Best PlacesMalbis, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Malbis, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Malbis ranks 7,826th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Malbis
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.
Malbis' strengths and weaknesses
Where Malbis ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 94% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 93% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 92% of towns
Where Malbis ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 24% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 30% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 36% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Malbis
A household needs to earn about $85,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Malbis home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $104,848, 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 Malbis' effective rate of 0.34%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Malbis
Malbis runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Malbis.
Who works in Malbis, and how
Work in Malbis centers on hospitality & food and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 0%
Life in Malbis
The coast is about 8 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Malbis, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Malbis, month by month
Malbis sees roughly 140 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs February through May and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 51° | 42° |
| April | 77° | 66° | 56° |
| July | 89° | 80° | 74° |
| October | 81° | 69° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Malbis
The nearest airport, Mobile International, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 150 miles away.
The best schools in and around Malbis
Schools across Malbis average a B+, better than 74% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Spanish Fort Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Rockwell Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Daphne East Elementary SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
Top middle schools
- Spanish Fort Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
- Daphne Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Spanish Fort High SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Daphne High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Malbis school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Malbis 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 Malbis against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Malbis
Is Malbis a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Malbis ranks 7,826th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, a strong job market, and what local pay buys, and lowest on disaster risk and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Malbis expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $346,156. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $104,848 median income, cost of living beats 93% of towns.
Is Malbis safe?
Malbis is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $286 per resident a year.
Compare Malbis with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Malbis. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Malbis 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.
Malbis detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Malbis: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Malbis: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Malbis: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Malbis: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Malbis 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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