Best PlacesMatch, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Match, 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.
Match ranks 34,978th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Match
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.
Match's strengths and weaknesses
Where Match ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 92% of towns
- Cheap childcare$526 a month, better than 90% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 80% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 74% of towns
Where Match ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 7% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 10% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Match
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Match home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,382, 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 Match's effective rate of 0.85%, 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 Match
Match'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 Match.
Who works in Match, and how
Work in Match centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Match
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Match.
What the weather is like in Match, month by month
Match sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 45° | 33° |
| April | 78° | 63° | 49° |
| July | 94° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 80° | 64° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Match
The nearest airport, Greenville Spartanburg International, is about 69 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 88 miles away.
The best schools in and around Match
Schools across Match average a D+, better than 18% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Comer Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Madison County Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Elbert County Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Madison County High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Elbert County High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Match school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Match 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 Match against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Match
Is Match a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Match ranks 34,978th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, affordable childcare, and tree cover, and lowest on internet speeds and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Match expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $146,283. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $61,382 median income, cost of living beats 32% of towns.
Is Match safe?
Yes, Match is safer than 62% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $241 per resident a year.
Compare Match with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Match. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Match 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.
Match detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Match: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Match: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Match: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Match: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Match 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.