Best PlacesReece City, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Reece City, 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.
Reece City ranks 36,670th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Reece City
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.
Reece City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Reece City ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Cheap childcare$531 a month, better than 89% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 86% of towns
Where Reece City ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Short commute36.1 minutes each way, better than only 11% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 14% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Reece City
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Reece City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,377, 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 Reece City's effective rate of 0.27%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Reece City
Reece City runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Reece City.
Who works in Reece City, and how
Work in Reece City centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 0%
Life in Reece City
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Reece City.
What the weather is like in Reece City, month by month
Reece City sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 54, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54° | 42° | 33° |
| April | 75° | 61° | 48° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 77° | 63° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Reece City
The nearest airport, Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International, is about 54 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 97 miles away.
The best schools in and around Reece City
Schools across Reece City average a C−, better than 18% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Duck Springs Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Mitchell Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sardis Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
- Sansom Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Gadsden City High SchoolD · 21% proficient
- Etowah High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Reece City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Reece City 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 Reece City against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Reece City
Is Reece City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Reece City ranks 36,670th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, affordable childcare, and state infrastructure, and lowest on noise and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Reece City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $145,699. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $64,377 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Reece City safe?
Yes, Reece City is safer than 72% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $223 per resident a year.
Compare Reece City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Reece City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Reece City 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.
Reece City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Reece City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Reece City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Reece City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Reece City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Reece City 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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