Best PlacesHenry County, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Henry County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages hide a wide spread here, so the area matters as much as the address. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Henry County ranks 1,015th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. Paychecks stretch further here than almost anywhere else: the median household brings in $91,520, everyday costs sit below the national average, and a strong job market ranks near the top of the country. The main drawbacks are long commutes, car insurance costs, and an overheated housing market.
The best neighborhoods in Henry County
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.
The best areas in Henry County
The parts of Henry County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
McDonough
Prices have run up less, local pay stretches further, and incomes run higher.
Hampton
Crime runs lower and more households have young kids.
Locust Grove
Stockbridge
It is noisier and fewer residents vote.
Henry County shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 4% of the country and others in the top 8%. Pick the area first, then the home.
Henry County's strengths and weaknesses
Henry County lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. Few empty homes, what local pay buys, and big-city access carry most of that.
The drawbacks are real but narrow. Long commutes, car insurance costs, and an overheated housing market hold the score down. That one depends almost entirely on which part you pick, which is what the map below settles.
Where Henry County ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 93% of counties
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 92% of counties
- Big-city accessBetter than 89% of counties
- Local economyBetter than 88% of counties
- Household income$91,520 median, better than 88% of counties
Where Henry County ranks low
- Short commute33.1 minutes each way, better than only 7% of counties
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 15% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 16% of counties
- School gradeD+, better than only 17% of counties
- QuietBetter than only 20% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Henry County
A household needs to earn about $83,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Henry County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $91,520, 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 Henry County's effective rate of 0.90%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Henry County
Henry County runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Henry County.
Who works in Henry County, and how
Work in Henry County centers on transportation & warehousing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Henry County
Henry County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties. That concentrates in some parts of Henry County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Henry County growing, and who is moving in?
Henry County has grown about 22% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Atlanta, GA metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Henry County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Henry County, month by month
Henry County sees roughly 83 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 45° | 37° |
| April | 74° | 62° | 52° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 70° |
| October | 75° | 64° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Henry County
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 19 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 Henry County
Schools across Henry County average a D+, better than 17% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- East Lake ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
- Timber Ridge Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Ola Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Union Grove MiddleB · 47% proficient
- Ola Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- General Ray Davis Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Dutchtown HighC+ · 38% proficient
- Ola High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Union Grove HighC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Henry County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Henry County 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 Henry County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Henry County suits
Families
Schools land around the 17th percentile and crime safety beats 66%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 92% of counties, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 16% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Henry County
Is Henry County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Henry County ranks 1,015th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on few empty homes, what local pay buys, and big-city access, and lowest on long commutes and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Henry County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $315,247. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $91,520 median income, cost of living beats 92% of counties.
Is Henry County safe?
Yes, Henry County is safer than 66% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $278 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Henry County?
July highs average about 89 degrees, and January highs near 55 with lows near 37. That works out to about 83 pleasant days a year, more than 43% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Henry County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are McDonough, Hampton, and Locust Grove. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Henry County good for families?
Schools beat 17% of counties, crime safety beats 66%, and childcare runs $919 a month.
Is Henry County good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 92% of counties, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 84% of counties. About 16% of workers already work from home.
Compare Henry County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Henry County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Henry County 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.
Henry County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Henry County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Henry County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Henry County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Henry County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Henry County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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