Best PlacesHaralson, GA Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood in and around Haralson, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.

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Haralson ranks 10,957th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.

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The best neighborhoods in Haralson

Map of the best neighborhoods in the Haralson area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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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.

Haralson's strengths and weaknesses

Top 10%A strong job market
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare Haralson with other towns.

Where Haralson ranks high

  • Local economyBetter than 92% of towns
  • Health outlookBetter than 86% of towns
  • Internet speedBetter than 85% of towns
  • Low vacancyBetter than 84% of towns
  • WalkabilityBetter than 83% of towns

Where Haralson ranks low

  • Short commute37.1 minutes each way, better than only 9% of towns
  • Air qualityBetter than only 20% of towns
  • Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 27% of towns
  • Nice weatherabout 71 pleasant days a year, better than only 28% of towns
  • School gradeC, better than only 31% of towns

What it costs to buy a home in Haralson

A household needs to earn about $86,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Haralson home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $91,369, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.

Income to buy the median home
$86,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$2,012
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $330,302 home
Median rent
$1,396
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$1,684
Property tax$218
Homeowners insurance$110

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 Haralson'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.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in Haralson

Haralson's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.

Median age
39
about the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
12%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
3.1
above the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1828%
18 to 3418%
35 to 4920%
50 to 6422%
65 and older12%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Haralson.


Who works in Haralson, and how

Work in Haralson centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.

Work from home
9%
below the national average
Unemployment
3.7%
below the national average
Job growth
+9.8%
/y 2019-2023, faster than the national pace

Largest industries

Health care & social15%
Manufacturing13%
Retail trade10%
Transportation & warehousing9%
Professional & technical9%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 90%
  • Work from home 9%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 1%

Life in Haralson

The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Haralson.


What the weather is like in Haralson, month by month

Haralson sees roughly 71 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
Show the monthly temperatures
MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January58°44°33°
April78°62°48°
July92°79°70°
October79°64°51°

Flying in and out of Haralson

Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 29 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 51.5 million passengers in 2025, with 278 nonstop destinations.

Nearest airport
ATL
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 29 miles
Airport size
Large hub
1st-busiest in the US, 278 nonstop destinations
Average drive
42 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around Haralson

Schools across Haralson average a C, better than 31% of towns.

Top elementary schools

Top middle schools

Top high schools

Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Haralson school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


Haralson 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 Haralson against the other 50,332 towns.


Common questions about living in Haralson

Is Haralson a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Haralson ranks 10,957th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, population health, and fast internet, and lowest on long commutes and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is Haralson expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $330,302. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $91,369 median income, cost of living beats 74% of towns.

Is Haralson safe?

Yes, Haralson is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $198 per resident a year.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Haralson. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Haralson 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.

Haralson detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for Haralson: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in Haralson: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of Haralson: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in Haralson: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

Haralson detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. 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.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.