Best PlacesBaileytown, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Baileytown, 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.
Baileytown ranks 27,982nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Baileytown
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.
Baileytown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Baileytown ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 98% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 96% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 79% of towns
Where Baileytown ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Short commute34.0 minutes each way, better than only 17% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 20% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Baileytown
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Baileytown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,960, 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 Baileytown's effective rate of 0.19%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Baileytown
Baileytown runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Baileytown.
Who works in Baileytown, and how
Work in Baileytown centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Baileytown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Baileytown.
What the weather is like in Baileytown, month by month
Baileytown sees roughly 97 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 41° | 33° |
| April | 73° | 60° | 48° |
| July | 89° | 77° | 69° |
| October | 75° | 62° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Baileytown
The nearest airport, Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 127 miles away.
The best schools in and around Baileytown
Schools across Baileytown average a C, better than 40% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fairview Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Union Hill SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Parkside Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fairview Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Fairview High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Albert P Brewer High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Baileytown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Baileytown 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 Baileytown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Baileytown
Is Baileytown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Baileytown ranks 27,982nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, a strong job market, and state infrastructure, and lowest on taxes and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Baileytown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $197,506. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $58,960 median income, cost of living beats 22% of towns.
Is Baileytown safe?
Baileytown is safer than 32% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $347 per resident a year.
Compare Baileytown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Baileytown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Baileytown 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.
Baileytown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Baileytown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Baileytown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Baileytown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Baileytown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Baileytown 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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