{"id":407,"date":"2016-10-24T18:29:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T18:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.gahomesdigest.com\/blog\/top-cities-to-raise-a-family-in-georgia.html"},"modified":"2023-04-28T14:38:49","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T14:38:49","slug":"top-cities-to-raise-a-family-in-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/search4.homes\/top-cities-to-raise-a-family-in-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Cities To Raise A Family In Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you’re talking about family oriented neighborhoods there’s several factors that come to mind. \u00a0Generally speaking it’s schools, parks and low crime. \u00a0Obviously those are things that everyone wants whether they have a gaggle of kids or not. \u00a0 Wallethub just released a study the\u00a0Top Cities To Raise A Family In Georgia<\/strong>\u00a0that’s not your run of the mill look at ratings on GreatSchools plus crime and gave us some pretty cool metrics of our cities here in the metro Atlanta area.<\/p>\n

Top Cities To Raise A Family In Georgia<\/h2>\n
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  1. \"TopJohns Creek<\/a> – Everyone’s favorite city is back in another review.<\/li>\n
  2. Milton<\/a> – The former horse country of Alpharetta is number 2 on this list.<\/li>\n
  3. Alpharetta<\/a> – How could Alpharetta not be on a best of list for “metro” Atlanta.<\/li>\n
  4. Suwanee, GA<\/a> \u00a0– On of the most popular cities with ties to Forsyth and Gwinnett.<\/li>\n
  5. Peachtree City, GA – Even Southsiders get some love.<\/li>\n
  6. Decatur, GA \u00a0– Yes, I know, we were surprised too!<\/li>\n
  7. Woodstock, GA<\/a> – An alternative with better prices than most of the above.<\/li>\n
  8. Roswell, GA<\/a> \u00a0– Closer to Atlanta Proper and right on top of 400<\/li>\n
  9. Dunwoody, GA<\/a> – Raise a family? \u00a0Not sure about that one. \u00a0Great location for convenience.<\/li>\n
  10. Kennesaw, GA<\/a> \u00a0– Great choice.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Looking at the above list, you might think the researchers left out Affordability and how on Earth did Decatur become a “great city for families?” \u00a0In addition, how does Snellville rank higher at 23 than Buford<\/a> at 51. \u00a0In fact, as a local real estate agent I’d only agree with 1,3,4,7,8, and 10. \u00a0 Now to be fair the study did research of ALL the cities in Georgia and Columbus metro area had 2 cities that made the cut. \u00a0 When you break down their scoring you find out that Johns Creek was considered most affordable.<\/p>\n

    So how did they come up with this study, they had a bunch of professors… \u00a0Now as someone who went to Georgia Tech and came out with a degree I won’t sneeze at professors but how about some families? \u00a0Could we maybe ask families? \u00a0So is the study trash? \u00a0No, look at some great data we got.<\/p>\n

    Before we go through the list it’s worth mentioning that we’re not bashing College Park. \u00a0It’s actually a nice up and come, revitalized area but as you will see in this report, the research shows it’s likely the worst place to raise a family per these researchers.<\/p>\n

    Georgia City with the Highest Number of Attractions<\/h3>\n

    Atlanta wins this one, followed by Savannah. \u00a0Suprisingly top 5 member is Marietta!<\/a> \u00a0Not surprising the cities with the least attractions are the smallest one.<\/p>\n

    Georgia Cities with the highest median income.<\/h3>\n
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    1. Johns Creek<\/a><\/li>\n
    2. Decatur<\/li>\n
    3. Milton\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n
    4. Roswell<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Least affordable housing, College Park – dead last, Moultrie. \u00a0 \u00a0 Those in Johns Creek made 3 times what those in Moultrie made.<\/p>\n

      Georgia Cities with the Most Affordable Housing<\/h3>\n

      Johns Creek<\/a> is the only one on the top 5 list that’s a real city and\/or close to Atlanta. \u00a0Meanwhile the least affordable housing goes to a bunch of small cities near Norcross, oh yeah and College Park.<\/p>\n

      Georgia Cities With The Most Families With Kids<\/h3>\n

      Now we’re getting somewhere right. Let’st see.<\/p>\n

      Norcross tops this list with Johns Creek and Alpharetta. \u00a0Meanwhile Vinings apparently is all kid free.<\/p>\n

      Georgia Cities with the Lowest Crime<\/h3>\n
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      1. Milton<\/li>\n
      2. Johns Creek<\/li>\n
      3. Alpharetta<\/a><\/li>\n
      4. Peachtree City<\/li>\n
      5. Loganville<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Highest Crime is apparently in East Point and College Park. \u00a0If you’re curious, there’s 81TIMES more crime in College Park than Milton.<\/p>\n

        Georga Cities with the lowest Divorce Rate<\/h3>\n

        Johns Creek, Suwanee<\/a> and Milton. \u00a0Highest Divorce rate… hmmm \u00a0let’s see … you guessed it East Point and College Park.<\/p>\n

        So you can see it’s a real mixed bag unless your Johns Creek or College Park there’s a lot of different things going on. \u00a0I don’t want to make this a “use a realtor” pitch but hey, there’s a ton of data and you should get someone to help you intrepret it.<\/p>\n

        So what do you think are the\u00a0Top Cities To Raise A Family In Georgia?<\/p>\n

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