Best PlacesTerrell County, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Terrell 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.
Terrell County ranks 2,985th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. The schools pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on affordable childcare.
The best neighborhoods in Terrell 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.
Terrell County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Terrell County ranks high
- Cheap childcare$502 a month, better than 90% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than 69% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than 68% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than 67% of counties
- QuietBetter than 65% of counties
Where Terrell County ranks low
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than only 5% of counties
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 6% of counties
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of counties
- Health outlookBetter than only 6% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Terrell County
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Terrell County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $55,337, 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 Terrell County's effective rate of 1.01%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Terrell County
Terrell County's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Terrell County.
Who works in Terrell County, and how
Work in Terrell County centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Terrell County
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Terrell County.
Is Terrell County growing, and who is moving in?
Terrell County has lost about 4% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Albany, GA metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Terrell County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Terrell County, month by month
Terrell County sees roughly 88 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 65, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65° | 50° | 38° |
| April | 82° | 68° | 53° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 85° | 70° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Terrell County
The nearest airport, Southwest Georgia Regional, is about 21 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 129 miles away.
The best schools in and around Terrell County
Schools across Terrell County average an F, better than 1% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Cooper-carver Elementary SchoolF · 10% proficient
Top middle schools
- Terrell Middle SchoolF · 6% proficient
Top high schools
- Terrell High SchoolF · 7% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Terrell County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Terrell 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 Terrell County against the other 3,143 counties.
Common questions about living in Terrell County
Is Terrell County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Terrell County ranks 2,985th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on affordable childcare, state finances, and state infrastructure, and lowest on the schools and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Terrell County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $136,212. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $55,337 median income, cost of living beats 22% of counties.
Is Terrell County safe?
Terrell County is safer than 6% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $599 per resident a year.
Compare Terrell County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Terrell County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Terrell 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.
Terrell County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Terrell County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Terrell County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Terrell County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Terrell County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Terrell 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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