Best PlacesCalvert, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Calvert, 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.
Calvert ranks 46,005th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Calvert
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.
Calvert's strengths and weaknesses
Where Calvert ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 97% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 78% of towns
- Cheap childcare$617 a month, better than 77% of towns
Where Calvert ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 10% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 11% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Calvert
A household needs to earn about $36,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Calvert home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $55,575, 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 Calvert's effective rate of 0.24%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Calvert
Calvert runs younger 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 Calvert.
Who works in Calvert, and how
Work in Calvert centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, 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 1%
Life in Calvert
The coast is about 41 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Calvert, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Calvert, month by month
Calvert sees roughly 86 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs February through May and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 51° | 39° |
| April | 80° | 67° | 55° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 74° |
| October | 84° | 70° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Calvert
The nearest airport, Mobile Regional, is about 35 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 156 miles away.
The best schools in and around Calvert
Schools across Calvert average a D+, better than 15% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Chatom Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Bay Minette Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
- North Mobile County Middle SchoolD+ · 21% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bay Minette Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Lott Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Baldwin County High SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Mcintosh High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
- Citronelle High SchoolF · 9% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Calvert school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Calvert 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 Calvert against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Calvert
Is Calvert a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Calvert ranks 46,005th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, a stable housing market, and state infrastructure, and lowest on disaster risk and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Calvert expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $150,146. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $55,575 median income, cost of living beats 25% of towns.
Is Calvert safe?
Calvert is safer than 13% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $479 per resident a year.
Compare Calvert with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Calvert. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Calvert 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.
Calvert detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Calvert: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Calvert: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Calvert: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Calvert: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Calvert 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.