Best PlacesMeansville, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Meansville, 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.
Meansville ranks 23,488th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Long commutes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low disaster risk.
The best neighborhoods in Meansville
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.
Meansville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Meansville ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 81% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 79% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 77% of towns
- Cheap childcare$620 a month, better than 77% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
Where Meansville ranks low
- Short commute38.9 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 22% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Meansville
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Meansville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $76,754, 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 Meansville's effective rate of 0.86%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Meansville
Meansville's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Meansville.
Who works in Meansville, and how
Work in Meansville centers on construction and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Meansville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Meansville.
What the weather is like in Meansville, month by month
Meansville sees roughly 94 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 46° | 38° |
| April | 76° | 63° | 52° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 78° | 66° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Meansville
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 43 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 51.5 million passengers in 2025, with 278 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Meansville
Schools across Meansville average a C, better than 30% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Upson-lee Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pike County Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Upson-lee High SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Pike County High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Meansville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Meansville 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 Meansville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Meansville
Is Meansville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Meansville ranks 23,488th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, low crime, and civic engagement, and lowest on long commutes and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Meansville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $278,183. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $76,754 median income, cost of living beats 56% of towns.
Is Meansville safe?
Yes, Meansville is safer than 79% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $200 per resident a year.
Compare Meansville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Meansville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Meansville 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.
Meansville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Meansville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Meansville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Meansville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Meansville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Meansville 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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