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%

Temple$1,660/mo

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

Dacula$2,690/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

7Temple

13Dacula

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

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

Left end = #1 in Georgia. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Temple’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

TempleDacula

Snow a year1″1″

January low32°F 32°F

July high90°F 89°F

Growing season (days)222d 219d

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

Outdoors & history

TempleDacula

Trails—2 mi

Conserved land—2.3%

National Register places—1

Archive photos10 13

Famous people born here—6

Community

TempleDacula

Library hours a week43 hrs 57 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.

TempleGA DaculaGA

Temple ↔ Dacula67 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

TempleDacula

People

Population 5,901Lowest 7,444Highest

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

Median age 30.9±2.8Lowest 18% below GA 32.1±1.9Highest 15% 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 31.7%±6.7Lowest GA: 23.2% 31.9%±9Highest 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+ 10.8%±3.5Highest GA: 15% 8%±2.7Lowest 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+ 17%Lowest GA: 34.9% 24.5%Highest GA: 34.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.8%±2.7Lowest GA: 6.4% 4.7%±2.6Highest 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 $91,180±$11kLowest 18% above GA $100,821±$26kHighest 30% 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 $232,800±$25kLowest 23% below GA $359,000±$32kHighest 18% above GA

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

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

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 31.4%±22.1Lowest GA: 52.4% 55.1%±25.9Highest 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 2.6%Lowest GA: 13.4% 6.6%Highest GA: 13.4%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 12.2%±7.2Lowest GA: 15.9% 20.1%±8.3Highest 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 4.5%Highest 1.9%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 25.3 miHighest 17.8 miLowest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in DaculaFew work in Temple

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.6%Lowest 2.3%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.9 miLowest 2.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.4 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 4Highest

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

Schools

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

School district Carroll CountyGwinnett County

High school in town Temple High SchoolDacula High School

Students per teacherat that high school 20.0Highest 17.1Lowest

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.

Temple vs Dacula

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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