Best PlacesFish Pond, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fish Pond, 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.
Fish Pond ranks 42,532nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Fish Pond
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.
Fish Pond's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fish Pond ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 98% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- Cheap childcare$634 a month, better than 75% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 64% of towns
Where Fish Pond ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 14% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fish Pond
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fish Pond home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $59,810, 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 Fish Pond's effective rate of 0.19%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Fish Pond
Fish Pond 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 Fish Pond.
Who works in Fish Pond, and how
Work in Fish Pond centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 98%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Fish Pond
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Fish Pond.
What the weather is like in Fish Pond, month by month
Fish Pond sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 41° | 33° |
| April | 74° | 61° | 50° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 76° | 63° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Fish Pond
The nearest airport, Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 107 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fish Pond
Schools across Fish Pond average a C−, better than 19% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- East Lawrence Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Bankscaddell Elementary SchoolD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- East Lawrence Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Decatur Middle SchoolC · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Decatur High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- East Lawrence High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fish Pond school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fish Pond 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 Fish Pond against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fish Pond
Is Fish Pond a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fish Pond ranks 42,532nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, a stable housing market, and state infrastructure, and lowest on noise and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fish Pond expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $183,946. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $59,810 median income, cost of living beats 36% of towns.
Is Fish Pond safe?
Fish Pond is safer than 15% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $446 per resident a year.
Compare Fish Pond with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fish Pond. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fish Pond 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.
Fish Pond detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fish Pond: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fish Pond: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fish Pond: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fish Pond: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fish Pond 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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