Best PlacesCoy, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Coy, 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.
Coy ranks 48,264th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Coy
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.
Coy's strengths and weaknesses
Where Coy ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 92% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- QuietBetter than 86% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 86% of towns
Where Coy ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Coy
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Coy home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,276, 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 Coy's effective rate of 0.28%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Coy
Coy runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Coy.
Who works in Coy, and how
Work in Coy centers on manufacturing and other services. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Coy
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Coy.
What the weather is like in Coy, month by month
Coy sees roughly 104 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 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 | 77° | 63° | 52° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 79° | 66° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Coy
The nearest airport, Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field), is about 68 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 211 miles away.
The best schools in and around Coy
Schools across Coy average an F, better than 1% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- F S Ervin Elementary SchoolF · 9% proficient
- J E Hobbs Elementary SchoolF · 8% proficient
Top middle schools
- Camden School Of Arts TechnologyF · 13% proficient
Top high schools
- Wilcox Central High SchoolF · 6% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Coy school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Coy 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 Coy against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Coy
Is Coy a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Coy ranks 48,264th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, clean air, and state infrastructure, and lowest on a weak job market and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Coy expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $142,529. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $63,276 median income, cost of living beats 40% of towns.
Is Coy safe?
Coy is safer than 1% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $996 per resident a year.
Compare Coy with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Coy. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Coy 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.
Coy detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Coy: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Coy: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Coy: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Coy: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Coy 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.