Best PlacesLawrenceville, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lawrenceville, 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.
Lawrenceville ranks 202nd of 445 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It does not top any single list, but it lands above the national middle on low crime and low disaster risk. The weaker spots are biking, long commutes, and walkability.
The best neighborhoods in Lawrenceville
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.
Lawrenceville's strengths and weaknesses
Lawrenceville lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. Low crime, low disaster risk, and tree cover carry most of that.
The drawbacks are real but narrow. Biking, long commutes, and walkability hold the score down. That one depends almost entirely on which part you pick, which is what the map below settles.
Where Lawrenceville ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 88% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 85% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 85% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 82% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 82% of cities
Where Lawrenceville ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 7% of cities
- Short commute33.0 minutes each way, better than only 7% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 9% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 11% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 21% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Lawrenceville
A household needs to earn about $95,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lawrenceville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $94,499; 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 Lawrenceville's effective rate of 0.91%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lawrenceville
Lawrenceville runs younger than the country, 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 Lawrenceville.
Who works in Lawrenceville, and how
Work in Lawrenceville centers on retail trade and health care & social. 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 Lawrenceville
Lawrenceville has more parkland per resident than 79% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Lawrenceville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lawrenceville, month by month
Lawrenceville sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 55, 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 | 55° | 44° | 33° |
| April | 75° | 62° | 49° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 77° | 64° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Lawrenceville
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 32 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 Lawrenceville
Schools across Lawrenceville average a C, better than 26% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Gwin Oaks Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Freeman's Mill Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Woodward Mill Elementary SchoolA− · 56% proficient
Top middle schools
- Crews Middle SchoolA · 62% proficient
- Five Forks Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
- Jones Middle SchoolA− · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- Gwinnett School Of Mathematics- Science And TechnologyA+ · 91% proficient
- Mill Creek High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Peachtree Ridge High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lawrenceville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lawrenceville 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 Lawrenceville against the other 444 cities.
Who Lawrenceville suits
Families
Schools land around the 26th percentile and crime safety beats 88%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 78% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 16% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Lawrenceville
Is Lawrenceville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lawrenceville ranks 202nd of 445 cities. It scores highest on low crime, low disaster risk, and tree cover, and lowest on biking and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lawrenceville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $359,719. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $94,499 median income, cost of living beats 78% of cities.
Is Lawrenceville safe?
Yes, Lawrenceville is safer than 88% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $239 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Lawrenceville?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 55 with lows near 33. That works out to about 91 pleasant days a year, more than 41% of cities.
Is Lawrenceville good for families?
Schools beat 26% of cities, crime safety beats 88%, and childcare runs $919 a month.
Is Lawrenceville good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 78% of cities, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 79% of cities. About 16% of workers already work from home.
Compare Lawrenceville with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lawrenceville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lawrenceville 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.
Lawrenceville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lawrenceville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lawrenceville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lawrenceville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lawrenceville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lawrenceville 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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