Best PlacesPoncey-Highland, Atlanta, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Poncey-Highland, Atlanta, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Poncey-Highland, Atlanta ranks 562nd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Poncey-Highland, Atlanta
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.
Poncey-Highland, Atlanta's strengths and weaknesses
Where Poncey-Highland, Atlanta ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
Where Poncey-Highland, Atlanta ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 15% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 28% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 31% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than only 36% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 40% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Poncey-Highland, Atlanta
A household needs to earn about $183,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Poncey-Highland, Atlanta home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $125,616, 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 Poncey-Highland, Atlanta's effective rate of 1.07%, 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 Poncey-Highland, Atlanta
Poncey-Highland, Atlanta runs younger 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 Poncey-Highland, Atlanta.
Who works in Poncey-Highland, Atlanta, and how
Work in Poncey-Highland, Atlanta centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 53%
- Work from home 35%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Poncey-Highland, Atlanta
Poncey-Highland, Atlanta has more restaurants and bars per resident than 89% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 97% of neighborhoods. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Poncey-Highland, Atlanta and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Poncey-Highland, Atlanta, month by month
Poncey-Highland, Atlanta sees roughly 64 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 Poncey-Highland, Atlanta
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 10 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 Poncey-Highland, Atlanta
Schools across Poncey-Highland, Atlanta average a C, better than 40% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Kipp Ways Primary Charter SchoolF · 5% proficient
Top middle schools
- David T Howard Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Midtown High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Poncey-Highland, Atlanta school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Poncey-Highland, Atlanta 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 Poncey-Highland, Atlanta against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Poncey-Highland, Atlanta
Is Poncey-Highland, Atlanta a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Poncey-Highland, Atlanta ranks 562nd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on population health, a strong job market, and what local pay buys, and lowest on the weather and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Poncey-Highland, Atlanta expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $676,855. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $125,616 median income, cost of living beats 93% of neighborhoods.
Is Poncey-Highland, Atlanta safe?
Poncey-Highland, Atlanta is safer than 28% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $554 per resident a year.
Compare Poncey-Highland, Atlanta with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Poncey-Highland, Atlanta. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Poncey-Highland, Atlanta 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.
Poncey-Highland, Atlanta detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Poncey-Highland, Atlanta: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Poncey-Highland, Atlanta: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Poncey-Highland, Atlanta: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Poncey-Highland, Atlanta: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Poncey-Highland, Atlanta 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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