Best PlacesPooles Crossroad, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pooles Crossroad, 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.
Pooles Crossroad ranks 45,428th 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 Pooles Crossroad
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.
Pooles Crossroad's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pooles Crossroad ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- Cheap childcare$605 a month, better than 78% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 69% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 60% of towns
Where Pooles Crossroad ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 7% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 8% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pooles Crossroad
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pooles Crossroad home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,411, 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 Pooles Crossroad's effective rate of 0.26%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Pooles Crossroad
Pooles Crossroad runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pooles Crossroad.
Who works in Pooles Crossroad, and how
Work in Pooles Crossroad centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Pooles Crossroad
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pooles Crossroad.
What the weather is like in Pooles Crossroad, month by month
Pooles Crossroad sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 45° | 36° |
| April | 77° | 62° | 50° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 78° | 64° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Pooles Crossroad
The nearest airport, Columbus, is about 50 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 70 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pooles Crossroad
Schools across Pooles Crossroad average a D, better than 8% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Knight Enloe Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Lafayette Eastside Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Handley Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- John P Powell Middle SchoolF · 8% proficient
Top high schools
- Handley High SchoolD · 18% proficient
- Lafayette High SchoolF · 9% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pooles Crossroad school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pooles Crossroad 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 Pooles Crossroad against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pooles Crossroad
Is Pooles Crossroad a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pooles Crossroad ranks 45,428th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, state infrastructure, and affordable childcare, and lowest on cell coverage and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pooles Crossroad expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $193,563. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $54,411 median income, cost of living beats 30% of towns.
Is Pooles Crossroad safe?
Pooles Crossroad is safer than 24% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $385 per resident a year.
Compare Pooles Crossroad with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pooles Crossroad. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pooles Crossroad 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.
Pooles Crossroad detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pooles Crossroad: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pooles Crossroad: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pooles Crossroad: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pooles Crossroad: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pooles Crossroad 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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