Best PlacesBoley Springs, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Boley Springs, 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.
Boley Springs ranks 38,882nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Boley 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.
Boley Springs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Boley Springs ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 98% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 92% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 84% of towns
Where Boley Springs ranks low
- Short commute46.3 minutes each way, better than only 2% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Boley Springs
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Boley Springs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,422, 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 Boley Springs' effective rate of 0.21%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Boley Springs
Boley Springs's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Boley Springs.
Who works in Boley Springs, and how
Work in Boley Springs centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Boley Springs
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Boley Springs.
What the weather is like in Boley Springs, month by month
Boley Springs sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 43° | 34° |
| April | 77° | 62° | 49° |
| July | 95° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 80° | 63° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Boley Springs
The nearest airport, Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 173 miles away.
The best schools in and around Boley Springs
Schools across Boley Springs average a C−, better than 25% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Berry Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Oakman Middle SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Berry High SchoolD− · 17% proficient
- Oakman High SchoolF · 7% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Boley Springs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Boley 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 Boley Springs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Boley Springs
Is Boley Springs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Boley Springs ranks 38,882nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, tree cover, and quiet, and lowest on long commutes and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Boley Springs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $181,322. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $70,422 median income, cost of living beats 41% of towns.
Is Boley Springs safe?
Boley Springs is safer than 39% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $313 per resident a year.
Compare Boley Springs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Boley Springs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Boley 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.
Boley Springs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Boley Springs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Boley Springs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Boley Springs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Boley Springs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Boley 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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