Best PlacesBabbie, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Babbie, 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.
Babbie ranks 40,667th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Babbie
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.
Babbie's strengths and weaknesses
Where Babbie ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- Short commute22.1 minutes each way, better than 79% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 79% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 73% of towns
Where Babbie ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Babbie
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Babbie home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,472, 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 Babbie's effective rate of 0.12%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Babbie
Babbie'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 Babbie.
Who works in Babbie, and how
Work in Babbie centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 97%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Babbie
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Babbie.
What the weather is like in Babbie, month by month
Babbie sees roughly 83 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 52° | 41° |
| April | 83° | 69° | 55° |
| July | 96° | 83° | 74° |
| October | 86° | 71° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Babbie
The nearest airport, Dothan Regional, is about 52 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 196 miles away.
The best schools in and around Babbie
Schools across Babbie average a B−, better than 53% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Straughn Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Fleeta SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Straughn Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
Top high schools
- Straughn High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Babbie school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Babbie 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 Babbie against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Babbie
Is Babbie a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Babbie ranks 40,667th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, state infrastructure, and short commutes, and lowest on disaster risk and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Babbie expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $174,500. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $63,472 median income, cost of living beats 35% of towns.
Is Babbie safe?
Babbie is safer than 23% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $384 per resident a year.
Compare Babbie with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Babbie. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Babbie 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.
Babbie detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Babbie: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Babbie: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Babbie: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Babbie: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Babbie 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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