Best PlacesLothair, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lothair, 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.
Lothair ranks 32,298th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lothair
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.
Lothair's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lothair ranks high
- Cheap childcare$502 a month, better than 92% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 90% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 81% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
Where Lothair ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 7% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 9% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lothair
A household needs to earn about $24,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lothair home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,731, 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 Lothair's effective rate of 0.70%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lothair
Lothair 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 Lothair.
Who works in Lothair, and how
Work in Lothair centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Lothair
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lothair.
What the weather is like in Lothair, month by month
Lothair sees roughly 108 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 51° | 42° |
| April | 79° | 67° | 57° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 82° | 69° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Lothair
The nearest airport, Middle Georgia Regional, is about 61 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 135 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lothair
Schools across Lothair average a C−, better than 27% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Southwest Laurens ElementaryB · 46% proficient
- Wheeler County Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- East Laurens Elementary SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Laurens Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- East Laurens Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Montgomery County Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- West Laurens High SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Montgomery County High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Treutlen Middle/high SchoolD · 19% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lothair school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lothair 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 Lothair against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lothair
Is Lothair a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lothair ranks 32,298th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, a stable housing market, and fast internet, and lowest on thin health care access and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lothair expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $92,018. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $77,731 median income, cost of living beats 71% of towns.
Is Lothair safe?
Lothair is safer than 33% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $336 per resident a year.
Compare Lothair with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lothair. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lothair 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.
Lothair detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lothair: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lothair: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lothair: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lothair: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lothair 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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