Published fit 40 uses default walkable weights and a $2,500 ACS rent budget — the same number as the Atlanta table. Your current weights score this 40.
Data period. ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · APD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM Aug 2026. ACS and APD retrieved 2026-10-28; OSM retrieved 2026-10-28. Editorial copy last revised Sep 2026.
The official name is Old Fourth Ward. O4W is the search. Rent is $1,966 and bachelor's share is 73%. Violent Part I is 1.8 per 1,000. Property is 12.3. OSM counts 10 bars and 49 restaurants. The transit count is 0 under the 800-meter rule around the centroid, so that number is the method, not a claim that no bus runs nearby.
Default walkable weights, $2,500 ACS rent budget. Same axes as the city table and the FAQ.
Safety
42
23 violent · 159 property · 14.1 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026)-8 vs city set
Schools
50
Limited school data0 vs city set
Walk
15
OSM: 5 groceries · 6 cafes · 0 transit · 14 parks-3 vs city set
Cost
100
$1,966 ACS median vs published $2,500 rent budget0 vs city set
Vibe
20
OSM: 6 cafes · 49 restaurants · 10 bars · 14 parks+3 vs city set
Commute to work
From Old Fourth Ward, a typical weekday is 10 min to Downtown, 8 min to Midtown, 20 min to Buckhead. Not live traffic.
Midtown is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
Downtown
10 min
Five Points, the capitol · -4 min vs the city-set median
Midtown
8 min
Midtown offices · -6 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three
Buckhead
20 min
Buckhead Village · -2 min vs the city-set median
Minutes are baked from neighborhood geography to three job centers — not Google, not this hour’s traffic.
Cost of living
The ACS median rent is $1,966 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 23% of median household income — under the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($101K) could “afford” about $2,530 a month at 30% of pay.
66% of households rent. Median home value is $603,994.
ACS median rent
$1,966
30% income budget
$2,530
Rent / income
23%
Median home
$603,994
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for Atlanta city. Up 77% since 2014. Old Fourth Ward is 15% above the 2024 city median.
Overlapping 5-year ACS windows (B25064), not asking rent. Census does not publish a rent series for each official neighborhood, so the line is the city place. The dashed mark is this area’s ACS 2024 median.
HUD treats 30% of income as the cost-burden line. We do not split ACS rent into 1-bed vs 2-bed. Method.
Within a walk
Within a short walk of this official neighborhood: 5 groceries, 6 cafes, 14 parks, and 0 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 14 mapped parks in that radius. Transit inside 800 meters is thin.
6 cafes and 49 restaurants make this one of the busier food pockets in the Atlanta set.
OpenStreetMap, 800 meters. Not a Walk Score license. More groceries than 15 of the other 19 areas in this city.
Population
12,916
Median age
34.5
Median income
$101K
Renters
66%
Bachelor+
73%
Violent / 1k
1.8
Property / 1k
12.3
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 5 census tracts · APD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM 2026-08-10
NightlifePlanned
Crime is APD Part I reports per 1,000 ACS residents — not a judgment of who lives here. Home and rent figures are ACS medians, not live MLS. Read the method.
On the ground
What it is like to live here, beyond the scores.
The official name is Old Fourth Ward. O4W is the search. Rent is $1,966 and bachelor's share is 73%. Violent Part I is 1.8 per 1,000. Property is 12.3. OSM counts 10 bars and 49 restaurants. The transit count is 0 under the 800-meter rule around the centroid, so that number is the method, not a claim that no bus runs nearby.
Scores on this page stay inside Atlanta. Old Fourth Ward is the official City Planning neighborhood; other names are searches, not extra polygons. School ratings are not in this snapshot. A neighbor on the schematic map is not a shared fence. APD Part I here is NIBRS homicide 09A, rape 11A–C, robbery 120, and aggravated assault 13A as violent, plus burglary 220, larceny 23A–H, and motor vehicle theft 240 as property. Arson and the other Part I rows outside that set are not in the rate. Police beats and NPU letters are not this map.
Compiled from Zillow neighborhood guides, 5280 Magazine, Chicago and San Francisco resident guides, Mpls With Love, Eastside LA reporting, Seattle Times coverage, Boston planning-neighborhood writing, Philadelphia neighborhood writing, Portland neighborhood writing, Washington neighborhood-cluster writing, San Diego community-plan writing, Atlanta neighborhood writing, and local writing, 2025–2026. Editorial — not part of the fit score.
On Reddit
Public posts from r/Atlanta that mention this neighborhood. Not Nextdoor, not people on this block, and not part of the fit score.
No r/Atlanta posts in this snapshot mentioned Old Fourth Ward.
Old Fourth Ward shows more Part I than most of this Atlanta set (safety 42 vs city 50). APD logged 1.8 violent and 12.3 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 14.1 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Old Fourth Ward?+−
ACS median rent is $1,966 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 66% of households rent. Median home value is $603,994. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Old Fourth Ward walkable?+−
Walk is 15 here vs 18 for the Atlanta set — you will likely drive or ride for a weekly shop. Inside 800 meters: 5 groceries, 6 cafes, 0 transit stops, 14 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Old Fourth Ward good for families?+−
There is more night and visitor traffic in the mix — not the quietest family default. Nearby school rating is thin in this dataset. Median age is 34.5. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Old Fourth Ward?+−
10 typical weekday minutes to Downtown. Not the app on your phone this hour. Other job centers are further down this page.
How many people live in Old Fourth Ward?+−
About 12,916 people. Median income $101K. 73% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Old Fourth Ward?+−
Cabbagetown, Midtown, Downtown sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official neighborhoods, start with Old Fourth Ward vs Cabbagetown.
Next door
Closest on this schematic map, scored with the same published walkable weights as the Atlanta table. Distances here are not street geography.
The official polygon is Downtown. Five Points and Fairlie-Poplar are searches inside it, not extra polygons. Violent Part I is 6.5 per 1,000. Property is 27.7, the highest property rate in this set, because the count includes visitors and the offices. Rent is $1,701. OSM counts 18 bars. The park count is 88, which is small mapped pieces, not 88 lawns.
The official polygon is Midtown. Bachelor's share is 82% and median age is 35.5. Rent is $2,052. OSM counts 34 cafes, 26 bars, and 39 transit stops in the polygon or within 800 meters of the centroid. Violent Part I is 1.8 per 1,000. Property is 17.1, written by the offices and the night as well as the people who sleep here.
The official polygon is Cabbagetown. One tract, population 2,995. Property Part I is 2.7 per 1,000, the smallest rate in this set, from 8 reports. Violent is one report. Rent is $2,059. OSM counts 14 bars, so the night is the street, not the crime rate.
The official name is Poncey-Highland. It is its own polygon. Renters are 67%. Rent is $1,920. OSM counts 11 bars and 7 cafes. Violent Part I is 0.9 per 1,000. Property is 8.0. Median age is 38.9.
The official polygon is Inman Park. One tract. Median income is $165,413 and bachelor's share is 90%. The home median is $829,800. Rent is $2,296. Violent Part I is one report, 0.2 per 1,000. Property is 88 reports, 20.5 per 1,000. OSM counts 9 bars.