Best PlacesEsom Hill, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Esom Hill, 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.
Esom Hill ranks 41,785th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Esom Hill
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.
Esom Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Esom Hill ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap childcare$528 a month, better than 90% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 89% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
Where Esom Hill ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 5% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 13% of towns
- Household income$51,696 median, better than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Esom Hill
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Esom Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $51,696, 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 Esom Hill's effective rate of 0.39%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Esom Hill
Esom Hill runs older 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 Esom Hill.
Who works in Esom Hill, and how
Work in Esom Hill centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment is low.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 97%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Esom Hill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Esom Hill.
What the weather is like in Esom Hill, month by month
Esom Hill sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 56, 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 | 56° | 43° | 32° |
| April | 78° | 62° | 47° |
| July | 93° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 80° | 64° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Esom Hill
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 64 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 51.5 million passengers in 2025, with 278 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Esom Hill
Schools across Esom Hill average a C, better than 37% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Centre Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Centre Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Cherokee County High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Esom Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Esom Hill 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 Esom Hill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Esom Hill
Is Esom Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Esom Hill ranks 41,785th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, tree cover, and affordable childcare, and lowest on internet speeds and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Esom Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $163,200. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $51,696 median income, cost of living beats 15% of towns.
Is Esom Hill safe?
Esom Hill is safer than 5% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $666 per resident a year.
Compare Esom Hill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Esom Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Esom Hill 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.
Esom Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Esom Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Esom Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Esom Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Esom Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Esom Hill 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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