Best PlacesOhatchee, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ohatchee, 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.
Ohatchee ranks 33,111th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Ohatchee
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.
Ohatchee's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ohatchee ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- Cheap childcare$555 a month, better than 86% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 68% of towns
Where Ohatchee ranks low
- Short commute37.2 minutes each way, better than only 9% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 22% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 22% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ohatchee
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ohatchee home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,450, 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 Ohatchee's effective rate of 0.27%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Ohatchee
Ohatchee runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ohatchee.
Who works in Ohatchee, and how
Work in Ohatchee centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Ohatchee
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ohatchee.
What the weather is like in Ohatchee, month by month
Ohatchee sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 54, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54° | 42° | 33° |
| April | 75° | 61° | 48° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 77° | 63° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Ohatchee
The nearest airport, Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International, is about 45 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 92 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ohatchee
Schools across Ohatchee average a C+, better than 44% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Southside Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Alexandria Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Ashville Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ashville Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
- Rainbow Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Alexandria Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Ohatchee High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Southside High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Ashville High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ohatchee school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ohatchee 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 Ohatchee against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ohatchee
Is Ohatchee a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ohatchee ranks 33,111th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, a stable housing market, and state infrastructure, and lowest on long commutes and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ohatchee expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $143,654. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $64,450 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is Ohatchee safe?
Ohatchee is safer than 52% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $285 per resident a year.
Compare Ohatchee with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ohatchee. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ohatchee 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.
Ohatchee detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ohatchee: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ohatchee: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ohatchee: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ohatchee: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ohatchee 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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