Best PlacesGeneva County, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Geneva County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages are not the whole story, and the strongest areas score well above them. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Geneva County ranks 2,391st of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Geneva 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 Geneva County
The parts of Geneva 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.
Hartford
Geneva
More households have young kids and commutes are shorter.
Samson
Slocomb
Scores across Geneva County run from about the 8th to the 60th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Geneva County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Geneva County ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 98% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 94% of counties
- Local economyBetter than 92% of counties
- QuietBetter than 86% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than 86% of counties
Where Geneva County ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of counties
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 9% of counties
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 9% of counties
- Health outlookBetter than only 10% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than only 11% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Geneva County
A household needs to earn about $32,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Geneva County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $55,088, 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 Geneva County's effective rate of 0.24%, 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 Geneva County
Geneva County runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Geneva County.
Who works in Geneva County, and how
Work in Geneva County centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Geneva County
Geneva County has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of counties. That concentrates in some parts of Geneva County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Geneva County growing, and who is moving in?
Geneva County has grown about 2% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Coffee County, AL.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Geneva County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Geneva County, month by month
Geneva County sees roughly 90 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 50° | 40° |
| April | 79° | 67° | 55° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 82° | 69° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Geneva County
The nearest airport, Dothan Regional, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 193 miles away.
The best schools in and around Geneva County
Schools across Geneva County average a C, better than 34% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Geneva County Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Mulkey Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Slocomb Elementary SchoolB · 44% proficient
Top middle schools
- Geneva Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Geneva County Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Slocomb Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Geneva High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Geneva County High SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Slocomb High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Geneva County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Geneva 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 Geneva County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Geneva County suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 5% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Geneva County
Is Geneva County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Geneva County ranks 2,391st of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on low property taxes, a stable housing market, and a strong job market, and lowest on air quality and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Geneva County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $130,703. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $55,088 median income, cost of living beats 22% of counties.
Is Geneva County safe?
Geneva County is safer than 44% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $332 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Geneva County?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 62 with lows near 40. That works out to about 90 pleasant days a year, more than 51% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Geneva County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Hartford, Geneva, and Samson. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Geneva County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Geneva County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Geneva 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.
Geneva County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Geneva County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Geneva County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Geneva County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Geneva County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Geneva 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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