Best PlacesLakeview, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lakeview, 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.
Lakeview ranks 31,099th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lakeview
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.
Lakeview's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lakeview ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 91% of towns
- Short commute20.7 minutes each way, better than 85% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 82% of towns
- BikingBetter than 80% of towns
Where Lakeview ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 12% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 15% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 18% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lakeview
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lakeview home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,087, 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 Lakeview's effective rate of 0.58%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lakeview
Lakeview runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lakeview.
Who works in Lakeview, and how
Work in Lakeview centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Lakeview
Lakeview has more restaurants and bars per resident than 96% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Lakeview and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lakeview, month by month
Lakeview sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 54, 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 | 54° | 42° | 32° |
| April | 77° | 62° | 49° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 79° | 64° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Lakeview
The nearest airport, Lovell Field, is about 5 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 104 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lakeview
Schools across Lakeview average a D+, better than 15% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- West Side Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Cloud Springs Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Rossville Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lakeview Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Rossville Middle SchoolD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Ridgeland High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Lakeview-fort Oglethorpe High SchoolD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lakeview school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lakeview 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 Lakeview against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lakeview
Is Lakeview a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lakeview ranks 31,099th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, cell coverage, and short commutes, and lowest on the weather and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lakeview expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $158,815. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $67,087 median income, cost of living beats 51% of towns.
Is Lakeview safe?
Lakeview is safer than 22% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $377 per resident a year.
Compare Lakeview with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lakeview. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lakeview 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.
Lakeview detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lakeview: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lakeview: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lakeview: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lakeview: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lakeview 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.