Best PlacesRanger, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ranger, 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.
Ranger ranks 32,752nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Education levels pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on tree cover.
The best neighborhoods in Ranger
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.
Ranger's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ranger ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 86% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 82% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
- Cheap childcare$626 a month, better than 76% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 74% of towns
Where Ranger ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 4% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 20% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 21% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ranger
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ranger home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,378, 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 Ranger's effective rate of 0.54%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Ranger
Ranger runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ranger.
Who works in Ranger, and how
Work in Ranger centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Ranger
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ranger.
What the weather is like in Ranger, month by month
Ranger sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 42° | 34° |
| April | 74° | 61° | 50° |
| July | 90° | 78° | 70° |
| October | 75° | 62° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Ranger
The nearest airport, Lovell Field, is about 45 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 64 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ranger
Schools across Ranger average a C, better than 37% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hill City Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Red Bud Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Coker Elementary SchoolC− · 26% proficient
Top middle schools
- Red Bud Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Jasper Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Gladden Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Sonoraville High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Pickens County High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Murray County High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ranger school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ranger 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 Ranger against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ranger
Is Ranger a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ranger ranks 32,752nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, civic engagement, and state finances, and lowest on education levels and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ranger expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $257,550. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $66,378 median income, cost of living beats 39% of towns.
Is Ranger safe?
Yes, Ranger is safer than 61% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $246 per resident a year.
Compare Ranger with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ranger. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ranger 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.
Ranger detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ranger: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ranger: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ranger: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ranger: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ranger 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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