Best PlacesMcBean, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around McBean, 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.
McBean ranks 42,033rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The schools pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in McBean
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.
McBean's strengths and weaknesses
Where McBean ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 74% of towns
- Cheap childcare$649 a month, better than 73% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 70% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 70% of towns
Where McBean ranks low
- School gradeD−, better than only 2% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in McBean
A household needs to earn about $31,000 a year to comfortably buy the median McBean home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,434, 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 McBean's effective rate of 0.78%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in McBean
McBean runs older 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 McBean.
Who works in McBean, and how
Work in McBean centers on health care & social and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in McBean
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across McBean.
What the weather is like in McBean, month by month
McBean sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 63, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63° | 47° | 34° |
| April | 81° | 65° | 49° |
| July | 95° | 82° | 71° |
| October | 82° | 66° | 53° |
Flying in and out of McBean
The nearest airport, Augusta Regional at Bush Field, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charleston AFB/International, about 115 miles away.
The best schools in and around McBean
Schools across McBean average a D−, better than 2% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Blakeney ElementaryD · 18% proficient
- Mcbean Elementary SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Burke County Middle SchoolD− · 19% proficient
- Hephzibah Middle SchoolD− · 14% proficient
- Pine Hill Middle SchoolF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Burke County High SchoolD− · 14% proficient
- Hephzibah High SchoolF · 8% proficient
- Cross Creek High SchoolF · 6% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every McBean school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
McBean 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 McBean against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in McBean
Is McBean a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, McBean ranks 42,033rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, state infrastructure, and affordable childcare, and lowest on the schools and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is McBean expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $119,577. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $72,434 median income, cost of living beats 66% of towns.
Is McBean safe?
McBean is safer than 23% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $374 per resident a year.
Compare McBean with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to McBean. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in McBean 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.
McBean detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for McBean: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in McBean: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of McBean: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in McBean: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
McBean 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.