Best PlacesRound Oak, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Round Oak, 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.
Round Oak ranks 31,377th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Round Oak
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.
Round Oak's strengths and weaknesses
Where Round Oak ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 74% of towns
- Cheap childcare$649 a month, better than 73% of towns
Where Round Oak ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 15% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 22% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Round Oak
A household needs to earn about $31,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Round Oak home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,381, 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 Round Oak's effective rate of 0.91%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Round Oak
Round Oak 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 Round Oak.
Who works in Round Oak, and how
Work in Round Oak centers on construction and utilities. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 97%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Round Oak
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Round Oak.
What the weather is like in Round Oak, month by month
Round Oak sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 47° | 39° |
| April | 77° | 65° | 54° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 79° | 67° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Round Oak
The nearest airport, Middle Georgia Regional, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 61 miles away.
The best schools in and around Round Oak
Schools across Round Oak average a C+, better than 44% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dames Ferry Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Gray Elementary SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Top middle schools
- Gray Station Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Jasper County Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Jones County High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Round Oak school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Round Oak 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 Round Oak against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Round Oak
Is Round Oak a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Round Oak ranks 31,377th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, tree cover, and state finances, and lowest on air quality and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Round Oak expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $118,400. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $65,381 median income, cost of living beats 33% of towns.
Is Round Oak safe?
Round Oak is safer than 39% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $306 per resident a year.
Compare Round Oak with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Round Oak. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Round Oak 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.
Round Oak detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Round Oak: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Round Oak: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Round Oak: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Round Oak: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Round Oak 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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