Best PlacesMount Hope, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mount Hope, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Mount Hope ranks 23,045th 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 Mount Hope
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.
Mount Hope's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mount Hope ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 98% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 89% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- QuietBetter than 83% of towns
Where Mount Hope ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 12% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 21% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 27% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mount Hope
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mount Hope home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,332, 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 Mount Hope's effective rate of 0.22%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mount Hope
Mount Hope runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mount Hope.
Who works in Mount Hope, and how
Work in Mount Hope centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Mount Hope
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mount Hope.
What the weather is like in Mount Hope, month by month
Mount Hope sees roughly 98 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 Mount Hope
The nearest airport, Northwest Alabama Regional, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 124 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mount Hope
Schools across Mount Hope average a D+, better than 12% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Tharptown Elementary SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Hatton Elementary SchoolC− · 26% proficient
- Mount HopeC− · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Russellville Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Russellville High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Hatton High SchoolD · 19% proficient
- Phil Campbell High SchoolD · 19% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mount Hope school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mount Hope 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 Mount Hope against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mount Hope
Is Mount Hope a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mount Hope ranks 23,045th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, a strong job market, and state infrastructure, and lowest on taxes and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mount Hope expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $195,317. The overall cost of living runs about 25% below the national average. Set against a $70,332 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Mount Hope safe?
Yes, Mount Hope is safer than 62% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $249 per resident a year.
Compare Mount Hope with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mount Hope. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mount Hope 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.
Mount Hope detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mount Hope: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mount Hope: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mount Hope: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mount Hope: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mount Hope 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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