Best PlacesLouisville, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Louisville, 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.
Louisville ranks 46,786th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Louisville
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.
Louisville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Louisville ranks high
- Cheap childcare$502 a month, better than 92% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 86% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 75% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 74% of towns
Where Louisville ranks low
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 13% of towns
- Household income$50,905 median, better than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Louisville
A household needs to earn about $32,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Louisville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $50,905, 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 Louisville's effective rate of 0.81%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Louisville
Louisville's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Louisville.
Who works in Louisville, and how
Work in Louisville centers on manufacturing and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Louisville
Louisville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 82% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Louisville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Louisville, month by month
Louisville sees roughly 93 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 48° | 40° |
| April | 78° | 66° | 54° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 80° | 68° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Louisville
The nearest airport, Augusta Regional at Bush Field, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 124 miles away.
The best schools in and around Louisville
Schools across Louisville average an F, better than 1% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Blakeney ElementaryD · 18% proficient
- Wrens Elementary SchoolD− · 15% proficient
- Louisville AcademyF · 10% proficient
Top middle schools
- Johnson County Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Jenkins County Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Burke County Middle SchoolD− · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Burke County High SchoolD− · 14% proficient
- Jefferson County High SchoolF · 6% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Louisville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Louisville 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 Louisville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Louisville
Is Louisville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Louisville ranks 46,786th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, walkability, and state finances, and lowest on the schools and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Louisville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $120,705. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $50,905 median income, cost of living beats 18% of towns.
Is Louisville safe?
Louisville is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $696 per resident a year.
Compare Louisville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Louisville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Louisville 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.
Louisville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Louisville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Louisville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Louisville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Louisville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Louisville 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.