Best PlacesRicks Place, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ricks Place, 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.
Ricks Place ranks 40,773rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Ricks Place
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.
Ricks Place's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ricks Place ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap childcare$502 a month, better than 92% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 84% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 81% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 79% of towns
Where Ricks Place ranks low
- School gradeD−, better than only 2% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 11% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ricks Place
A household needs to earn about $25,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ricks Place home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,203, 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 Ricks Place's effective rate of 1.00%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Ricks Place
Ricks Place runs older 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 Ricks Place.
Who works in Ricks Place, and how
Work in Ricks Place centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Ricks Place
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ricks Place.
What the weather is like in Ricks Place, month by month
Ricks Place sees roughly 100 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 49° | 39° |
| April | 80° | 66° | 54° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 82° | 68° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Ricks Place
The nearest airport, Dothan Regional, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 136 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ricks Place
Schools across Ricks Place average a D−, better than 2% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Clay County ElementaryD− · 14% proficient
Top middle schools
- Clay County Middle SchoolF · 9% proficient
Top high schools
- Quitman County High SchoolF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ricks Place school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ricks Place 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 Ricks Place against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ricks Place
Is Ricks Place a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ricks Place ranks 40,773rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, affordable childcare, and tree cover, and lowest on the schools and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ricks Place expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $94,500. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $63,203 median income, cost of living beats 40% of towns.
Is Ricks Place safe?
Ricks Place is safer than 15% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $430 per resident a year.
Compare Ricks Place with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ricks Place. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ricks Place 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.
Ricks Place detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ricks Place: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ricks Place: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ricks Place: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ricks Place: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ricks Place 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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