Best PlacesPond Spring, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pond Spring, 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.
Pond Spring ranks 29,213th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Pond Spring
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.
Pond Spring's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pond Spring ranks high
- Cheap childcare$502 a month, better than 92% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 77% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 74% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 73% of towns
Where Pond Spring ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 15% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 16% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 18% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pond Spring
A household needs to earn about $72,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pond Spring home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,495, 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 Pond Spring's effective rate of 1.12%, 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 Pond Spring
Pond Spring's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pond Spring.
Who works in Pond Spring, and how
Work in Pond Spring centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Pond Spring
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pond Spring.
What the weather is like in Pond Spring, month by month
Pond Spring sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 54, 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 | 54° | 42° | 32° |
| April | 77° | 62° | 49° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 79° | 64° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Pond Spring
The nearest airport, Lovell Field, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 96 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pond Spring
Schools across Pond Spring average a D+, better than 15% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Saddle Ridge Elementary And Middle SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Gilbert Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lafayette Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Lafayette High SchoolD− · 16% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pond Spring school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pond Spring 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 Pond Spring against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pond Spring
Is Pond Spring a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pond Spring ranks 29,213th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, few empty homes, and state finances, and lowest on the weather and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pond Spring expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $264,897. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $74,495 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Pond Spring safe?
Yes, Pond Spring is safer than 61% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $245 per resident a year.
Compare Pond Spring with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pond Spring. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pond Spring 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.
Pond Spring detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pond Spring: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pond Spring: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pond Spring: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pond Spring: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pond Spring 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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