Best PlacesPine Mountain Valley, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pine Mountain Valley, 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.
Pine Mountain Valley ranks 23,398th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on quiet, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Pine Mountain Valley
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.
Pine Mountain Valley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pine Mountain Valley ranks high
- QuietBetter than 90% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 87% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 77% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 75% of towns
Where Pine Mountain Valley ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 16% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 18% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 27% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pine Mountain Valley
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pine Mountain Valley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,146, 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 Pine Mountain Valley'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, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pine Mountain Valley
Pine Mountain Valley 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 Pine Mountain Valley.
Who works in Pine Mountain Valley, and how
Work in Pine Mountain Valley centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Pine Mountain Valley
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pine Mountain Valley.
What the weather is like in Pine Mountain Valley, month by month
Pine Mountain Valley sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 45° | 36° |
| April | 77° | 62° | 50° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 78° | 64° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Pine Mountain Valley
The nearest airport, Columbus, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 61 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pine Mountain Valley
Schools across Pine Mountain Valley average a C+, better than 48% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mulberry Creek Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Park Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Creekside SchoolB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Harris County High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pine Mountain Valley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pine Mountain Valley 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 Pine Mountain Valley against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pine Mountain Valley
Is Pine Mountain Valley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pine Mountain Valley ranks 23,398th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, tree cover, and an educated workforce, and lowest on air quality and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pine Mountain Valley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $217,037. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $73,146 median income, cost of living beats 42% of towns.
Is Pine Mountain Valley safe?
Yes, Pine Mountain Valley is safer than 75% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $250 per resident a year.
Compare Pine Mountain Valley with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pine Mountain Valley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pine Mountain Valley 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.
Pine Mountain Valley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pine Mountain Valley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pine Mountain Valley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pine Mountain Valley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pine Mountain Valley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pine Mountain Valley 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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