Best PlacesLotts, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lotts, 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.
Lotts ranks 38,789th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and low incomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lotts
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.
Lotts' strengths and weaknesses
Where Lotts ranks high
- Cheap childcare$502 a month, better than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 137 pleasant days a year, better than 88% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 79% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
- QuietBetter than 75% of towns
Where Lotts ranks low
- Household income$41,167 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lotts
A household needs to earn about $32,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lotts home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $41,167, 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 Lotts' effective rate of 0.62%, 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 Lotts
Lotts runs older than the country, 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 Lotts.
Who works in Lotts, and how
Work in Lotts centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Lotts
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lotts.
What the weather is like in Lotts, month by month
Lotts sees roughly 137 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 63, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63° | 52° | 43° |
| April | 79° | 67° | 57° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 81° | 70° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Lotts
The nearest airport, Valdosta Regional, is about 61 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Jacksonville International, about 103 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lotts
Schools across Lotts average a C, better than 30% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Broxton-mary Hayes ElementaryC · 32% proficient
- West Green Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Coffee Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Wiregrass Regional College And Career AcademyC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lotts school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lotts 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 Lotts against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lotts
Is Lotts a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lotts ranks 38,789th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, the weather, and fast internet, and lowest on low incomes and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lotts expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $126,703. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $41,167 median income, cost of living beats 6% of towns.
Is Lotts safe?
Lotts is safer than 54% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $262 per resident a year.
Compare Lotts with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lotts. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lotts 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.
Lotts detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lotts: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lotts: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lotts: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lotts: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lotts 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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