Best PlacesEscambia County, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Escambia County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Distance to the water drives a lot of the difference between one part and the next. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Escambia County ranks 3,025th of 3,144 U.S. counties 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 Escambia County
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.
The best areas in Escambia County
The parts of Escambia County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Brewton
Tree cover is thicker, more adults hold degrees, and health care is easier to reach.
Flomaton
East Brewton
More households have young kids and it is quieter.
Atmore
Crime runs higher and prices have run up more.
Scores across Escambia County run from about the 1st to the 40th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Escambia County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Escambia County ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 98% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than 86% of counties
- Nice weatherabout 121 pleasant days a year, better than 75% of counties
- Cheap childcare$619 a month, better than 71% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 70% of counties
Where Escambia County ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of counties
- Health outlookBetter than only 5% of counties
- Internet speedBetter than only 5% of counties
- Household income$49,234 median, better than only 7% of counties
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 9% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Escambia County
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Escambia County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $49,234, 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 Escambia County'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 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 Escambia County
Escambia County's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Escambia County.
Who works in Escambia County, and how
Work in Escambia County centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Escambia County
Escambia County has more restaurants and bars per resident than 73% of counties. The coast is about 62 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Escambia County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Escambia County growing, and who is moving in?
Escambia County has lost about 3% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Sacramento, CA.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Escambia County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Escambia County, month by month
Escambia County sees roughly 121 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs February through May and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 48° | 39° |
| April | 78° | 65° | 54° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 72° |
| October | 80° | 67° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Escambia County
The nearest airport, Pensacola International, is about 43 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 193 miles away.
The best schools in and around Escambia County
Schools across Escambia County average a D+, better than 14% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Brewton Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Flomaton Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Pollardmccall Junior High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Brewton Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
- W S Neal Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Escambia County Middle SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Tr Miller High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Flomaton High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- W S Neal High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Escambia County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Escambia County 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 Escambia County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Escambia County suits
Common questions about living in Escambia County
Is Escambia County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Escambia County ranks 3,025th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on low property taxes, state infrastructure, and the weather, and lowest on disaster risk and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Escambia County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $143,477. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $49,234 median income, cost of living beats 9% of counties.
Is Escambia County safe?
Escambia County is safer than 21% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $438 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Escambia County?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 61 with lows near 39. That works out to about 121 pleasant days a year, more than 75% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Escambia County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Brewton, Flomaton, and East Brewton. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Escambia County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Escambia County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Escambia County 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.
Escambia County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Escambia County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Escambia County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Escambia County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Escambia County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Escambia County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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