Best PlacesSnellville, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Snellville, 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.
Snellville ranks 1,229th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. Long commutes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on tree cover.
The best neighborhoods in Snellville
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.
Snellville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Snellville ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 86% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 86% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 83% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 83% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 75% of cities
Where Snellville ranks low
- Short commute37.8 minutes each way, better than only 2% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 7% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 8% of cities
- School gradeC−, better than only 16% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 17% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Snellville
A household needs to earn about $91,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Snellville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $102,140, 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 Snellville's effective rate of 0.89%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Snellville
Snellville runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Snellville.
Who works in Snellville, and how
Work in Snellville centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Snellville
Snellville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 69% of cities and more parkland per resident than 79% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Snellville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Snellville, month by month
Snellville sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 44° | 33° |
| April | 75° | 62° | 49° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 77° | 64° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Snellville
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 26 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 51.5 million passengers in 2025, with 278 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Snellville
Schools across Snellville average a C−, better than 16% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Brookwood Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Craig Elementary SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Museum School Avondale EstatesB · 46% proficient
Top middle schools
- Crews Middle SchoolA · 62% proficient
- Five Forks Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
- Couch Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Martha Ellen Stilwell School For The Performing ArtsB− · 42% proficient
- Brookwood High SchoolD · 21% proficient
- Grayson High SchoolD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Snellville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Snellville 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 Snellville against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Snellville suits
Families
Schools land around the 16th percentile and crime safety beats 56%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 74% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 20% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Snellville
Is Snellville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Snellville ranks 1,229th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on tree cover, low disaster risk, and fast internet, and lowest on long commutes and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Snellville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $343,291. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $102,140 median income, cost of living beats 74% of cities.
Is Snellville safe?
Yes, Snellville is safer than 56% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $267 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Snellville?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 55 with lows near 33. That works out to about 91 pleasant days a year, more than 54% of cities.
Is Snellville good for families?
Schools beat 16% of cities, crime safety beats 56%, and childcare runs $919 a month.
Compare Snellville with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Snellville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Snellville 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.
Snellville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Snellville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Snellville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Snellville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Snellville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Snellville 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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