Best PlacesPine Orchard, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pine Orchard, 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.
Pine Orchard ranks 44,379th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Pine Orchard
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.
Pine Orchard's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pine Orchard ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 97% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- QuietBetter than 85% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 84% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 84% of towns
Where Pine Orchard ranks low
- School gradeD−, better than only 2% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 6% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 6% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pine Orchard
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pine Orchard home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,805, 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 Pine Orchard'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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pine Orchard
Pine Orchard runs older 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 Pine Orchard.
Who works in Pine Orchard, and how
Work in Pine Orchard centers on construction and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Pine Orchard
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pine Orchard.
What the weather is like in Pine Orchard, month by month
Pine Orchard sees roughly 88 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 49° | 39° |
| April | 80° | 66° | 54° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 82° | 68° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Pine Orchard
The nearest airport, Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field), is about 64 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 210 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pine Orchard
Schools across Pine Orchard average a D−, better than 2% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Repton Junior High SchoolD · 19% proficient
- Lyeffion Junior High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Hillcrest High SchoolF · 8% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pine Orchard school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pine Orchard 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 Pine Orchard against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pine Orchard
Is Pine Orchard a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pine Orchard ranks 44,379th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, state infrastructure, and quiet, and lowest on the schools and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pine Orchard expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $164,425. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $60,805 median income, cost of living beats 42% of towns.
Is Pine Orchard safe?
Pine Orchard is safer than 13% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $484 per resident a year.
Compare Pine Orchard with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pine Orchard. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pine Orchard 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.
Pine Orchard detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pine Orchard: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pine Orchard: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pine Orchard: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pine Orchard: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pine Orchard 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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