Best PlacesPoint Peter, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Point Peter, 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.
Point Peter ranks 31,162nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Point Peter
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.
Point Peter's strengths and weaknesses
Where Point Peter ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap childcare$502 a month, better than 92% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 83% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 80% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
Where Point Peter ranks low
- Short commute35.2 minutes each way, better than only 13% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 20% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 20% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Point Peter
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Point Peter home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,022, 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 Point Peter's effective rate of 0.71%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Point Peter
Point Peter 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 Point Peter.
Who works in Point Peter, and how
Work in Point Peter centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Point Peter
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Point Peter.
What the weather is like in Point Peter, month by month
Point Peter sees roughly 83 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 45° | 33° |
| April | 78° | 63° | 49° |
| July | 94° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 80° | 64° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Point Peter
The nearest airport, Augusta Regional at Bush Field, is about 75 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 83 miles away.
The best schools in and around Point Peter
Schools across Point Peter average a C+, better than 40% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Oglethorpe County Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Oglethorpe County High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Point Peter school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Point Peter 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 Point Peter against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Point Peter
Is Point Peter a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Point Peter ranks 31,162nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, affordable childcare, and fast internet, and lowest on long commutes and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Point Peter expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $194,351. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $64,022 median income, cost of living beats 29% of towns.
Is Point Peter safe?
Point Peter is safer than 45% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $291 per resident a year.
Compare Point Peter with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Point Peter. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Point Peter 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.
Point Peter detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Point Peter: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Point Peter: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Point Peter: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Point Peter: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Point Peter 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.
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