Best PlacesLilburn, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lilburn, 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.
Lilburn ranks 1,155th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on tree cover, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lilburn
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.
Lilburn's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lilburn ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 86% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 84% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 83% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 83% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 75% of cities
Where Lilburn ranks low
- Short commute33.3 minutes each way, better than only 10% of cities
- School gradeC−, better than only 19% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 22% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 24% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 25% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Lilburn
A household needs to earn about $95,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lilburn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $95,004, 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 Lilburn's effective rate of 0.93%, 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 Lilburn
Lilburn's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Lilburn.
Who works in Lilburn, and how
Work in Lilburn centers on retail trade and construction. 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 Lilburn
Lilburn has more restaurants and bars per resident than 67% of cities and more parkland per resident than 84% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Lilburn and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lilburn, month by month
Lilburn sees roughly 74 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 Lilburn
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 24 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 Lilburn
Schools across Lilburn average a C−, better than 19% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Camp Creek Elementary SchoolA− · 59% proficient
- Knight Elementary SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
- Head Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Crews Middle SchoolA · 62% proficient
- Five Forks Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
- Trickum Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Parkview High SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Brookwood High SchoolD · 21% proficient
- Shiloh High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lilburn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lilburn 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 Lilburn against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Lilburn suits
Families
Schools land around the 19th percentile and crime safety beats 60%.
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 16% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Lilburn
Is Lilburn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lilburn ranks 1,155th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on tree cover, low disaster risk, and fast internet, and lowest on long commutes and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lilburn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $358,635. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $95,004 median income, cost of living beats 66% of cities.
Is Lilburn safe?
Yes, Lilburn is safer than 60% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $257 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Lilburn?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 56 with lows near 32. That works out to about 74 pleasant days a year, more than 35% of cities.
Is Lilburn good for families?
Schools beat 19% of cities, crime safety beats 60%, and childcare runs $919 a month.
Compare Lilburn with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lilburn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lilburn 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.
Lilburn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lilburn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lilburn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lilburn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lilburn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lilburn 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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