Best PlacesPondville, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pondville, 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.
Pondville ranks 46,097th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pondville
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.
Pondville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pondville ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- QuietBetter than 84% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 115 pleasant days a year, better than 78% of towns
Where Pondville ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$37,042 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pondville
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pondville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $37,042; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Pondville's effective rate of 0.18%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Pondville
Pondville's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pondville.
Who works in Pondville, and how
Work in Pondville centers on construction and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Pondville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pondville.
What the weather is like in Pondville, month by month
Pondville sees roughly 115 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 46° | 37° |
| April | 76° | 63° | 53° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 72° |
| October | 79° | 66° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Pondville
The nearest airport, Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International, is about 55 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 173 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pondville
Schools across Pondville average a D, better than 5% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Maxwell Elementary SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Moundville Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Brent Elementary SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Duncanville Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Hale County Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Centreville Middle SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- Bibb County High SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Hale County High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
- Greensboro High SchoolF · 4% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pondville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pondville 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 Pondville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pondville
Is Pondville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pondville ranks 46,097th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, tree cover, and state infrastructure, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pondville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $166,538. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $37,042 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Pondville safe?
Pondville is safer than 40% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $311 per resident a year.
Compare Pondville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pondville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pondville 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.
Pondville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pondville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pondville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pondville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pondville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pondville 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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