Best Places36751, AL Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 36751, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.

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36751 ranks 32,700th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.

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The best neighborhoods in 36751

Map of the best neighborhoods in the 36751 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.

36751's strengths and weaknesses

Top 1%Low property taxes
Top 3%Tree cover
Top 10%Clean air
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare 36751 with other zip codes.

Where 36751 ranks high

  • Low property taxBetter than 99% of zip codes
  • Tree shadeBetter than 98% of zip codes
  • Air qualityBetter than 93% of zip codes
  • QuietBetter than 91% of zip codes
  • Housing crash safetyBetter than 90% of zip codes

Where 36751 ranks low

  • Internet speedBetter than only 1% of zip codes
  • Cell coverageBetter than only 2% of zip codes
  • School gradeD−, better than only 2% of zip codes
  • BikingBetter than only 2% of zip codes
  • Household income$41,347 median, better than only 3% of zip codes

What it costs to buy a home in 36751

A household needs to earn about $19,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 36751 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $41,347, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.

Income to buy the median home
$19,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$436
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $78,109 home

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$398
Property tax$12
Homeowners insurance$26

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 36751's effective rate of 0.18%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.


Who lives in 36751

36751 runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.

Median age
33
younger than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
16%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
3.2
above the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1826%
18 to 3427%
35 to 4917%
50 to 6413%
65 and older16%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 36751.


Who works in 36751, and how

Work in 36751 centers on manufacturing and hospitality & food. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.

Work from home
6%
below the national average
Unemployment
5.1%
about the national average
Job growth
−19.9%
/y 2019-2023, slower than the national pace

Largest industries

Manufacturing14%
Hospitality & food13%
Retail trade12%
Construction11%
Transportation & warehousing11%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 92%
  • Work from home 6%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 3%

Life in 36751

The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across 36751.


What the weather is like in 36751, month by month

36751 sees roughly 105 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and September through November.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January59°46°37°
April77°63°52°
July90°79°71°
October79°66°55°

Flying in and out of 36751

The nearest airport, Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field), is about 75 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 204 miles away.

Nearest airport
MGM
Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field), about 75 miles
Airport size
Nonhub
195th-busiest in the US, 25 nonstop destinations
Average drive
107 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around 36751

Schools across 36751 average a D−, better than 2% 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 36751 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


36751 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 36751 against the other 33,109 zip codes.


Common questions about living in 36751

Is 36751 a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 36751 ranks 32,700th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on low property taxes, tree cover, and clean air, and lowest on internet speeds and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is 36751 expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $78,109. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $41,347 median income, cost of living beats 6% of zip codes.

Is 36751 safe?

36751 is safer than 6% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $684 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 36751. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 36751 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.

36751 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for 36751: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in 36751: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of 36751: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in 36751: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

36751 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.