Best PlacesMidfield, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Midfield, 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.
Midfield ranks 48,199th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Midfield
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.
Midfield's strengths and weaknesses
Where Midfield ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 95% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
Where Midfield ranks low
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Midfield
A household needs to earn about $29,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Midfield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $53,018, 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 Midfield's effective rate of 0.50%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Midfield
Midfield's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Midfield.
Who works in Midfield, and how
Work in Midfield centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Midfield
Midfield has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Midfield and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Midfield, month by month
Midfield sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 46° | 36° |
| April | 76° | 63° | 52° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 78° | 66° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Midfield
The nearest airport, Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 144 miles away.
The best schools in and around Midfield
Schools across Midfield average an F, better than 1% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pleasant Grove Elementary SchoolD− · 12% proficient
- Lipscomb Elementary SchoolD− · 12% proficient
- Robinson Primary SchoolF · 9% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mcadory Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Rutledge SchoolF · 9% proficient
- Green Acres Middle SchoolF · 5% proficient
Top high schools
- Mcadory High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
- Pleasant Grove High SchoolF · 10% proficient
- Wenonah High SchoolF · 4% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Midfield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Midfield 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 Midfield against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Midfield
Is Midfield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Midfield ranks 48,199th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, transit, and biking, and lowest on the schools and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Midfield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $114,715. The overall cost of living runs about 26% below the national average. Set against a $53,018 median income, cost of living beats 29% of towns.
Is Midfield safe?
Midfield is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $711 per resident a year.
Compare Midfield with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Midfield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Midfield 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.
Midfield detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Midfield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Midfield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Midfield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Midfield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Midfield 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.