Best PlacesMount Olive, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mount Olive, 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 Olive ranks 12,393rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Mount Olive
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 Olive's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mount Olive ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 91% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 87% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 83% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 82% of towns
Where Mount Olive ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 24% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 29% of towns
- School gradeC, better than only 34% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mount Olive
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mount Olive home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $93,595, 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 Olive's effective rate of 0.45%, 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 10 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 Olive
Mount Olive's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mount Olive.
Who works in Mount Olive, and how
Work in Mount Olive centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Mount Olive
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mount Olive.
What the weather is like in Mount Olive, month by month
Mount Olive sees roughly 88 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 45° | 37° |
| April | 76° | 64° | 53° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 79° | 67° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Mount Olive
The nearest airport, Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 140 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mount Olive
Schools across Mount Olive average a C, better than 34% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bagley Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Gardendale Elementary SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Mount Olive Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bragg Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
- North Jefferson Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Mortimer Jordan High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Corner High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Gardendale High SchoolC− · 26% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mount Olive school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mount Olive 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 Olive against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mount Olive
Is Mount Olive a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mount Olive ranks 12,393rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, state infrastructure, and what local pay buys, and lowest on air quality and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mount Olive expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $234,543. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $93,595 median income, cost of living beats 87% of towns.
Is Mount Olive safe?
Yes, Mount Olive is safer than 70% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $230 per resident a year.
Compare Mount Olive with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mount Olive. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mount Olive 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 Olive detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mount Olive: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mount Olive: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mount Olive: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mount Olive: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mount Olive 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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