Best PlacesPomona, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pomona, 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.
Pomona ranks 43,010th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Thin health care access pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on fast internet.
The best neighborhoods in Pomona
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.
Pomona's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pomona ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 79% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 78% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 78% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 74% of towns
Where Pomona ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 4% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 5% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pomona
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pomona home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $48,083, 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 Pomona's effective rate of 0.64%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pomona
Pomona runs younger 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 Pomona.
Who works in Pomona, and how
Work in Pomona centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Pomona
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pomona.
What the weather is like in Pomona, month by month
Pomona sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 45° | 37° |
| April | 74° | 62° | 52° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 70° |
| October | 75° | 64° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Pomona
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 25 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 Pomona
Schools across Pomona average a D−, better than 4% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Jordan Hill Road Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
- Beaverbrook Elementary SchoolF · 10% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kennedy Road Middle SchoolF · 11% proficient
- Cowan Road Middle SchoolF · 9% proficient
Top high schools
- Az Kelsey AcademyD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pomona school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pomona 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 Pomona against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pomona
Is Pomona a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pomona ranks 43,010th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, big-city access, and low disaster risk, and lowest on thin health care access and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pomona expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $160,400. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $48,083 median income, cost of living beats 9% of towns.
Is Pomona safe?
Pomona is safer than 47% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $279 per resident a year.
Compare Pomona with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pomona. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pomona 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.
Pomona detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pomona: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pomona: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pomona: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pomona: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pomona 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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