Best PlacesBlount Springs, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Blount Springs, 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.
Blount Springs ranks 28,417th 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 Blount Springs
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.
Blount Springs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Blount Springs ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 84% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 79% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 71% of towns
Where Blount Springs ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 12% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 15% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 19% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Blount Springs
A household needs to earn about $66,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Blount Springs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,426, 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 Blount Springs' effective rate of 0.26%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Blount Springs
Blount Springs runs older than the country, 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 Blount Springs.
Who works in Blount Springs, and how
Work in Blount Springs centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Blount Springs
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Blount Springs.
What the weather is like in Blount Springs, month by month
Blount Springs sees roughly 92 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 Blount Springs
The nearest airport, Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International, is about 24 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 Blount Springs
Schools across Blount Springs average a C+, better than 45% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Blountsville Elementary SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Hanceville Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hayden Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Hanceville Middle SchoolC · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Jb Pennington High SchoolC · 30% proficient
- Hayden High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Hanceville High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Blount Springs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Blount Springs 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 Blount Springs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Blount Springs
Is Blount Springs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Blount Springs ranks 28,417th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, state infrastructure, and fast internet, and lowest on taxes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Blount Springs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $271,121. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $79,426 median income, cost of living beats 64% of towns.
Is Blount Springs safe?
Blount Springs is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $287 per resident a year.
Compare Blount Springs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Blount Springs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Blount Springs 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.
Blount Springs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Blount Springs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Blount Springs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Blount Springs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Blount Springs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Blount Springs 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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