Best PlacesLanett, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lanett, 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.
Lanett ranks 41,600th 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 Lanett
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.
Lanett's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lanett ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 91% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 88% of towns
- Short commute20.2 minutes each way, better than 87% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 76% of towns
Where Lanett ranks low
- School gradeD, better than only 4% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 11% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Household income$50,267 median, better than only 12% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lanett
A household needs to earn about $32,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lanett home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $50,267, 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 Lanett's effective rate of 0.36%, 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 Lanett
Lanett runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lanett.
Who works in Lanett, and how
Work in Lanett centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Lanett
Lanett has more restaurants and bars per resident than 94% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Lanett and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lanett, month by month
Lanett sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 45° | 36° |
| April | 77° | 62° | 50° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 78° | 64° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Lanett
The nearest airport, Columbus, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 70 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lanett
Schools across Lanett average a D, better than 4% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Huguley Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Lafayette Eastside Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
- W O Lance ElementaryD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- W F Burns Middle SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Lanett Junior High SchoolF · 10% proficient
- John P Powell Middle SchoolF · 8% proficient
Top high schools
- Valley High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
- Lafayette High SchoolF · 9% proficient
- Lanett Senior High SchoolF · 5% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lanett school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lanett 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 Lanett against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lanett
Is Lanett a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lanett ranks 41,600th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, state infrastructure, and walkability, and lowest on the schools and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lanett expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $131,041. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $50,267 median income, cost of living beats 19% of towns.
Is Lanett safe?
Lanett is safer than 14% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $488 per resident a year.
Compare Lanett with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lanett. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lanett 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.
Lanett detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lanett: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lanett: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lanett: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lanett: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lanett 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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