Best PlacesLily Pond, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lily Pond, 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.
Lily Pond ranks 35,493rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Noise pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on a strong job market.
The best neighborhoods in Lily Pond
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.
Lily Pond's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lily Pond ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 88% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 79% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 74% of towns
- Cheap childcare$649 a month, better than 73% of towns
Where Lily Pond ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 3% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 7% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 14% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lily Pond
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lily Pond home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,466, 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 Lily Pond's effective rate of 0.66%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lily Pond
Lily Pond's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lily Pond.
Who works in Lily Pond, and how
Work in Lily Pond centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Lily Pond
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lily Pond.
What the weather is like in Lily Pond, month by month
Lily Pond sees roughly 59 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 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 | 78° | 62° | 47° |
| July | 93° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 80° | 64° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Lily Pond
The nearest airport, Lovell Field, is about 45 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 62 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lily Pond
Schools across Lily Pond average a C, better than 31% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Belwood Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Swain Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Calhoun Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Calhoun Elementary SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Ashworth Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Calhoun High SchoolC · 30% proficient
- Gordon Central High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lily Pond school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lily Pond 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 Lily Pond against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lily Pond
Is Lily Pond a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lily Pond ranks 35,493rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, few empty homes, and state finances, and lowest on noise and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lily Pond expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $193,210. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $65,466 median income, cost of living beats 52% of towns.
Is Lily Pond safe?
Lily Pond is safer than 53% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $264 per resident a year.
Compare Lily Pond with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lily Pond. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lily Pond 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.
Lily Pond detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lily Pond: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lily Pond: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lily Pond: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lily Pond: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lily Pond 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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