Best PlacesBishop, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bishop, 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.
Bishop ranks 46,032nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bishop
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.
Bishop's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bishop ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- Cheap childcare$639 a month, better than 74% of towns
Where Bishop ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 6% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 6% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bishop
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bishop home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $52,344, 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 Bishop's effective rate of 0.32%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Bishop
Bishop 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 Bishop.
Who works in Bishop, and how
Work in Bishop centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Bishop
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bishop.
What the weather is like in Bishop, month by month
Bishop sees roughly 105 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 41° | 32° |
| April | 73° | 60° | 48° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 76° | 62° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Bishop
The nearest airport, Northwest Alabama Regional, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 110 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bishop
Schools across Bishop average a D, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cherokee Elementary SchoolD · 16% proficient
Top high schools
- Cherokee High SchoolD · 19% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bishop school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bishop 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 Bishop against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bishop
Is Bishop a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bishop ranks 46,032nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, a stable housing market, and state infrastructure, and lowest on crime and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bishop expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $168,800. The overall cost of living runs about 26% below the national average. Set against a $52,344 median income, cost of living beats 39% of towns.
Is Bishop safe?
Bishop is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $694 per resident a year.
Compare Bishop with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bishop. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bishop 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.
Bishop detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bishop: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bishop: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bishop: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bishop: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bishop 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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