Best PlacesLime Kiln, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lime Kiln, 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.
Lime Kiln ranks 45,920th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lime Kiln
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.
Lime Kiln's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lime Kiln ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- Cheap childcare$639 a month, better than 74% of towns
Where Lime Kiln ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 6% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lime Kiln
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lime Kiln home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $52,344, 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 Lime Kiln's effective rate of 0.32%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Lime Kiln
Lime Kiln runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lime Kiln.
Who works in Lime Kiln, and how
Work in Lime Kiln centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Lime Kiln
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lime Kiln.
What the weather is like in Lime Kiln, month by month
Lime Kiln sees roughly 96 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 42° | 33° |
| April | 73° | 61° | 50° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 76° | 63° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Lime Kiln
The nearest airport, Northwest Alabama Regional, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 111 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lime Kiln
Schools across Lime Kiln average a D, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cherokee Elementary SchoolD · 16% proficient
Top high schools
- Cherokee High SchoolD · 19% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lime Kiln school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lime Kiln 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 Lime Kiln against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lime Kiln
Is Lime Kiln a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lime Kiln ranks 45,920th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, low property taxes, and a stable housing market, and lowest on crime and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lime Kiln expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $168,800. The overall cost of living runs about 26% below the national average. Set against a $52,344 median income, cost of living beats 39% of towns.
Is Lime Kiln safe?
Lime Kiln is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $694 per resident a year.
Compare Lime Kiln with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lime Kiln. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lime Kiln 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.
Lime Kiln detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lime Kiln: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lime Kiln: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lime Kiln: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lime Kiln: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lime Kiln 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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