Best PlacesLittleville, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Littleville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Littleville ranks 12,831st 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.
The best neighborhoods in Littleville
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.
Littleville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Littleville ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 97% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 95% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 80% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 80% of towns
Where Littleville ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 25% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 27% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 28% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Littleville
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Littleville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,199, 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 Littleville'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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Littleville
Littleville 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 Littleville.
Who works in Littleville, and how
Work in Littleville centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Littleville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Littleville.
What the weather is like in Littleville, month by month
Littleville sees roughly 103 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 41° | 32° |
| April | 73° | 60° | 48° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 76° | 62° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Littleville
The nearest airport, Northwest Alabama Regional, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 120 miles away.
The best schools in and around Littleville
Schools across Littleville average a C−, better than 27% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Colbert Heights Elementary SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top middle schools
- Russellville Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Russellville High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Colbert Heights High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Littleville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Littleville 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 Littleville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Littleville
Is Littleville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Littleville ranks 12,831st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, a strong job market, and state infrastructure, and lowest on taxes and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Littleville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $161,466. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $78,199 median income, cost of living beats 77% of towns.
Is Littleville safe?
Yes, Littleville is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $201 per resident a year.
Compare Littleville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Littleville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Littleville 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.
Littleville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Littleville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Littleville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Littleville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Littleville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Littleville 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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