Best PlacesRanburne, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ranburne, 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.
Ranburne ranks 21,980th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Ranburne
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.
Ranburne's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ranburne ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- Cheap childcare$549 a month, better than 87% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 81% of towns
- Household income$87,209 median, better than 74% of towns
Where Ranburne ranks low
- Short commute43.6 minutes each way, better than only 2% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 31% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ranburne
A household needs to earn about $61,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ranburne home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $87,209, 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 Ranburne's effective rate of 0.26%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Ranburne
Ranburne runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ranburne.
Who works in Ranburne, and how
Work in Ranburne centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Ranburne
Ranburne has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Ranburne and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ranburne, month by month
Ranburne sees roughly 96 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 42° | 34° |
| April | 73° | 60° | 49° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 69° |
| October | 74° | 62° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Ranburne
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 54 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 Ranburne
Schools across Ranburne average a C+, better than 50% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ranburne Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bowdon Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
- Cleburne County Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Cleburne County High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Ranburne High SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Woodland High SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ranburne school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ranburne 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 Ranburne against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ranburne
Is Ranburne a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ranburne ranks 21,980th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, state infrastructure, and affordable childcare, and lowest on long commutes and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ranburne expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $252,944. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $87,209 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Ranburne safe?
Yes, Ranburne is safer than 70% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $226 per resident a year.
Compare Ranburne with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ranburne. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ranburne 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.
Ranburne detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ranburne: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ranburne: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ranburne: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ranburne: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ranburne 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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