Best PlacesLandrum, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Landrum, 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.
Landrum ranks 12,911th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Landrum
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.
Landrum's strengths and weaknesses
Where Landrum ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 92% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 92% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 88% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 86% of towns
- Household income$98,334 median, better than 84% of towns
Where Landrum ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Short commute32.1 minutes each way, better than only 24% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 25% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 26% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Landrum
A household needs to earn about $97,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Landrum home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $98,334, 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 Landrum's effective rate of 0.62%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Landrum
Landrum runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Landrum.
Who works in Landrum, and how
Work in Landrum centers on retail trade and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Landrum
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Landrum.
What the weather is like in Landrum, month by month
Landrum sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 54, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54° | 43° | 33° |
| April | 75° | 62° | 50° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 77° | 64° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Landrum
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 60 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 Landrum
Schools across Landrum average a C+, better than 46% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lanier Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Blackburn Elementary SchoolB · 44% proficient
- Robinson Elementary SchoolB− · 44% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lumpkin County Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Chestatee Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Lumpkin County High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Dawson County High SchoolC− · 26% proficient
- Lanier College And Career AcademyD− · 12% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Landrum school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Landrum 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 Landrum against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Landrum
Is Landrum a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Landrum ranks 12,911th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, population health, and tree cover, 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 Landrum expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $380,290. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $98,334 median income, cost of living beats 86% of towns.
Is Landrum safe?
Yes, Landrum is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $212 per resident a year.
Compare Landrum with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Landrum. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Landrum 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.
Landrum detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Landrum: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Landrum: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Landrum: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Landrum: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Landrum 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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