Best PlacesWarthen, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Warthen, 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.
Warthen ranks 42,572nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Warthen
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.
Warthen's strengths and weaknesses
Where Warthen ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap childcare$502 a month, better than 92% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 79% of towns
- QuietBetter than 77% of towns
Where Warthen ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 11% of towns
- Household income$49,386 median, better than only 12% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Warthen
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Warthen home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $49,386, 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 Warthen's effective rate of 0.88%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Warthen
Warthen 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 Warthen.
Who works in Warthen, and how
Work in Warthen centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Warthen
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Warthen.
What the weather is like in Warthen, month by month
Warthen sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 47° | 39° |
| April | 77° | 65° | 54° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 79° | 67° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Warthen
The nearest airport, Augusta Regional at Bush Field, is about 52 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 102 miles away.
The best schools in and around Warthen
Schools across Warthen average a D+, better than 11% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ridge Road Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- T. J. Elder Middle SchoolD · 21% proficient
- Hancock Central Middle SchoolF · 9% proficient
Top high schools
- Washington County High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Warthen school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Warthen 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 Warthen against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Warthen
Is Warthen a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Warthen ranks 42,572nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, affordable childcare, and a stable housing market, and lowest on air quality and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Warthen expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $166,881. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $49,386 median income, cost of living beats 16% of towns.
Is Warthen safe?
Warthen is safer than 12% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $562 per resident a year.
Compare Warthen with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Warthen. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Warthen 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.
Warthen detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Warthen: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Warthen: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Warthen: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Warthen: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Warthen 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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