A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Dacula$2,690/mo

Typical home $440K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.05% · or rent about $1,836/mo · Housing →

Temple$1,660/mo

Typical home $285K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.72% · or rent about $1,384/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,030 a month, about $12,300 a year, between Dacula and Temple.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Dacula places higher on 13 of 20 GA lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Georgia ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

–DaculaNot graded BTempleSafer than 62% of U.S. towns

Schools

BDaculaBetter than 63% of districts in the state A−TempleBetter than 82% of districts in the state

Health

B+DaculaHealthier than 65% of U.S. towns B−TempleHealthier than 52% of U.S. towns

13Dacula

7Temple

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Highest graduation rateSchools · 256 towns #199#19 Lowest depressionHealth · 263 towns #41#219 Lowest property taxCost of living · 264 towns #232#107 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 265 towns #83#191 Fewest smokersHealth · 263 towns #44#139 Most conserved landOutdoors · 257 towns #123#209 Most affordableCost of living · 264 towns #208#136 Cheapest rentCost of living · 261 towns #236#168

Left end = #1 in Georgia. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Dacula’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

DaculaTemple

Snow a year1″1″

January low32°F 32°F

July high89°F 90°F

Growing season (days)219d 222d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)24th 51st

Outdoors & history

DaculaTemple

Trails2 mi —

Conserved land2.3%—

National Register places1 —

Archive photos13 10

Famous people born here6 —

Community

DaculaTemple

Library hours a week57 hrs 43 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

67 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

DaculaGA TempleGA

Dacula ↔ Temple67 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Georgia average

DaculaTemple

People

Population 7,444Highest 5,901Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +54.9%Highest GA: +10.6% +20.4%Lowest GA: +10.6%

Median age 32.1±1.9Highest 15% below GA 30.9±2.8Lowest 18% below GA

Dacula and Temple are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 31.9%±9Highest GA: 23.2% 31.7%±6.7Lowest GA: 23.2%

Dacula and Temple are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 8%±2.7Lowest GA: 15% 10.8%±3.5Highest GA: 15%

Temple and Dacula are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 24.5%Highest GA: 34.9% 17%Lowest GA: 34.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.7%±2.6Highest GA: 6.4% 3.8%±2.7Lowest GA: 6.4%

Dacula and Temple are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $100,821±$26kHighest 30% above GA $91,180±$11kLowest 18% above GA

Dacula and Temple are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $359,000±$32kHighest 18% above GA $232,800±$25kLowest 23% below GA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,836±$227Highest 32% above GA $1,384±$174Lowest about the GA average

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,752Highest 60% above GA $1,667Lowest 29% below GA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 55.1%±25.9Highest GA: 52.4% 31.4%±22.1Lowest GA: 52.4%

Dacula and Temple are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 6.6%Highest GA: 13.4% 2.6%Lowest GA: 13.4%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 83.4%Highest GA: 65.7% 82.5%Lowest GA: 65.7%

Typical home builtmedian year 1999Lowest 7 yrs newer than GA 2000Highest 8 yrs newer than GA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 38 min 33% above GA 38 min 33% above GA

Work from home 20.1%±8.3Highest GA: 15.9% 12.2%±7.2Lowest GA: 15.9%

Dacula and Temple are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 1.9%Lowest 4.5%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 17.8 miLowest 25.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.74Highest 0.66Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Atlanta (9%)Carrollton (12%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in TempleFew work in Dacula

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.3%Highest 0.6%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 2.4 miHighest 0.9 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 34.4Highest 31.2Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #150 of 231 in GA #94 of 231 in GA

School district Gwinnett CountyCarroll County

High school in town Dacula High SchoolTemple High School

Students per teacherat that high school 17.1Lowest 20.0Highest

Georgia average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Dacula vs Temple

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $1,030 more a month in Dacula

Dacula places higher on 13 of 20 GA lists

What daily life feels like in each

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