grant Park, 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 Grant Park, Atlanta.
Who works in Grant Park, Atlanta, and how
Work in Grant Park, Atlanta centers on professional & technical and hospitality & food. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 58%
- Work from home 30%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Grant Park, Atlanta
Grant Park, Atlanta has more restaurants and bars per resident than 67% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 92% of neighborhoods. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Grant Park, Atlanta and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Grant Park, Atlanta, month by month
Grant Park, Atlanta sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 45° | 35° |
| April | 77° | 64° | 52° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 79° | 66° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Grant Park, Atlanta
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 7 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 Grant Park, Atlanta
Schools across Grant Park, Atlanta average a D, better than 15% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Atlanta Neighborhood Charter - ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
- Wesley International Academy CharterC− · 25% proficient
- Barack And Michelle Obama AcademyF · 7% proficient
Top middle schools
- David T Howard Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
- Martin L. King Jr. Middle SchoolD− · 18% proficient
- Judson Price Middle SchoolF · 6% proficient
Top high schools
- Midtown High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Maynard Jackson High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Carver High School Early CollegeD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Grant Park, Atlanta school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Grant Park, 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 Grant Park, Atlanta against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Grant Park, Atlanta
Is Grant Park, Atlanta a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Grant Park, Atlanta ranks 3,304th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on low disaster risk, state finances, and tree cover, and lowest on the schools and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Grant Park, Atlanta expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $557,984. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $87,063 median income, cost of living beats 70% of neighborhoods.
Is Grant Park, Atlanta safe?
Grant Park, Atlanta is safer than 19% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $638 per resident a year.
Compare Grant Park, Atlanta with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Grant Park, Atlanta. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Grant Park, 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.
Grant Park, Atlanta detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Grant Park, Atlanta: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Grant Park, Atlanta: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Grant Park, Atlanta: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Grant Park, Atlanta: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Grant Park, 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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