Best PlacesTucker, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tucker, 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.
Tucker ranks 1,399th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on low disaster risk, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Tucker
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.
Tucker's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tucker ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 87% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 87% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 83% of cities
- TransitBetter than 81% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 75% of cities
Where Tucker ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than only 14% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 15% of cities
- School gradeC−, better than only 15% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 18% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Tucker
A household needs to earn about $93,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tucker home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $90,283; 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 Tucker's effective rate of 0.91%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Tucker
Tucker'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 Tucker.
Who works in Tucker, and how
Work in Tucker centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Tucker
Tucker has more restaurants and bars per resident than 85% of cities and more parkland per resident than 87% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Tucker and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Tucker, month by month
Tucker sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 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 | 76° | 62° | 48° |
| July | 92° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 77° | 63° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Tucker
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 20 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 Tucker
Schools across Tucker average a C−, better than 15% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Smoke Rise Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Museum School Avondale EstatesB · 46% proficient
- Livsey Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Trickum Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
- The Champion Middle Theme SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Tucker Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Parkview High SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Tucker High SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Meadowcreek High SchoolD− · 12% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tucker school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tucker 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 Tucker against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Tucker suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 20% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Tucker
Is Tucker a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tucker ranks 1,399th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on low disaster risk, fast internet, and state finances, and lowest on an overheated housing market and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tucker expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $352,517. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $90,283 median income, cost of living beats 62% of cities.
Is Tucker safe?
Tucker is safer than 14% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $427 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Tucker?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 56 with lows near 32. That works out to about 64 pleasant days a year, more than 15% of cities.
Is Tucker good for families?
Schools beat 15% of cities, crime safety beats 14%, and childcare runs $919 a month.
Compare Tucker with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tucker. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tucker 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.
Tucker detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tucker: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tucker: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tucker: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tucker: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tucker 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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