Best PlacesVienna, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Vienna, 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.
Vienna ranks 46,532nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Vienna
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.
Vienna's strengths and weaknesses
Where Vienna ranks high
- Cheap childcare$502 a month, better than 92% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 83% of towns
- Short commute21.5 minutes each way, better than 82% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 74% of towns
Where Vienna ranks low
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Vienna
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Vienna home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $56,369, 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 Vienna's effective rate of 0.96%, 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 Vienna
Vienna 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 Vienna.
Who works in Vienna, and how
Work in Vienna centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Vienna
Vienna has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Vienna and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Vienna, month by month
Vienna sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 49° | 40° |
| April | 79° | 66° | 55° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 81° | 68° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Vienna
The nearest airport, Middle Georgia Regional, is about 43 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 113 miles away.
The best schools in and around Vienna
Schools across Vienna average an F, better than 1% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Crisp County Primary SchoolD− · 12% proficient
- Dooly County Elementary SchoolF · 9% proficient
Top middle schools
- Crisp County Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Sumter County Middle SchoolF · 9% proficient
- Dooly County Middle SchoolF · 6% proficient
Top high schools
- Crisp County High SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Dooly County High SchoolF · 7% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Vienna school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Vienna 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 Vienna against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Vienna
Is Vienna a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Vienna ranks 46,532nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, walkability, and short commutes, and lowest on the schools and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Vienna expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $168,705. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $56,369 median income, cost of living beats 29% of towns.
Is Vienna safe?
Vienna is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $872 per resident a year.
Compare Vienna with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Vienna. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Vienna 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.
Vienna detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Vienna: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Vienna: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Vienna: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Vienna: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Vienna 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.