Best PlacesLee Pope, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lee Pope, 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.
Lee Pope ranks 41,274th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lee Pope
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.
Lee Pope's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lee Pope ranks high
- Cheap childcare$518 a month, better than 90% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 77% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 74% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 73% of towns
Where Lee Pope ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 10% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 11% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 12% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lee Pope
A household needs to earn about $34,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lee Pope home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $55,363, 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 Lee Pope's effective rate of 0.63%, 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 Lee Pope
Lee Pope runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lee Pope.
Who works in Lee Pope, and how
Work in Lee Pope centers on hospitality & food and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Lee Pope
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lee Pope.
What the weather is like in Lee Pope, month by month
Lee Pope sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 48° | 36° |
| April | 80° | 65° | 49° |
| July | 95° | 81° | 71° |
| October | 83° | 66° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Lee Pope
The nearest airport, Middle Georgia Regional, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 76 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lee Pope
Schools across Lee Pope average a D+, better than 11% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Crawford County ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
- Hunt Elementary SchoolD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- Crawford County Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Fort Valley Middle SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Crawford County High SchoolD · 19% proficient
- Peach County High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lee Pope school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lee Pope 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 Lee Pope against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lee Pope
Is Lee Pope a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lee Pope ranks 41,274th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, fast internet, and state finances, and lowest on summer heat and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lee Pope expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $134,090. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $55,363 median income, cost of living beats 21% of towns.
Is Lee Pope safe?
Yes, Lee Pope is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $218 per resident a year.
Compare Lee Pope with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lee Pope. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lee Pope 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.
Lee Pope detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lee Pope: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lee Pope: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lee Pope: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lee Pope: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lee Pope 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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