Best PlacesKinsey, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kinsey, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Kinsey ranks 32,333rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Kinsey
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.
Kinsey's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kinsey ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 97% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 95% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 94% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 87% of towns
Where Kinsey ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 14% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kinsey
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kinsey home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $59,228, 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 Kinsey's effective rate of 0.23%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Kinsey
Kinsey runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Kinsey.
Who works in Kinsey, and how
Work in Kinsey centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Kinsey
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Kinsey.
What the weather is like in Kinsey, month by month
Kinsey sees roughly 93 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 63, 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 | 63° | 50° | 40° |
| April | 81° | 67° | 54° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 84° | 70° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Kinsey
The nearest airport, Dothan Regional, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 171 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kinsey
Schools across Kinsey average a D+, better than 10% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Headland Elementary SchoolB · 49% proficient
- Webb Elementary SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Morris Slingluff Elementary SchoolF · 10% proficient
Top middle schools
- Headland Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Dothan High SchoolD · 21% proficient
- Headland High SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Houston County High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kinsey school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kinsey 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 Kinsey against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kinsey
Is Kinsey a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kinsey ranks 32,333rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, fast internet, and a strong job market, and lowest on air quality and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kinsey expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $146,775. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $59,228 median income, cost of living beats 32% of towns.
Is Kinsey safe?
Kinsey is safer than 55% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $272 per resident a year.
Compare Kinsey with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kinsey. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kinsey 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.
Kinsey detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kinsey: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kinsey: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kinsey: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kinsey: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kinsey 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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