Best PlacesHerod, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Herod, 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.
Herod ranks 47,469th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Herod
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.
Herod's strengths and weaknesses
Where Herod ranks high
- Cheap childcare$507 a month, better than 91% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
- Short commute23.0 minutes each way, better than 74% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 74% of towns
- QuietBetter than 67% of towns
Where Herod ranks low
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 6% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Herod
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Herod home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,906, 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 Herod's effective rate of 0.98%, 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 Herod
Herod runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Herod.
Who works in Herod, and how
Work in Herod centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Herod
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Herod.
What the weather is like in Herod, month by month
Herod sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 65, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65° | 50° | 38° |
| April | 82° | 68° | 53° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 85° | 70° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Herod
The nearest airport, Southwest Georgia Regional, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 135 miles away.
The best schools in and around Herod
Schools across Herod average an F, better than 1% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Live Oak Elementary SchoolD− · 15% proficient
- Cooper-carver Elementary SchoolF · 10% proficient
- Calhoun County Elementary SchoolF · 5% proficient
Top middle schools
- Merry Acres Middle SchoolF · 8% proficient
- Terrell Middle SchoolF · 6% proficient
- Calhoun County Middle SchoolF · 5% proficient
Top high schools
- Westover High SchoolD · 18% proficient
- Calhoun County High SchoolD− · 18% proficient
- Terrell High SchoolF · 7% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Herod school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Herod 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 Herod against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Herod
Is Herod a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Herod ranks 47,469th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, state finances, and short commutes, and lowest on the schools and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Herod expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $174,916. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $54,906 median income, cost of living beats 28% of towns.
Is Herod safe?
Herod is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $569 per resident a year.
Compare Herod with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Herod. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Herod 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.
Herod detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Herod: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Herod: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Herod: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Herod: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Herod 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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