Best PlacesDyas, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dyas, 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.
Dyas ranks 37,084th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Dyas
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.
Dyas' strengths and weaknesses
Where Dyas ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 139 pleasant days a year, better than 89% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- Cheap childcare$619 a month, better than 77% of towns
Where Dyas ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 15% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dyas
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dyas home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,462, 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 Dyas' effective rate of 0.18%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Dyas
Dyas runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Dyas.
Who works in Dyas, and how
Work in Dyas centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Dyas
The coast is about 35 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Dyas, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Dyas, month by month
Dyas sees roughly 139 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs February through May and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 51° | 42° |
| April | 77° | 66° | 56° |
| July | 89° | 80° | 74° |
| October | 81° | 69° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Dyas
The nearest airport, Mobile International, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 167 miles away.
The best schools in and around Dyas
Schools across Dyas average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Perdido Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Bay Minette Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bay Minette Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Baldwin County High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dyas school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dyas 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 Dyas against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dyas
Is Dyas a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dyas ranks 37,084th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, tree cover, and the weather, and lowest on disaster risk and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dyas expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $241,429. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $63,462 median income, cost of living beats 42% of towns.
Is Dyas safe?
Yes, Dyas is safer than 75% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $212 per resident a year.
Compare Dyas with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dyas. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dyas 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.
Dyas detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dyas: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dyas: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dyas: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dyas: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dyas 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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