Best PlacesMountainbrook, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mountainbrook, 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.
Mountainbrook ranks 34,173rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Crime pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on tree cover.
The best neighborhoods in Mountainbrook
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.
Mountainbrook's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mountainbrook ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 88% of towns
- Short commute20.7 minutes each way, better than 85% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 82% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 74% of towns
Where Mountainbrook ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mountainbrook
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mountainbrook home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,738, 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 Mountainbrook's effective rate of 0.82%, 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 Mountainbrook
Mountainbrook runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mountainbrook.
Who works in Mountainbrook, and how
Work in Mountainbrook centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Mountainbrook
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mountainbrook.
What the weather is like in Mountainbrook, month by month
Mountainbrook sees roughly 80 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° | 45° | 36° |
| April | 77° | 62° | 50° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 78° | 64° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Mountainbrook
The nearest airport, Columbus, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 59 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mountainbrook
Schools across Mountainbrook average a C+, better than 42% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Park Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Mountain View Elementary SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Creekside SchoolB · 43% proficient
- Manchester Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Harris County High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Manchester High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mountainbrook school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mountainbrook 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 Mountainbrook against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mountainbrook
Is Mountainbrook a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mountainbrook ranks 34,173rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, short commutes, and an educated workforce, and lowest on crime and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mountainbrook expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $242,862. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $64,738 median income, cost of living beats 35% of towns.
Is Mountainbrook safe?
Mountainbrook is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $603 per resident a year.
Compare Mountainbrook with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mountainbrook. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mountainbrook 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.
Mountainbrook detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mountainbrook: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mountainbrook: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mountainbrook: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mountainbrook: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mountainbrook 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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