Best PlacesSatolah, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Satolah, 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.
Satolah ranks 28,989th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Satolah
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.
Satolah's strengths and weaknesses
Where Satolah ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap childcare$502 a month, better than 92% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 84% of towns
Where Satolah ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 7% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Satolah
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Satolah home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $85,042, 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 Satolah's effective rate of 0.55%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Satolah
Satolah runs younger 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 Satolah.
Who works in Satolah, and how
Work in Satolah centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Satolah
Satolah has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Satolah and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Satolah, month by month
Satolah sees roughly 96 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 37° | 28° |
| April | 71° | 56° | 43° |
| July | 86° | 73° | 65° |
| October | 72° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Satolah
The nearest airport, Asheville Regional, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 117 miles away.
The best schools in and around Satolah
Schools across Satolah average a B, better than 70% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Rabun County Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Rabun County High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Satolah school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Satolah 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 Satolah against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Satolah
Is Satolah a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Satolah ranks 28,989th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, quiet, and tree cover, and lowest on cell coverage and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Satolah expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $231,300. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $85,042 median income, cost of living beats 71% of towns.
Is Satolah safe?
Satolah is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $577 per resident a year.
Compare Satolah with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Satolah. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Satolah 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.
Satolah detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Satolah: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Satolah: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Satolah: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Satolah: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Satolah 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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