Best PlacesDauphin Acres, Mobile, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dauphin Acres, Mobile, 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.
Dauphin Acres, Mobile ranks 5,305th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Dauphin Acres, Mobile
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.
Dauphin Acres, Mobile's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dauphin Acres, Mobile ranks high
- Cheap childcare$619 a month, better than 98% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than 84% of neighborhoods
Where Dauphin Acres, Mobile ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Dauphin Acres, Mobile
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dauphin Acres, Mobile home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,573, 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 Dauphin Acres, Mobile's effective rate of 0.59%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Dauphin Acres, Mobile
Dauphin Acres, Mobile runs younger 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 Dauphin Acres, Mobile.
Who works in Dauphin Acres, Mobile, and how
Work in Dauphin Acres, Mobile centers on construction and hospitality & food. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Dauphin Acres, Mobile
Dauphin Acres, Mobile has more restaurants and bars per resident than 73% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 9 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Dauphin Acres, Mobile and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Dauphin Acres, Mobile, month by month
Dauphin Acres, Mobile sees roughly 104 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 Dauphin Acres, Mobile
The nearest airport, Mobile International, is about 5 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 137 miles away.
The best schools in and around Dauphin Acres, Mobile
Schools across Dauphin Acres, Mobile average a D, better than 16% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Spencerwestlawn Elementary SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Phillips Preparatory Middle SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Cl Scarborough Model Middle SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Murphy High SchoolD− · 16% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dauphin Acres, Mobile school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dauphin Acres, Mobile 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 Dauphin Acres, Mobile against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Dauphin Acres, Mobile
Is Dauphin Acres, Mobile a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dauphin Acres, Mobile ranks 5,305th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on affordable childcare, a stable housing market, and tree cover, and lowest on disaster risk and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dauphin Acres, Mobile expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $181,235. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $64,573 median income, cost of living beats 51% of neighborhoods.
Is Dauphin Acres, Mobile safe?
Dauphin Acres, Mobile is safer than 8% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $844 per resident a year.
Compare Dauphin Acres, Mobile with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dauphin Acres, Mobile. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dauphin Acres, Mobile 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.
Dauphin Acres, Mobile detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dauphin Acres, Mobile: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dauphin Acres, Mobile: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dauphin Acres, Mobile: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dauphin Acres, Mobile: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dauphin Acres, Mobile 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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