Best PlacesHephzibah, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hephzibah, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages are not the whole story, and the strongest areas score well above them. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Hephzibah ranks 1,917th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Hephzibah
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 Hephzibah
The parts of Hephzibah, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Richmond Factory, McDade & Goshen
Mcbean
Farmers Bridge
Windsor Spring
Pepperidge
Jamestown
Scores across Hephzibah run from about the 4th to the 48th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Hephzibah's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hephzibah ranks high
- Cheap childcare$644 a month, better than 94% of cities
- QuietBetter than 91% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 83% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than 74% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 70% of cities
Where Hephzibah ranks low
- School gradeD−, better than only 1% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 1% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 1% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 10% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than only 11% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Hephzibah
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hephzibah home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,717, 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 Hephzibah's effective rate of 0.84%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hephzibah
Hephzibah 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 Hephzibah.
Who works in Hephzibah, and how
Work in Hephzibah centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Hephzibah
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hephzibah.
What the weather is like in Hephzibah, month by month
Hephzibah sees roughly 83 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 63, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63° | 47° | 34° |
| April | 81° | 65° | 49° |
| July | 95° | 82° | 71° |
| October | 82° | 66° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Hephzibah
The nearest airport, Augusta Regional at Bush Field, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charleston AFB/International, about 122 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hephzibah
Schools across Hephzibah average a D−, better than 1% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Freedom Park ElementaryC+ · 39% proficient
- Blythe Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Lake Forest Hills Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Burke County Middle SchoolD− · 19% proficient
- Hephzibah Middle SchoolD− · 14% proficient
- Pine Hill Middle SchoolF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Burke County High SchoolD− · 14% proficient
- Academy Of Richmond County High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
- Hephzibah High SchoolF · 8% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hephzibah school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hephzibah 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 Hephzibah against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Hephzibah suits
Common questions about living in Hephzibah
Is Hephzibah a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hephzibah ranks 1,917th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on affordable childcare, quiet, and state finances, and lowest on the schools and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hephzibah expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $185,767. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $71,717 median income, cost of living beats 45% of cities.
Is Hephzibah safe?
Hephzibah is safer than 26% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $352 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Hephzibah?
July highs average about 95 degrees, and January highs near 63 with lows near 34. That works out to about 83 pleasant days a year, more than 48% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Hephzibah?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Richmond Factory, McDade & Goshen, Mcbean, and Farmers Bridge. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Hephzibah with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hephzibah. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hephzibah 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.
Hephzibah detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hephzibah: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hephzibah: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hephzibah: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hephzibah: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hephzibah 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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