Best PlacesMuscogee County, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Muscogee County, 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.
Muscogee County ranks 2,126th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It ranks low mainly on noise and the schools. It does better on low disaster risk, which keeps it off the bottom.
The best neighborhoods in Muscogee County
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.
Muscogee County's strengths and weaknesses
Muscogee County lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. Low disaster risk, cell coverage, and fast internet carry most of that.
The drawbacks are real but narrow. Noise, the schools, and air quality hold the score down. That varies block to block rather than evenly, and the map below shows where.
Where Muscogee County ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 91% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than 89% of counties
- Internet speedBetter than 81% of counties
- WalkabilityBetter than 76% of counties
- Short commute20.9 minutes each way, better than 73% of counties
Where Muscogee County ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 6% of counties
- School gradeD, better than only 6% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than only 16% of counties
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 20% of counties
- Crime safetyBetter than only 20% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Muscogee County
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Muscogee County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,014, 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 Muscogee County's effective rate of 0.77%, 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 Muscogee County
Muscogee County runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Muscogee County.
Who works in Muscogee County, and how
Work in Muscogee County centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Muscogee County
Muscogee County has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of counties and more late-night spots per resident than 75% of counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Muscogee County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Muscogee County growing, and who is moving in?
Muscogee County has grown about 1% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Atlanta, GA.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Muscogee County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Muscogee County, month by month
Muscogee County sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 48° | 37° |
| April | 80° | 66° | 52° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 82° | 69° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Muscogee County
The nearest airport, Columbus, is about 2 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 84 miles away.
The best schools in and around Muscogee County
Schools across Muscogee County average a D, better than 6% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Britt David Elementary Computer Magnet AcademyA+ · 92% proficient
- Mathews Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Clubview Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Richards Middle SchoolA− · 53% proficient
- Aaron Cohn Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Blackmon Road Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Columbus High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
- Rainey Mccullers School Of The ArtsB · 47% proficient
- Carver High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Muscogee County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Muscogee County 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 Muscogee County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Muscogee County suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 12% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Muscogee County
Is Muscogee County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Muscogee County ranks 2,126th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on low disaster risk, cell coverage, and fast internet, and lowest on noise and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Muscogee County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $204,671. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $66,014 median income, cost of living beats 48% of counties.
Is Muscogee County safe?
Muscogee County is safer than 20% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $455 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Muscogee County?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 61 with lows near 37. That works out to about 74 pleasant days a year, more than 29% of counties.
Is Muscogee County good for families?
Schools beat 6% of counties, crime safety beats 20%, and childcare runs $649 a month.
Is Muscogee County good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 48% of counties, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 81% of counties. About 12% of workers already work from home.
Compare Muscogee County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Muscogee County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Muscogee County 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.
Muscogee County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Muscogee County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Muscogee County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Muscogee County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Muscogee County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Muscogee County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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