Best PlacesJohns Creek, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Johns Creek, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Johns Creek ranks 280th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Johns Creek
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.
Johns Creek's strengths and weaknesses
Where Johns Creek ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of cities
- Household income$164,273 median, better than 95% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of cities
Where Johns Creek ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 25% of cities
- Short commute29.7 minutes each way, better than only 26% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 28% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Johns Creek
A household needs to earn about $168,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Johns Creek home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $164,273; 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 Johns Creek's effective rate of 0.82%, 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 Johns Creek
Johns Creek runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, 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 Johns Creek.
Who works in Johns Creek, and how
Work in Johns Creek centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 60%
- Work from home 38%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Johns Creek
Johns Creek has more restaurants and bars per resident than 78% of cities and more parkland per resident than 83% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Johns Creek and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Johns Creek, month by month
Johns Creek sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 43° | 32° |
| April | 76° | 62° | 48° |
| July | 92° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 77° | 63° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Johns Creek
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 31 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 Johns Creek
Schools across Johns Creek average a B+, better than 78% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Johns Creek ElementaryA+ · 82% proficient
- Brookwood ElementaryA+ · 78% proficient
- Wilson Creek Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
Top middle schools
- Riverwatch Middle SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
- River Trail Middle SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
- South Forsyth Middle SchoolA+ · 72% proficient
Top high schools
- Northview High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
- Alpharetta High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Chattahoochee High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Johns Creek school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Johns Creek 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 Johns Creek against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Johns Creek suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 99% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 38% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Johns Creek
Is Johns Creek a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Johns Creek ranks 280th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on what local pay buys, population health, and an educated workforce, and lowest on crime and transit. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Johns Creek expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $641,864. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $164,273 median income, cost of living beats 99% of cities.
Is Johns Creek safe?
Johns Creek is safer than 3% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $580 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Johns Creek?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 56 with lows near 32. That works out to about 72 pleasant days a year, more than 30% of cities.
Is Johns Creek good for families?
Schools beat 78% of cities, crime safety beats 3%, and childcare runs $919 a month.
Compare Johns Creek with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Johns Creek. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Johns Creek 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.
Johns Creek detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Johns Creek: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Johns Creek: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Johns Creek: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Johns Creek: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Johns Creek 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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