Best PlacesNewborn, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Newborn, 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.
Newborn ranks 23,807th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Newborn
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.
Newborn's strengths and weaknesses
Where Newborn ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 92% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Cheap childcare$602 a month, better than 78% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 76% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
Where Newborn ranks low
- Short commute40.1 minutes each way, better than only 5% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 22% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 25% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Newborn
A household needs to earn about $84,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Newborn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $76,602; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Newborn's effective rate of 0.79%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Newborn
Newborn 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 Newborn.
Who works in Newborn, and how
Work in Newborn centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Newborn
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Newborn.
What the weather is like in Newborn, month by month
Newborn sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 54, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs March through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54° | 43° | 34° |
| April | 74° | 61° | 50° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 75° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Newborn
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 44 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 Newborn
Schools across Newborn average a C−, better than 30% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Newton County Theme School At FicquettA− · 56% proficient
- Morgan County Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Washington Park Elementary SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Morgan County Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Jasper County Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Indian Creek Middle SchoolD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Morgan County High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Jasper County High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Putnam County High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Newborn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Newborn 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 Newborn against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Newborn
Is Newborn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Newborn ranks 23,807th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, low crime, and affordable childcare, 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 Newborn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $320,367. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $76,602 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Newborn safe?
Yes, Newborn is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $187 per resident a year.
Compare Newborn with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Newborn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Newborn 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.
Newborn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Newborn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Newborn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Newborn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Newborn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Newborn 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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