Best PlacesChickasaw, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Chickasaw, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Chickasaw ranks 47,988th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Chickasaw
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.
Chickasaw's strengths and weaknesses
Where Chickasaw ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 93% of towns
- BikingBetter than 92% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 91% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 90% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
Where Chickasaw ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 5% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 8% of towns
- Household income$45,855 median, better than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Chickasaw
A household needs to earn about $27,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Chickasaw home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $45,855, 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 Chickasaw's effective rate of 0.33%, 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 Chickasaw
Chickasaw runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Chickasaw.
Who works in Chickasaw, and how
Work in Chickasaw centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Chickasaw
Chickasaw has more parkland per resident than 92% of towns. The coast is about 10 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Chickasaw and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Chickasaw, month by month
Chickasaw sees roughly 100 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 63, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63° | 52° | 43° |
| April | 78° | 69° | 60° |
| July | 92° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 83° | 72° | 63° |
Flying in and out of Chickasaw
The nearest airport, Mobile International, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 140 miles away.
The best schools in and around Chickasaw
Schools across Chickasaw average a D, better than 5% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Saraland Elementary SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
- Chickasaw City Elementary SchoolD · 19% proficient
- Collinsrhodes Elementary SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- Saraland Middle Schooladams CampusA · 60% proficient
- Chickasaw Middle SchoolD · 21% proficient
- Mobile County Training Middle SchoolF · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- Saraland High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Chickasaw City High SchoolF · 7% proficient
- Cf Vigor High SchoolF · 5% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Chickasaw school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Chickasaw 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 Chickasaw against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Chickasaw
Is Chickasaw a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Chickasaw ranks 47,988th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, biking, and fast internet, and lowest on noise and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Chickasaw expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $112,429. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $45,855 median income, cost of living beats 12% of towns.
Is Chickasaw safe?
Chickasaw is safer than 9% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $547 per resident a year.
Compare Chickasaw with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Chickasaw. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Chickasaw 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.
Chickasaw detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Chickasaw: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Chickasaw: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Chickasaw: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Chickasaw: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Chickasaw 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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