Best PlacesEchols Crossroads, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Echols Crossroads, 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.
Echols Crossroads ranks 12,527th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low property taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Echols Crossroads
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.
Echols Crossroads' strengths and weaknesses
Where Echols Crossroads ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 89% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 83% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 83% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 82% of towns
Where Echols Crossroads ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 18% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 25% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 39% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Echols Crossroads
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Echols Crossroads home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $85,152, 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 Echols Crossroads' effective rate of 0.39%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Echols Crossroads
Echols Crossroads's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Echols Crossroads.
Who works in Echols Crossroads, and how
Work in Echols Crossroads centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 0%
Life in Echols Crossroads
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Echols Crossroads.
What the weather is like in Echols Crossroads, month by month
Echols Crossroads sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 43° | 32° |
| April | 76° | 62° | 49° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 71° |
| October | 79° | 65° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Echols Crossroads
The nearest airport, Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 108 miles away.
The best schools in and around Echols Crossroads
Schools across Echols Crossroads average a B−, better than 55% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Monrovia Elementary SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- Creekside Elementary SchoolB · 49% proficient
- Priceville Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Monrovia Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Priceville Junior High SchoolB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Priceville High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Sparkman High SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Albert P Brewer High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Echols Crossroads school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Echols Crossroads 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 Echols Crossroads against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Echols Crossroads
Is Echols Crossroads a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Echols Crossroads ranks 12,527th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, state infrastructure, and what local pay buys, and lowest on the weather and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Echols Crossroads expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $220,403. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $85,152 median income, cost of living beats 83% of towns.
Is Echols Crossroads safe?
Yes, Echols Crossroads is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $209 per resident a year.
Compare Echols Crossroads with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Echols Crossroads. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Echols Crossroads 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.
Echols Crossroads detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Echols Crossroads: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Echols Crossroads: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Echols Crossroads: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Echols Crossroads: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Echols Crossroads 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.
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