Best PlacesFountain, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fountain, 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.
Fountain ranks 48,969th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Fountain
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.
Fountain's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fountain ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 93% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 90% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
Where Fountain ranks low
- School gradeD−, better than only 1% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fountain
A household needs to earn about $15,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fountain home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $47,767, 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 Fountain's effective rate of 0.08%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Fountain
Fountain runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Fountain.
Who works in Fountain, and how
Work in Fountain centers on hospitality & food and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Fountain
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Fountain.
What the weather is like in Fountain, month by month
Fountain sees roughly 90 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 49° | 39° |
| April | 80° | 66° | 54° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 82° | 68° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Fountain
The nearest airport, Mobile International, is about 76 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 201 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fountain
Schools across Fountain average a D−, better than 1% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Monroeville Elementary SchoolD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- Monroeville Middle SchoolF · 12% proficient
Top high schools
- Monroe County High SchoolF · 6% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fountain school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fountain 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 Fountain against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fountain
Is Fountain a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fountain ranks 48,969th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, tree cover, and quiet, and lowest on the schools and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fountain expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $64,709. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $47,767 median income, cost of living beats 13% of towns.
Is Fountain safe?
Fountain is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $686 per resident a year.
Compare Fountain with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fountain. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fountain 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.
Fountain detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fountain: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fountain: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fountain: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fountain: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fountain 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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