Best PlacesRange, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Range, 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.
Range ranks 46,513th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Range
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.
Range's strengths and weaknesses
Where Range ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 97% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 78% of towns
- Cheap childcare$615 a month, better than 78% of towns
Where Range ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 2% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 4% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 6% of towns
- Household income$46,591 median, better than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Range
A household needs to earn about $27,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Range home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $46,591, 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 Range'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 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 Range
Range'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 Range.
Who works in Range, and how
Work in Range centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Range
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Range.
What the weather is like in Range, month by month
Range sees roughly 94 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 62, 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 | 62° | 49° | 39° |
| April | 80° | 66° | 54° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 82° | 68° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Range
The nearest airport, Pensacola International, is about 57 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 202 miles away.
The best schools in and around Range
Schools across Range average a D−, better than 4% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Conecuh County Junior High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Repton Junior High SchoolD · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Hillcrest High SchoolF · 8% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Range school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Range 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 Range against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Range
Is Range a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Range ranks 46,513th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, a stable housing market, and state infrastructure, and lowest on health outcomes and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Range expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $112,834. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $46,591 median income, cost of living beats 18% of towns.
Is Range safe?
Range is safer than 32% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $340 per resident a year.
Compare Range with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Range. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Range 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.
Range detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Range: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Range: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Range: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Range: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Range 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.