Best PlacesPrestwick, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Prestwick, 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.
Prestwick ranks 47,472nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Prestwick
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.
Prestwick's strengths and weaknesses
Where Prestwick ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 94% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 89% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 89% of towns
Where Prestwick ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 4% of towns
- Household income$43,801 median, better than only 6% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Prestwick
A household needs to earn about $36,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Prestwick home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $43,801, 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 Prestwick's effective rate of 0.32%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Prestwick
Prestwick runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Prestwick.
Who works in Prestwick, and how
Work in Prestwick centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Prestwick
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Prestwick.
What the weather is like in Prestwick, month by month
Prestwick sees roughly 104 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 59, 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 | 59° | 46° | 37° |
| April | 77° | 63° | 52° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 79° | 66° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Prestwick
The nearest airport, Mobile Regional, is about 54 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 170 miles away.
The best schools in and around Prestwick
Schools across Prestwick average a D+, better than 10% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Chatom Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Jackson Intermediate SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jackson Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Jackson High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Prestwick school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Prestwick 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 Prestwick against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Prestwick
Is Prestwick a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Prestwick ranks 47,472nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, tree cover, and low property taxes, and lowest on crime and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Prestwick expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $149,300. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $43,801 median income, cost of living beats 9% of towns.
Is Prestwick safe?
Prestwick is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $764 per resident a year.
Compare Prestwick with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Prestwick. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Prestwick 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.
Prestwick detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Prestwick: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Prestwick: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Prestwick: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Prestwick: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Prestwick 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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