Best Places36567, AL Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 36567, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.

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36567 ranks 20,312th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.

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The best neighborhoods in 36567

Map of the best neighborhoods in the 36567 area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.

36567's strengths and weaknesses

Top 5%Low property taxes
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare 36567 with other zip codes.

Where 36567 ranks high

  • Low property taxBetter than 97% of zip codes
  • Local economyBetter than 87% of zip codes
  • State infrastructureBetter than 87% of zip codes
  • Nice weatherabout 138 pleasant days a year, better than 85% of zip codes
  • Cheap childcare$619 a month, better than 84% of zip codes

Where 36567 ranks low

  • Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of zip codes
  • Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 14% of zip codes
  • Educational attainmentBetter than only 25% of zip codes
  • Housing crash safetyBetter than only 25% of zip codes
  • Short commute30.4 minutes each way, better than only 26% of zip codes

What it costs to buy a home in 36567

A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 36567 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,665, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.

Income to buy the median home
$62,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$1,454
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $256,983 home
Median rent
$1,080
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$1,310
Property tax$58
Homeowners insurance$86

Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses 36567's effective rate of 0.27%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.

Renting versus buying

At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in 36567

36567 runs older than the country.

Median age
43
older than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
20%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.7
near the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1821%
18 to 3420%
35 to 4919%
50 to 6419%
65 and older20%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 36567.


Who works in 36567, and how

Work in 36567 centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.

Work from home
18%
above the national average
Unemployment
1.8%
below the national average
Job growth
+4.0%
/y 2019-2023, faster than the national pace

Largest industries

Retail trade13%
Construction12%
Health care & social11%
Manufacturing10%
Agriculture & forestry8%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 79%
  • Work from home 18%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 4%

Life in 36567

36567 has more restaurants and bars per resident than 96% of zip codes and more parkland per resident than 74% of zip codes. The coast is about 21 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of 36567 and thins out in others, which the map shows.

Places to eat and drink
504
restaurants, bars, and fast food, about 345.7 per 10,000 residents, more than 96% of zip codes
Coffee shops
53
about 36.4 per 10,000 residents, more than 95% of zip codes
Parkland
66 acres
about 4.5 acres per 1,000 residents, more than 74% of zip codes
To the coast
21 min
drive to the nearest ocean beaches

What the weather is like in 36567, month by month

36567 sees roughly 138 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs February through May and October through December.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January62°51°42°
April77°66°56°
July89°80°74°
October81°69°60°

Flying in and out of 36567

The nearest airport, Mobile International, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 160 miles away.

Nearest airport
BFM
Mobile International, about 24 miles
Airport size
Nonhub
390th-busiest in the US, 1 nonstop destinations
Average drive
35 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around 36567

Schools across 36567 average a C+, better than 46% of zip codes.

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Top high schools

Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 36567 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


36567 measure by measure

Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare 36567 against the other 33,109 zip codes.


Common questions about living in 36567

Is 36567 a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 36567 ranks 20,312th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on low property taxes, a strong job market, and state infrastructure, and lowest on disaster risk and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is 36567 expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $256,983. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $73,665 median income, cost of living beats 58% of zip codes.

Is 36567 safe?

Yes, 36567 is safer than 58% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $275 per resident a year.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 36567. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 36567 represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.

36567 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for 36567: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in 36567: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of 36567: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in 36567: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

36567 detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.