Best PlacesMontgomery, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Montgomery, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Montgomery ranks 10,116th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Montgomery
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.
Montgomery's strengths and weaknesses
Where Montgomery ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Short commute15.1 minutes each way, better than 97% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 97% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of towns
Where Montgomery ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 7% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Montgomery
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Montgomery home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $135,417, 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 Montgomery's effective rate of 0.78%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Montgomery
Montgomery 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 Montgomery.
Who works in Montgomery, and how
Work in Montgomery centers on information and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 69%
- Work from home 29%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Montgomery
The coast is about 24 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Montgomery, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Montgomery, month by month
Montgomery sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 65, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs February through May and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65° | 51° | 40° |
| April | 80° | 67° | 55° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 82° | 70° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Montgomery
The nearest airport, Savannah/Hilton Head International, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charleston AFB/International, about 90 miles away.
The best schools in and around Montgomery
Schools across Montgomery average a D, better than 7% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hesse SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
- Georgetown SchoolD− · 15% proficient
- Isle Of Hope SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- Windsor Forest High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Montgomery school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Montgomery 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 Montgomery against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Montgomery
Is Montgomery a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Montgomery ranks 10,116th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, what local pay buys, and short commutes, and lowest on disaster risk and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Montgomery expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $278,600. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $135,417 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Montgomery safe?
Montgomery is safer than 37% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $310 per resident a year.
Compare Montgomery with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Montgomery. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Montgomery 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.
Montgomery detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Montgomery: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Montgomery: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Montgomery: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Montgomery: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Montgomery 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.