Best PlacesSeaboard, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Seaboard, 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.
Seaboard ranks 48,033rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Seaboard
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.
Seaboard's strengths and weaknesses
Where Seaboard ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 93% of towns
- QuietBetter than 92% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- Cheap childcare$615 a month, better than 78% of towns
Where Seaboard ranks low
- Short commute54.8 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 5% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Seaboard
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Seaboard home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,919, 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 Seaboard's effective rate of 0.33%, 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 Seaboard
Seaboard 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 Seaboard.
Who works in Seaboard, and how
Work in Seaboard centers on manufacturing and admin & support services. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Seaboard
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Seaboard.
What the weather is like in Seaboard, month by month
Seaboard sees roughly 87 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs February through May and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 51° | 39° |
| April | 80° | 67° | 55° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 74° |
| October | 84° | 70° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Seaboard
The nearest airport, Mobile Regional, is about 43 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 151 miles away.
The best schools in and around Seaboard
Schools across Seaboard average a C, better than 32% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Chatom Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lott Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Washington County High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Mcintosh High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
- Citronelle High SchoolF · 9% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Seaboard school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Seaboard 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 Seaboard against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Seaboard
Is Seaboard a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Seaboard ranks 48,033rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, low property taxes, and quiet, 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 Seaboard expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $150,556. The overall cost of living runs about 7% above the national average. Set against a $80,919 median income, cost of living beats 37% of towns.
Is Seaboard safe?
Seaboard is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $569 per resident a year.
Compare Seaboard with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Seaboard. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Seaboard 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.
Seaboard detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Seaboard: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Seaboard: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Seaboard: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Seaboard: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Seaboard 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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