Best PlacesJasper, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Jasper, 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.
Jasper ranks 18,130th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Jasper
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.
Jasper's strengths and weaknesses
Where Jasper ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 91% of towns
- Cheap childcare$513 a month, better than 91% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 85% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 77% of towns
Where Jasper ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Short commute32.6 minutes each way, better than only 22% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 27% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 29% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 34% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Jasper
A household needs to earn about $89,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Jasper home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $86,961; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Jasper's effective rate of 0.59%, 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 Jasper
Jasper runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Jasper.
Who works in Jasper, and how
Work in Jasper centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Jasper
Jasper has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of towns and more late-night spots per resident than 70% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Jasper and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Jasper, month by month
Jasper sees roughly 96 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs March through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 42° | 35° |
| April | 73° | 61° | 50° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 75° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Jasper
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 56 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 Jasper
Schools across Jasper average a C, better than 36% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Robinson Elementary SchoolB− · 44% proficient
- Hill City Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Clayton Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Clear Creek Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Pickens County Junior High SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Jasper Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Cherokee High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Pickens County High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Dawson County High SchoolC− · 26% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Jasper school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Jasper 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 Jasper against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Jasper suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 75% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 23% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 65% of towns and health care access beats 65%.
Common questions about living in Jasper
Is Jasper a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Jasper ranks 18,130th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, civic engagement, and affordable childcare, and lowest on an overheated housing market and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Jasper expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $349,796. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $86,961 median income, cost of living beats 75% of towns.
Is Jasper safe?
Jasper is safer than 43% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $313 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Jasper?
July highs average about 89 degrees, and January highs near 52 with lows near 35. That works out to about 96 pleasant days a year, more than 65% of towns.
Is Jasper good for families?
Schools beat 36% of towns, crime safety beats 43%, and childcare runs $513 a month.
Compare Jasper with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Jasper. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Jasper 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.
Jasper detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Jasper: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Jasper: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Jasper: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Jasper: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Jasper 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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