Best PlacesPrattville, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Prattville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Prattville ranks 1,194th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Prattville
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.
Prattville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Prattville ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of cities
- Cheap childcare$658 a month, better than 92% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than 85% of cities
- QuietBetter than 84% of cities
Where Prattville ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 4% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than only 9% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 15% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than only 21% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Prattville
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Prattville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,863, 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 Prattville's effective rate of 0.28%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Prattville
Prattville'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 Prattville.
Who works in Prattville, and how
Work in Prattville centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Prattville
Prattville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of cities and more parkland per resident than 78% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Prattville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Prattville, month by month
Prattville sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 60, 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 | 60° | 48° | 39° |
| April | 78° | 65° | 54° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 80° | 68° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Prattville
The nearest airport, Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field), is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 143 miles away.
The best schools in and around Prattville
Schools across Prattville average a C+, better than 30% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Daniel Pratt Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Pine Level Elementary SchoolB− · 44% proficient
- Prattville Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Prattville Junior High SchoolB · 43% proficient
- Millbrook Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Prattville Intermediate SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Prattville High SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Stanhope Elmore High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Marbury High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Prattville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Prattville 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 Prattville against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Prattville suits
Families
Schools land around the 30th percentile and crime safety beats 65%.
Common questions about living in Prattville
Is Prattville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Prattville ranks 1,194th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on low property taxes, a stable housing market, and affordable childcare, and lowest on biking and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Prattville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $229,367. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $78,863 median income, cost of living beats 50% of cities.
Is Prattville safe?
Yes, Prattville is safer than 65% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $260 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Prattville?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 60 with lows near 39. That works out to about 81 pleasant days a year, more than 45% of cities.
Is Prattville good for families?
Schools beat 30% of cities, crime safety beats 65%, and childcare runs $658 a month.
Compare Prattville with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Prattville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Prattville 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.
Prattville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Prattville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Prattville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Prattville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Prattville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Prattville 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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