Best PlacesHandy, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Handy, 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.
Handy ranks 14,452nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Handy
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.
Handy's strengths and weaknesses
Where Handy ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 88% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 85% of towns
- Household income$95,654 median, better than 82% of towns
Where Handy ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Short commute36.4 minutes each way, better than only 11% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 14% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Handy
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Handy home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $95,654, 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 Handy's effective rate of 0.56%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Handy
Handy runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Handy.
Who works in Handy, and how
Work in Handy centers on information and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Handy
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Handy.
What the weather is like in Handy, month by month
Handy sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 46° | 38° |
| April | 76° | 63° | 53° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 77° | 65° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Handy
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 36 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 Handy
Schools across Handy average a C−, better than 25% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Western Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Ruth Hill Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Evans Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Smokey Road Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Newnan High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Handy school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Handy 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 Handy against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Handy
Is Handy a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Handy ranks 14,452nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, quiet, and low crime, and lowest on biking and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Handy expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $229,600. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $95,654 median income, cost of living beats 85% of towns.
Is Handy safe?
Yes, Handy is safer than 86% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $176 per resident a year.
Compare Handy with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Handy. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Handy 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.
Handy detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Handy: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Handy: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Handy: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Handy: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Handy 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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