Best PlacesPowder Springs, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Powder Springs, 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.
Powder Springs ranks 916th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. Walkability pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on tree cover.
The best neighborhoods in Powder Springs
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.
Powder Springs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Powder Springs ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 89% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 87% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 83% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 83% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 80% of cities
Where Powder Springs ranks low
- WalkabilityBetter than only 2% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 7% of cities
- Short commute34.1 minutes each way, better than only 8% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 9% of cities
- School gradeC−, better than only 17% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Powder Springs
A household needs to earn about $98,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Powder Springs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $116,300, 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 Powder Springs' effective rate of 0.71%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Powder Springs
Powder Springs's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Powder Springs.
Who works in Powder Springs, and how
Work in Powder Springs centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Powder Springs
Powder Springs has more parkland per resident than 85% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Powder Springs and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Powder Springs, month by month
Powder Springs sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 54, 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 | 54° | 43° | 33° |
| April | 76° | 63° | 50° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 77° | 65° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Powder Springs
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 23 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 Powder Springs
Schools across Powder Springs average a C−, better than 17% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Kemp Elementary SchoolA− · 59% proficient
- Ford Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Cheatham Hill Elementary SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lovinggood Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
- East Paulding Middle SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Irma C. Austin Middle SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Harrison High SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
- Hillgrove High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Kennesaw Mountain High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Powder Springs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Powder Springs 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 Powder Springs against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Powder Springs suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 87% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 21% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Powder Springs
Is Powder Springs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Powder Springs ranks 916th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on tree cover, what local pay buys, and a strong job market, and lowest on walkability and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Powder Springs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $378,860. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $116,300 median income, cost of living beats 87% of cities.
Is Powder Springs safe?
Powder Springs is safer than 46% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $293 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Powder Springs?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 54 with lows near 33. That works out to about 78 pleasant days a year, more than 41% of cities.
Is Powder Springs good for families?
Schools beat 17% of cities, crime safety beats 46%, and childcare runs $919 a month.
Compare Powder Springs with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Powder Springs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Powder Springs 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.
Powder Springs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Powder Springs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Powder Springs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Powder Springs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Powder Springs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Powder Springs 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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