Best PlacesBayview, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bayview, 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.
Bayview ranks 48,920th 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 Bayview
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.
Bayview's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bayview ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 78% of towns
- BikingBetter than 67% of towns
Where Bayview ranks low
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of towns
- Household income$41,875 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bayview
A household needs to earn about $16,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bayview home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $41,875, 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 Bayview's effective rate of 0.28%, 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 2 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bayview
Bayview'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 Bayview.
Who works in Bayview, and how
Work in Bayview centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is low.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Bayview
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bayview.
What the weather is like in Bayview, month by month
Bayview sees roughly 88 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 45° | 37° |
| April | 76° | 64° | 53° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 79° | 67° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Bayview
The nearest airport, Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 147 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bayview
Schools across Bayview average an F, better than 1% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Adamsville Elementary SchoolF · 8% proficient
- Minor Community SchoolF · 8% proficient
Top middle schools
- Minor Middle SchoolF · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- Minor High SchoolF · 7% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bayview school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bayview 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 Bayview against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bayview
Is Bayview a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bayview ranks 48,920th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, tree cover, and state infrastructure, and lowest on the schools and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bayview expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $67,900. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $41,875 median income, cost of living beats 6% of towns.
Is Bayview safe?
Bayview is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $516 per resident a year.
Compare Bayview with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bayview. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bayview 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.
Bayview detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bayview: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bayview: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bayview: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bayview: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bayview 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.