Housing & affordability
18% of the score · 65/100
C+
Median home value$459,400
Atlanta $367,600
Median rent$2,082/mo
Atlanta $1,672/mo
Cost-burdened households27%
Atlanta 33%
Braselton
Jackson & Gwinnett & Barrow & Hall counties15,178 residents4 school districts
57
C−
Suburbgrade score
31st of 60 Atlanta suburbs. Strongest on employment & income, held back by amenities.
57
Atlanta median 57
0 · F
A+ · 100
Launch-day rule. Residents is not counted for Braselton yet: no poll responses so far. The overall score of 57 is computed on the other six categories, re-normalised to 100%. Answer the poll →
What living here is actually like
Written summary in preparation This page is waiting for its written summary, and for a person to check it. Until then it is excluded from search engines.
What Braselton is like to live in, by category
Bars show Braselton against Atlanta. Weights are published in full.Schools
18% of the score · 56/100
C−
Within-state proficiency66th pct
Atlanta median 80th pct
Student–teacher ratio—
Atlanta median 14.4
Graduation rate90%
Atlanta median 87%
Cost of living
14% of the score · 65/100
C+
Housing cost index120
Atlanta 100
Eff. tax rate0.94%
Atlanta 0.82%
Local sales tax7.49%
Atlanta median 7.49%
Commute & transport
14% of the score · 46/100
D
Mean commute29.9 min
Atlanta 31.0 min
Under 30 minutes56%
Atlanta 50%
Transit stops / sq mi0.0
Atlanta median 0.0 · within 2 miles
Amenities
12% of the score · 38/100
D−
Restaurants & cafés21
Atlanta median 44 · within 2 miles
Groceries1
Atlanta median 4 · within 2 miles
Parks3
Atlanta median 18 · within 2 miles
Employment & income
12% of the score · 67/100
C+
Median household income$120,984
Atlanta $89,724
Unemployment3.4%
Atlanta 5.0%
Professional occupations53%
Atlanta 46%
Residents
12% of the score · inactive
—
No responses yet. Residents is excluded from the score until eight people answer.
Ask the people who live here
Twelve yes/no questions, one tap each. No dataset knows whether the yards are kept or whether anyone talks to their neighbours. Answers feed the Residents grade, which needs eight responses before it counts.
Nobody has answered for Braselton yet. If you live here, you can be the first.
Is it quiet at night?
—
Do you feel safe walking after dark?
—
Can you walk to a grocery store?
—
Is it good for young children?
—
Are yards and streets well kept?
—
Tap either button to answer — no account neededAll twelve questions →
Better than Braselton on amenities
Braselton's weakest grade is D−. Six suburbs are within 25 miles and score higher on the same six inputs.
SuburbAmenitiesOverall
Lawrenceville15 mi from BraseltonB 56 C− Lilburn24 mi from BraseltonB− 52 D+ Snellville20 mi from BraseltonC+ 55 C− Suwanee15 mi from BraseltonC 61 C Winder10 mi from BraseltonC 49 D+ Sugar Hill13 mi from BraseltonC− 58 C Restaurants & cafés: OpenStreetMap Sep 2026 · Groceries: OpenStreetMap Sep 2026
Common questions about living in Braselton
Is Braselton, GA a good place to live?
Braselton scores 57 out of 100, 31st of 60 Atlanta suburbs. It is strongest on employment & income and weakest on amenities. Every weight behind that score is published on the methodology page.
Is Braselton expensive to live in?
Cost of living grades C+. The median home is $459,400, 25% above the Atlanta median, and the effective property tax rate is 0.94%. $2,082/mo is the median gross rent.
How good are the schools in Braselton?
Schools grade C−. The districts serving Braselton sit at the 66th pct within-state proficiency percentile, with a 90% graduation rate and a — student–teacher ratio. Braselton is served by Jackson County School District, Gwinnett County School District, Barrow County School District and Hall County School District. Proficiency is only ever compared inside the same state.
How long is the commute from Braselton?
The mean commute is 29.9 min, with 56% of workers travelling under 30 minutes and 20% working from home. Transit density is 0.0 stops per square mile.
Can you walk anywhere in Braselton?
Within two miles there are 1 groceries, 21 restaurants and cafés and 3 parks, which grades D− on amenities.
Are the homes in Braselton old or new?
The median home in Braselton was built in 2011 — newer than the Atlanta median of 1994. That is a median, so a town can be half post-war and half new-build and still land there. 91% of homes are houses rather than flats.
Every answer is built from the figures on this page, with their sources and as-of dates on the methodology page.