Best PlacesSherwood Forest, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sherwood Forest, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Sherwood Forest ranks 1,580th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sherwood Forest
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.
Sherwood Forest's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sherwood Forest ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$123,721 median, better than 94% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 92% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 88% of towns
Where Sherwood Forest ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 7% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 24% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 27% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 30% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sherwood Forest
A household needs to earn about $71,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sherwood Forest home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $123,721, 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 Sherwood Forest's effective rate of 1.02%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Sherwood Forest
Sherwood Forest runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sherwood Forest.
Who works in Sherwood Forest, and how
Work in Sherwood Forest centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Sherwood Forest
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sherwood Forest.
What the weather is like in Sherwood Forest, month by month
Sherwood Forest sees roughly 59 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 43° | 32° |
| April | 78° | 62° | 47° |
| July | 93° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 80° | 64° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Sherwood Forest
The nearest airport, Lovell Field, is about 54 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 57 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sherwood Forest
Schools across Sherwood Forest average a B, better than 72% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Johnson ElementaryA · 63% proficient
- Model Elementary SchoolB · 49% proficient
- Pepperell ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Model Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- Pepperell Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Rome Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Model HighC+ · 38% proficient
- Pepperell High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Rome High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sherwood Forest school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sherwood Forest 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 Sherwood Forest against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sherwood Forest
Is Sherwood Forest a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sherwood Forest ranks 1,580th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, low crime, and high incomes, and lowest on the weather and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sherwood Forest expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $264,460. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $123,721 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Sherwood Forest safe?
Yes, Sherwood Forest is safer than 97% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $131 per resident a year.
Compare Sherwood Forest with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sherwood Forest. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sherwood Forest 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.
Sherwood Forest detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sherwood Forest: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sherwood Forest: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sherwood Forest: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sherwood Forest: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sherwood Forest 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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