Best PlacesTalbot County, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Talbot County, 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.
Talbot County ranks 3,116th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. Long commutes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on affordable childcare.
The best neighborhoods in Talbot County
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.
Talbot County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Talbot County ranks high
- Cheap childcare$502 a month, better than 90% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than 89% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than 69% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than 68% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than 67% of counties
Where Talbot County ranks low
- Short commute42.9 minutes each way, better than only 1% of counties
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of counties
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 1% of counties
- WalkabilityBetter than only 1% of counties
- Household income$41,407 median, better than only 1% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Talbot County
A household needs to earn about $34,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Talbot County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $41,407, 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 Talbot County's effective rate of 0.83%, 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 Talbot County
Talbot County 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 Talbot County.
Who works in Talbot County, and how
Work in Talbot County centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Talbot County
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Talbot County.
Is Talbot County growing, and who is moving in?
Talbot County has lost about 12% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Columbus, GA metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Talbot County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Talbot County, month by month
Talbot County sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 46° | 38° |
| April | 76° | 63° | 52° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 78° | 66° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Talbot County
The nearest airport, Columbus, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 65 miles away.
The best schools in and around Talbot County
Schools across Talbot County average an F, better than 1% of counties.
Top high schools
- Central Elementary/high SchoolD− · 8% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Talbot County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Talbot County 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 Talbot County against the other 3,143 counties.
Common questions about living in Talbot County
Is Talbot County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Talbot County ranks 3,116th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on affordable childcare, tree cover, and state finances, and lowest on long commutes and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Talbot County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $131,133. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $41,407 median income, cost of living beats 1% of counties.
Is Talbot County safe?
Talbot County is safer than 12% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $504 per resident a year.
Compare Talbot County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Talbot County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Talbot County 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.
Talbot County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Talbot County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Talbot County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Talbot County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Talbot County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Talbot County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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