Best PlacesPerry Store, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Perry Store, 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.
Perry Store ranks 37,724th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Perry Store
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.
Perry Store's strengths and weaknesses
Where Perry Store ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 97% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 91% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- Cheap childcare$561 a month, better than 85% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 79% of towns
Where Perry Store ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Perry Store
A household needs to earn about $29,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Perry Store home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $51,797, 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 Perry Store's effective rate of 0.24%, 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 Perry Store
Perry Store runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Perry Store.
Who works in Perry Store, and how
Work in Perry Store centers on manufacturing and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 0%
Life in Perry Store
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Perry Store.
What the weather is like in Perry Store, month by month
Perry Store sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 52° | 41° |
| April | 83° | 69° | 55° |
| July | 96° | 83° | 74° |
| October | 86° | 71° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Perry Store
The nearest airport, Dothan Regional, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 191 miles away.
The best schools in and around Perry Store
Schools across Perry Store average a B+, better than 76% of towns.
Top high schools
- Kinston SchoolA− · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Perry Store school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Perry Store 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 Perry Store against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Perry Store
Is Perry Store a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Perry Store ranks 37,724th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, a strong job market, and state infrastructure, and lowest on summer heat and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Perry Store expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $119,500. The overall cost of living runs about 24% below the national average. Set against a $51,797 median income, cost of living beats 29% of towns.
Is Perry Store safe?
Perry Store is safer than 34% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $332 per resident a year.
Compare Perry Store with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Perry Store. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Perry Store 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.
Perry Store detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Perry Store: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Perry Store: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Perry Store: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Perry Store: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Perry Store 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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