Best PlacesHollingsworth, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hollingsworth, 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.
Hollingsworth ranks 25,047th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hollingsworth
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.
Hollingsworth's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hollingsworth ranks high
- Cheap childcare$502 a month, better than 92% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 88% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 82% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 82% of towns
- Household income$89,505 median, better than 76% of towns
Where Hollingsworth ranks low
- Short commute37.2 minutes each way, better than only 9% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 11% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 20% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hollingsworth
A household needs to earn about $85,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hollingsworth home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $89,505, 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 Hollingsworth's effective rate of 0.55%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hollingsworth
Hollingsworth runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hollingsworth.
Who works in Hollingsworth, and how
Work in Hollingsworth centers on education and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Hollingsworth
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hollingsworth.
What the weather is like in Hollingsworth, month by month
Hollingsworth sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 44° | 35° |
| April | 76° | 63° | 51° |
| July | 92° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 77° | 64° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Hollingsworth
The nearest airport, Greenville Spartanburg International, is about 78 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 78 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hollingsworth
Schools across Hollingsworth average a C, better than 30% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Banks County Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Banks County Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Banks County High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hollingsworth school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hollingsworth 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 Hollingsworth against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hollingsworth
Is Hollingsworth a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hollingsworth ranks 25,047th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, tree cover, and civic engagement, and lowest on long commutes and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hollingsworth expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $338,470. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $89,505 median income, cost of living beats 82% of towns.
Is Hollingsworth safe?
Yes, Hollingsworth is safer than 69% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $223 per resident a year.
Compare Hollingsworth with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hollingsworth. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hollingsworth 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.
Hollingsworth detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hollingsworth: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hollingsworth: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hollingsworth: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hollingsworth: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hollingsworth 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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