Best PlacesNorcross, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Norcross, 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.
Norcross ranks 353rd of 445 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It does not top any single list, but it lands above the national middle on tree cover and low disaster risk. The weaker spots are an overheated housing market, thin health care access, and the weather.
The best neighborhoods in Norcross
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.
The best areas in Norcross
The parts of Norcross, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the city.
Northwoods
More adults hold degrees, local pay stretches further, and incomes run higher.
Deerings Lake & The Corners
Health care is easier to reach and more residents vote.
Central Norcross
Fewer households have young kids.
Hidden Cove
It is noisier and tree cover is thinner.
Southeastern Norcross
Homes cost less, though prices have run up more.
Wexford
More homes sit empty and health outcomes score lower.
Southern Norcross
Streets are more walkable.
Villas at Norcross & Piccadilly Place Condominiums
Crime runs higher.
Norcross shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 3% of the country and others in the top 6%. Pick the area first, then the home.
Norcross' strengths and weaknesses
Norcross ranks near the bottom because several of the basics fall short at once. Tree cover, low disaster risk, and fast internet carry most of that.
The weak spots are broad rather than narrow: an overheated housing market, thin health care access, and the weather all drag on the score. Those are area averages, and the map below shows which parts run well above them.
Where Norcross ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 91% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 84% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 76% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 75% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than 73% of cities
Where Norcross ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 8% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 14% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 14% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Norcross
A household needs to earn about $92,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Norcross home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $75,309, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Norcross' effective rate of 0.87%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Norcross
Norcross runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Norcross.
Who works in Norcross, and how
Work in Norcross centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Norcross
Norcross has more restaurants and bars per resident than 86% of cities and more parkland per resident than 81% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Norcross and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Norcross, month by month
Norcross sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 43° | 32° |
| April | 76° | 62° | 48° |
| July | 92° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 77° | 63° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Norcross
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 24 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 Norcross
Schools across Norcross average a C−, better than 15% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Simpson Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Museum School Avondale EstatesB · 46% proficient
- International Charter Academy Of GeorgiaC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pinckneyville Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
- The Champion Middle Theme SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Summerour Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Paul Duke Stem High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Norcross High SchoolC− · 26% proficient
- Duluth High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Norcross school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Norcross 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 Norcross against the other 444 cities.
Who Norcross suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 18% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Norcross
Is Norcross a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Norcross ranks 353rd of 445 cities. It scores highest on tree cover, low disaster risk, and fast internet, and lowest on an overheated housing market and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Norcross expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $350,116. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $75,309 median income, cost of living beats 44% of cities.
Is Norcross safe?
Norcross is safer than 44% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $361 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Norcross?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 56 with lows near 32. That works out to about 65 pleasant days a year, more than 12% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Norcross?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Northwoods, Deerings Lake & The Corners, and Central Norcross. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Norcross good for families?
Schools beat 15% of cities, crime safety beats 44%, and childcare runs $919 a month.
Is Norcross good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 44% of cities, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 76% of cities. About 18% of workers already work from home.
Compare Norcross with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Norcross. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Norcross 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.
Norcross detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Norcross: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Norcross: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Norcross: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Norcross: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Norcross 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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