Best PlacesPinkneyville, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pinkneyville, 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.
Pinkneyville ranks 34,374th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Pinkneyville
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.
Pinkneyville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pinkneyville ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- QuietBetter than 88% of towns
- Cheap childcare$571 a month, better than 82% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 80% of towns
Where Pinkneyville ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 15% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pinkneyville
A household needs to earn about $36,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pinkneyville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,187, 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 Pinkneyville's effective rate of 0.15%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Pinkneyville
Pinkneyville 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 Pinkneyville.
Who works in Pinkneyville, and how
Work in Pinkneyville centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Pinkneyville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pinkneyville.
What the weather is like in Pinkneyville, month by month
Pinkneyville sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 46° | 34° |
| April | 77° | 63° | 48° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 79° | 65° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Pinkneyville
The nearest airport, Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International, is about 56 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 95 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pinkneyville
Schools across Pinkneyville average a D+, better than 15% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Nathaniel H Stephens Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Ashland Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Benjamin Russell High SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Central High School Of Clay CountyD− · 12% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pinkneyville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pinkneyville 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 Pinkneyville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pinkneyville
Is Pinkneyville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pinkneyville ranks 34,374th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, state infrastructure, and quiet, and lowest on cell coverage and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pinkneyville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $152,594. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $63,187 median income, cost of living beats 48% of towns.
Is Pinkneyville safe?
Pinkneyville is safer than 49% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $285 per resident a year.
Compare Pinkneyville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pinkneyville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pinkneyville 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.
Pinkneyville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pinkneyville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pinkneyville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pinkneyville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pinkneyville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pinkneyville 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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