Best PlacesLovedale, FL Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood in and around Lovedale, 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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Lovedale ranks 39,729th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.

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The best neighborhoods in Lovedale

Map of the best neighborhoods in the Lovedale 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.

Lovedale's strengths and weaknesses

Top 1%State infrastructure
Top 5%Low taxes
Top 10%A strong job market
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare Lovedale with other towns.

Where Lovedale ranks high

  • State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
  • Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
  • Local economyBetter than 91% of towns
  • QuietBetter than 82% of towns
  • Low property taxBetter than 74% of towns

Where Lovedale ranks low

  • Heat safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
  • Air qualityBetter than only 7% of towns
  • Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
  • Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of towns
  • Household income$48,104 median, better than only 10% of towns

Who lives in Lovedale

Lovedale runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.

Median age
44
older than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
25%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.3
below the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1817%
18 to 3423%
35 to 4917%
50 to 6418%
65 and older25%

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


Who works in Lovedale, and how

Work in Lovedale centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.

Work from home
1%
below the national average
Unemployment
7.4%
above the national average
Job growth
+13.2%
/y 2019-2023, faster than the national pace

Largest industries

Health care & social12%
Hospitality & food11%
Education11%
Public administration11%
Manufacturing10%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 96%
  • Work from home 1%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 3%

Life in Lovedale

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


What the weather is like in Lovedale, month by month

Lovedale sees roughly 104 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs February through May and October through December.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January64°51°42°
April80°68°57°
July93°81°74°
October83°70°60°

Flying in and out of Lovedale

The nearest airport, Dothan Regional, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 194 miles away.

Nearest airport
DHN
Dothan Regional, about 39 miles
Airport size
Nonhub
275th-busiest in the US, 1 nonstop destinations
Average drive
55 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around Lovedale

Schools across Lovedale average a B, better than 68% of towns.

Top elementary schools

Top middle schools

Top high schools

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


Lovedale 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 Lovedale against the other 50,332 towns.


Common questions about living in Lovedale

Is Lovedale a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lovedale ranks 39,729th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and a strong job market, and lowest on summer heat and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is Lovedale safe?

Lovedale is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $239 per resident a year.

What is the weather like in Lovedale?

July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 64 with lows near 42. That works out to about 104 pleasant days a year, more than 71% of towns.


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Sources and methodology

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

Lovedale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

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

Lovedale 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. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  5. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  6. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  7. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  8. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  9. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  10. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  11. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.