Best PlacesCollins Chapel, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Collins Chapel, 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.
Collins Chapel ranks 24,739th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The schools pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state infrastructure.
The best neighborhoods in Collins Chapel
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.
Collins Chapel's strengths and weaknesses
Where Collins Chapel ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 88% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 84% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 81% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 80% of towns
Where Collins Chapel ranks low
- School gradeD, better than only 9% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Short commute33.2 minutes each way, better than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Collins Chapel
A household needs to earn about $48,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Collins Chapel home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,424, 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 Collins Chapel's effective rate of 0.49%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Collins Chapel
Collins Chapel's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Collins Chapel.
Who works in Collins Chapel, and how
Work in Collins Chapel centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Collins Chapel
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Collins Chapel.
What the weather is like in Collins Chapel, month by month
Collins Chapel sees roughly 102 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 45° | 36° |
| April | 76° | 63° | 52° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 78° | 65° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Collins Chapel
The nearest airport, Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International, is about 43 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 Collins Chapel
Schools across Collins Chapel average a D, better than 9% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Jemison Elementary SchoolD · 21% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jemison Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Chilton County High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Collins Chapel school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Collins Chapel 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 Collins Chapel against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Collins Chapel
Is Collins Chapel a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Collins Chapel ranks 24,739th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, tree cover, and a strong job market, and lowest on the schools and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Collins Chapel expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $191,708. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $80,424 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Collins Chapel safe?
Yes, Collins Chapel is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $201 per resident a year.
Compare Collins Chapel with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Collins Chapel. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Collins Chapel 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.
Collins Chapel detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Collins Chapel: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Collins Chapel: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Collins Chapel: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Collins Chapel: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Collins Chapel 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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