Best PlacesPhillipsville, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Phillipsville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Phillipsville ranks 22,745th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Phillipsville
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.
Phillipsville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Phillipsville ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 98% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 93% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 139 pleasant days a year, better than 89% of towns
- Household income$107,725 median, better than 89% of towns
Where Phillipsville ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 5% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Phillipsville
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Phillipsville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $107,725, 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 Phillipsville's effective rate of 0.19%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Phillipsville
Phillipsville 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 Phillipsville.
Who works in Phillipsville, and how
Work in Phillipsville centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Phillipsville
The coast is about 41 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Phillipsville, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Phillipsville, month by month
Phillipsville sees roughly 139 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs February through May and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 51° | 42° |
| April | 77° | 66° | 56° |
| July | 89° | 80° | 74° |
| October | 81° | 69° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Phillipsville
The nearest airport, Mobile International, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 167 miles away.
The best schools in and around Phillipsville
Schools across Phillipsville average a C+, better than 45% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Perdido Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Bay Minette Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bay Minette Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Baldwin County High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Phillipsville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Phillipsville 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 Phillipsville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Phillipsville
Is Phillipsville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Phillipsville ranks 22,745th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, tree cover, and what local pay buys, and lowest on disaster risk and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Phillipsville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $230,782. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $107,725 median income, cost of living beats 93% of towns.
Is Phillipsville safe?
Yes, Phillipsville is safer than 66% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $237 per resident a year.
Compare Phillipsville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Phillipsville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Phillipsville 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.
Phillipsville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Phillipsville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Phillipsville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Phillipsville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Phillipsville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Phillipsville 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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