Best PlacesPotash, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Potash, 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.
Potash ranks 29,195th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Potash
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.
Potash's strengths and weaknesses
Where Potash ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 97% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- Cheap childcare$549 a month, better than 87% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 85% of towns
- QuietBetter than 77% of towns
Where Potash ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 12% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Potash
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Potash home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,766, 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 Potash'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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Potash
Potash'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 Potash.
Who works in Potash, and how
Work in Potash centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Potash
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Potash.
What the weather is like in Potash, month by month
Potash sees roughly 88 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 Potash
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 58 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 51.5 million passengers in 2025, with 278 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Potash
Schools across Potash average a D+, better than 12% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Knight Enloe Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Woodland Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Rock Mills Junior High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top middle schools
- Handley Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Randolph County High SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Handley High SchoolD · 18% proficient
- Woodland High SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Potash school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Potash 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 Potash against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Potash
Is Potash a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Potash ranks 29,195th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, state infrastructure, and affordable childcare, and lowest on education levels and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Potash expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $173,501. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $65,766 median income, cost of living beats 43% of towns.
Is Potash safe?
Yes, Potash is safer than 76% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $210 per resident a year.
Compare Potash with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Potash. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Potash 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.
Potash detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Potash: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Potash: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Potash: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Potash: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Potash 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.