Best PlacesLim Rock, AL Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood in and around Lim Rock, 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.

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Lim Rock ranks 34,928th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.

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The best neighborhoods in Lim Rock

Map of the best neighborhoods in the Lim Rock area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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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.

Lim Rock's strengths and weaknesses

Top 5%Low property taxes
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare Lim Rock with other towns.

Where Lim Rock ranks high

  • Low property taxBetter than 96% of towns
  • Cheap childcare$528 a month, better than 90% of towns
  • State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
  • Low vacancyBetter than 78% of towns
  • Crime safetyBetter than 77% of towns

Where Lim Rock ranks low

  • Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
  • Voter turnoutBetter than only 11% of towns
  • Household income$52,745 median, better than only 16% of towns
  • BikingBetter than only 20% of towns
  • Educational attainmentBetter than only 25% of towns

What it costs to buy a home in Lim Rock

A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lim Rock home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $52,745, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.

Income to buy the median home
$37,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$861
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $152,576 home
Median rent
$534
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$778
Property tax$33
Homeowners insurance$51

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 Lim Rock's effective rate of 0.26%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in Lim Rock

Lim Rock's age mix sits close to the national median.

Median age
42
about the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
17%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.5
near the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1822%
18 to 3421%
35 to 4919%
50 to 6421%
65 and older17%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lim Rock.


Who works in Lim Rock, and how

Work in Lim Rock centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.

Work from home
9%
below the national average
Unemployment
5.4%
above the national average
Job growth
+5.5%
/y 2019-2023, faster than the national pace

Largest industries

Manufacturing20%
Retail trade13%
Professional & technical12%
Construction10%
Public administration8%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 91%
  • Work from home 9%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 1%

Life in Lim Rock

The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lim Rock.


What the weather is like in Lim Rock, month by month

Lim Rock sees roughly 104 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January52°40°32°
April74°59°48°
July89°77°69°
October76°61°50°

Flying in and out of Lim Rock

The nearest airport, Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 105 miles away.

Nearest airport
HSV
Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field, about 33 miles
Airport size
Small hub
110th-busiest in the US, 31 nonstop destinations
Average drive
47 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around Lim Rock

Schools across Lim Rock average a C−, better than 25% of towns.

Top high schools

Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lim Rock school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


Lim Rock 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 Lim Rock against the other 50,332 towns.


Common questions about living in Lim Rock

Is Lim Rock a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lim Rock ranks 34,928th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, affordable childcare, and state infrastructure, and lowest on taxes and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is Lim Rock expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $152,576. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $52,745 median income, cost of living beats 25% of towns.

Is Lim Rock safe?

Yes, Lim Rock is safer than 77% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $223 per resident a year.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lim Rock. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lim Rock 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.

Lim Rock detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for Lim Rock: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in Lim Rock: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of Lim Rock: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in Lim Rock: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

Lim Rock detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. 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.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.