Best PlacesTiger, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tiger, 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.
Tiger ranks 18,475th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Tiger
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.
Tiger's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tiger ranks high
- Short commute16.9 minutes each way, better than 95% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap childcare$502 a month, better than 92% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 84% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
Where Tiger ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 22% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 27% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 34% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tiger
A household needs to earn about $79,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tiger home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $73,340; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Tiger's effective rate of 0.53%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Tiger
Tiger runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Tiger.
Who works in Tiger, and how
Work in Tiger centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Tiger
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Tiger.
What the weather is like in Tiger, month by month
Tiger sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 44° | 35° |
| April | 76° | 63° | 51° |
| July | 92° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 77° | 64° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Tiger
The nearest airport, Asheville Regional, is about 65 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 101 miles away.
The best schools in and around Tiger
Schools across Tiger 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 Tiger school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tiger 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 Tiger against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tiger
Is Tiger a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tiger ranks 18,475th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, tree cover, and affordable childcare, and lowest on an overheated housing market and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tiger expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $315,441. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $73,340 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Tiger safe?
Tiger is safer than 54% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $266 per resident a year.
Compare Tiger with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tiger. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tiger 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.
Tiger detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tiger: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tiger: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tiger: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tiger: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tiger 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.