Best PlacesCropwell, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cropwell, 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.
Cropwell ranks 22,409th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cropwell
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.
Cropwell's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cropwell ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 72% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 70% of towns
- Household income$84,411 median, better than 70% of towns
Where Cropwell ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 34% of towns
- School gradeC, better than only 35% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 37% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cropwell
A household needs to earn about $66,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cropwell home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $84,411, 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 Cropwell'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 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 Cropwell
Cropwell runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cropwell.
Who works in Cropwell, and how
Work in Cropwell 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 88%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Cropwell
Cropwell has more parkland per resident than 98% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Cropwell and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cropwell, month by month
Cropwell sees roughly 94 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 44° | 34° |
| April | 76° | 62° | 50° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 78° | 64° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Cropwell
The nearest airport, Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 108 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cropwell
Schools across Cropwell average a C, better than 35% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Coosa Valley Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Walter M Kennedy SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Eden Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Moody Junior High SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Williams Intermediate SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Pell City High SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Moody High SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Talladega County Central HighD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cropwell school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cropwell 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 Cropwell against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cropwell
Is Cropwell a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cropwell ranks 22,409th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, state infrastructure, and fast internet, and lowest on air quality and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cropwell expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $273,932. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $84,411 median income, cost of living beats 70% of towns.
Is Cropwell safe?
Cropwell is safer than 34% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $338 per resident a year.
Compare Cropwell with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cropwell. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cropwell 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.
Cropwell detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cropwell: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cropwell: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cropwell: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cropwell: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cropwell 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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