Best PlacesYellow Dirt, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Yellow Dirt, 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.
Yellow Dirt ranks 21,869th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Yellow Dirt
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.
Yellow Dirt's strengths and weaknesses
Where Yellow Dirt ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap childcare$514 a month, better than 90% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 86% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 74% of towns
Where Yellow Dirt ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 9% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Short commute32.5 minutes each way, better than only 22% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Yellow Dirt
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Yellow Dirt home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $76,443, 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 Yellow Dirt's effective rate of 0.57%, 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 Yellow Dirt
Yellow Dirt 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 Yellow Dirt.
Who works in Yellow Dirt, and how
Work in Yellow Dirt centers on education and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Yellow Dirt
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Yellow Dirt.
What the weather is like in Yellow Dirt, month by month
Yellow Dirt sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 42° | 34° |
| April | 73° | 60° | 49° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 69° |
| October | 74° | 62° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Yellow Dirt
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 37 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 Yellow Dirt
Schools across Yellow Dirt average a B−, better than 56% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Centralhatchee Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Roopville Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Whitesburg Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Heard County Middle SchoolB+ · 49% proficient
- Central Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Evans Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Heard County High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Central High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Newnan High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Yellow Dirt school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Yellow Dirt 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 Yellow Dirt against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Yellow Dirt
Is Yellow Dirt a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Yellow Dirt ranks 21,869th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, affordable childcare, and a strong job market, and lowest on cell coverage and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Yellow Dirt expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $212,871. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $76,443 median income, cost of living beats 64% of towns.
Is Yellow Dirt safe?
Yellow Dirt is safer than 53% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $266 per resident a year.
Compare Yellow Dirt with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Yellow Dirt. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Yellow Dirt 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.
Yellow Dirt detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Yellow Dirt: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Yellow Dirt: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Yellow Dirt: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Yellow Dirt: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Yellow Dirt 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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