Best PlacesBakerhill, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bakerhill, 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.
Bakerhill ranks 39,117th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bakerhill
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.
Bakerhill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bakerhill ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 95% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- Cheap childcare$561 a month, better than 85% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 70% of towns
Where Bakerhill ranks low
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 12% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bakerhill
A household needs to earn about $17,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bakerhill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,269, 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 Bakerhill's effective rate of 0.28%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Bakerhill
Bakerhill runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bakerhill.
Who works in Bakerhill, and how
Work in Bakerhill centers on manufacturing and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Bakerhill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bakerhill.
What the weather is like in Bakerhill, month by month
Bakerhill sees roughly 100 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 49° | 39° |
| April | 80° | 66° | 54° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 82° | 68° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Bakerhill
The nearest airport, Dothan Regional, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 138 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bakerhill
Schools across Bakerhill average an F, better than 1% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Barbour County Intermediate SchoolF · 7% proficient
Top high schools
- Barbour County High SchoolF · 9% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bakerhill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bakerhill 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 Bakerhill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bakerhill
Is Bakerhill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bakerhill ranks 39,117th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, state infrastructure, and affordable childcare, and lowest on the schools and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bakerhill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $70,939. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $68,269 median income, cost of living beats 56% of towns.
Is Bakerhill safe?
Bakerhill is safer than 35% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $335 per resident a year.
Compare Bakerhill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bakerhill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bakerhill 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.
Bakerhill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bakerhill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bakerhill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bakerhill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bakerhill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bakerhill 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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