Best PlacesMynot, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mynot, 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.
Mynot ranks 38,079th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Mynot
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.
Mynot's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mynot ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- QuietBetter than 87% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 80% of towns
Where Mynot ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 6% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mynot
A household needs to earn about $25,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mynot home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $50,167, 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 Mynot's effective rate of 0.32%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Mynot
Mynot 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 Mynot.
Who works in Mynot, and how
Work in Mynot centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Mynot
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mynot.
What the weather is like in Mynot, month by month
Mynot sees roughly 107 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 Mynot
The nearest airport, Northwest Alabama Regional, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 115 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mynot
Schools across Mynot average a D, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cherokee Elementary SchoolD · 16% proficient
Top high schools
- Cherokee High SchoolD · 19% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mynot school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mynot 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 Mynot against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mynot
Is Mynot a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mynot ranks 38,079th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, state infrastructure, and quiet, and lowest on biking and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mynot expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $101,204. The overall cost of living runs about 26% below the national average. Set against a $50,167 median income, cost of living beats 27% of towns.
Is Mynot safe?
Mynot is safer than 21% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $398 per resident a year.
Compare Mynot with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mynot. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mynot 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.
Mynot detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mynot: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mynot: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mynot: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mynot: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mynot 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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