Best PlacesHahira, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hahira, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Hahira ranks 9,137th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hahira
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.
Hahira's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hahira ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 91% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 89% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 82% of towns
Where Hahira ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 12% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 25% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 25% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hahira
A household needs to earn about $70,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hahira home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $87,679, 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 Hahira'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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hahira
Hahira runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hahira.
Who works in Hahira, and how
Work in Hahira centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Hahira
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hahira.
What the weather is like in Hahira, month by month
Hahira sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs February through May and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 52° | 41° |
| April | 82° | 68° | 54° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 83° | 70° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Hahira
The nearest airport, Valdosta Regional, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Jacksonville International, about 104 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hahira
Schools across Hahira average an A−, better than 89% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hahira Elementary SchoolA · 67% proficient
- Westside Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Dewar ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hahira Middle SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Pine Grove Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
- Berrien Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Lowndes High SchoolA− · 61% proficient
- Berrien High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Cook High SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hahira school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hahira 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 Hahira against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hahira
Is Hahira a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hahira ranks 9,137th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, population health, and good schools, and lowest on noise and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hahira expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $266,254. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $87,679 median income, cost of living beats 76% of towns.
Is Hahira safe?
Yes, Hahira is safer than 86% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $179 per resident a year.
Compare Hahira with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hahira. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hahira 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.
Hahira detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hahira: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hahira: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hahira: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hahira: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hahira 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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