Best PlacesRedmont Park, Birmingham, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Redmont Park, Birmingham, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Redmont Park, Birmingham ranks 373rd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Redmont Park, Birmingham
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.
Redmont Park, Birmingham's strengths and weaknesses
Where Redmont Park, Birmingham ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Household income$184,383 median, better than 98% of neighborhoods
- Short commute15.2 minutes each way, better than 97% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
Where Redmont Park, Birmingham ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 15% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than only 24% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Redmont Park, Birmingham
A household needs to earn about $285,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Redmont Park, Birmingham home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $184,383, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Redmont Park, Birmingham's effective rate of 0.74%, 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 Redmont Park, Birmingham
Redmont Park, Birmingham runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Redmont Park, Birmingham.
Who works in Redmont Park, Birmingham, and how
Work in Redmont Park, Birmingham centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Redmont Park, Birmingham
Redmont Park, Birmingham has more restaurants and bars per resident than 88% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 92% of neighborhoods. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Redmont Park, Birmingham and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Redmont Park, Birmingham, month by month
Redmont Park, Birmingham sees roughly 86 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 45° | 37° |
| April | 76° | 64° | 53° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 79° | 67° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Redmont Park, Birmingham
The nearest airport, Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International, is about 5 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 136 miles away.
The best schools in and around Redmont Park, Birmingham
Schools across Redmont Park, Birmingham average a B+, better than 87% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Crestline Elementary SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- Mountain Brook Elementary SchoolA+ · 79% proficient
- Shades Cahaba Elementary SchoolA− · 59% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mountain Brook Junior High SchoolA+ · 71% proficient
- Homewood Middle SchoolA+ · 68% proficient
- Irondale Middle SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Mountain Brook High SchoolA · 75% proficient
- Homewood High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
- Shades Valley High SchoolC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Redmont Park, Birmingham school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Redmont Park, Birmingham 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 Redmont Park, Birmingham against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Redmont Park, Birmingham
Is Redmont Park, Birmingham a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Redmont Park, Birmingham ranks 373rd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on what local pay buys, health care access, and high incomes, and lowest on cell coverage and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Redmont Park, Birmingham expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,100,916. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $184,383 median income, cost of living beats 99% of neighborhoods.
Is Redmont Park, Birmingham safe?
Redmont Park, Birmingham is safer than 53% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $414 per resident a year.
Compare Redmont Park, Birmingham with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Redmont Park, Birmingham. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Redmont Park, Birmingham 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.
Redmont Park, Birmingham detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Redmont Park, Birmingham: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Redmont Park, Birmingham: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Redmont Park, Birmingham: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Redmont Park, Birmingham: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Redmont Park, Birmingham 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.