Best PlacesCasey, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Casey, 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.
Casey ranks 49,548th 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 Casey
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.
Casey's strengths and weaknesses
Where Casey ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 97% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 78% of towns
- Cheap childcare$658 a month, better than 72% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 70% of towns
Where Casey ranks low
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$35,162 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Casey
A household needs to earn about $25,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Casey home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $35,162, 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 Casey's 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Casey
Casey runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Casey.
Who works in Casey, and how
Work in Casey centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Casey
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Casey.
What the weather is like in Casey, month by month
Casey sees roughly 93 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 46° | 37° |
| April | 78° | 64° | 52° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 79° | 66° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Casey
The nearest airport, Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field), is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 172 miles away.
The best schools in and around Casey
Schools across Casey average an F, better than 1% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Brantley Elementary SchoolF · 9% proficient
- Bruce K Craig Elementary SchoolF · 5% proficient
Top middle schools
- William R Martin Middle SchoolD− · 17% proficient
- Tipton Durant Middle SchoolF · 9% proficient
Top high schools
- Selma High SchoolF · 9% proficient
- Southside High SchoolF · 4% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Casey school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Casey 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 Casey against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Casey
Is Casey a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Casey ranks 49,548th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, state infrastructure, and tree cover, and lowest on the schools and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Casey expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $101,631. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $35,162 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Casey safe?
Casey is safer than 1% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,057 per resident a year.
Compare Casey with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Casey. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Casey 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.
Casey detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Casey: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Casey: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Casey: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Casey: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Casey 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.