Best PlacesIsney, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Isney, 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.
Isney ranks 37,033rd 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 Isney
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.
Isney's strengths and weaknesses
Where Isney ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 89% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
Where Isney ranks low
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 8% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Isney
A household needs to earn about $34,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Isney home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,819, 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 Isney's effective rate of 0.15%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Isney
Isney runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Isney.
Who works in Isney, and how
Work in Isney centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Isney
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Isney.
What the weather is like in Isney, month by month
Isney sees roughly 100 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 46° | 37° |
| April | 77° | 63° | 52° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 79° | 66° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Isney
The nearest airport, Key Field, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 164 miles away.
The best schools in and around Isney
Schools across Isney average an F, better than 1% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Southern Choctaw Elementary SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- Southern Choctaw High SchoolF · 4% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Isney school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Isney 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 Isney against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Isney
Is Isney a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Isney ranks 37,033rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, a stable housing market, and tree cover, and lowest on the schools and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Isney expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $143,032. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $83,819 median income, cost of living beats 81% of towns.
Is Isney safe?
Isney is safer than 22% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $394 per resident a year.
Compare Isney with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Isney. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Isney 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.
Isney detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Isney: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Isney: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Isney: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Isney: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Isney 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.