Best PlacesAllgood, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Allgood, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Allgood ranks 33,280th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Allgood
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.
Allgood's strengths and weaknesses
Where Allgood ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 95% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 94% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 79% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 79% of towns
Where Allgood ranks low
- Short commute37.4 minutes each way, better than only 9% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 9% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 11% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Allgood
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Allgood home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,453, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
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 Allgood's effective rate of 0.29%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Allgood
Allgood's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Allgood.
Who works in Allgood, and how
Work in Allgood centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Allgood
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Allgood.
What the weather is like in Allgood, month by month
Allgood sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 54, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54° | 42° | 33° |
| April | 75° | 61° | 48° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 77° | 63° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Allgood
The nearest airport, Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 121 miles away.
The best schools in and around Allgood
Schools across Allgood average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cleveland Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Cleveland High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Allgood school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Allgood 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 Allgood against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Allgood
Is Allgood a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Allgood ranks 33,280th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, a strong job market, and state infrastructure, and lowest on long commutes and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Allgood expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $178,192. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $60,453 median income, cost of living beats 31% of towns.
Is Allgood safe?
Allgood is safer than 41% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $311 per resident a year.
Compare Allgood with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Allgood. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Allgood 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.
Allgood detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Allgood: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Allgood: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Allgood: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Allgood: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Allgood detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- 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.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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