Best PlacesSeman, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Seman, 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.
Seman ranks 19,585th 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 Seman
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.
Seman's strengths and weaknesses
Where Seman ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 90% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 81% of towns
Where Seman ranks low
- Short commute38.1 minutes each way, better than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Seman
A household needs to earn about $100,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Seman home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $85,368, 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 Seman's effective rate of 0.19%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Seman
Seman runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Seman.
Who works in Seman, and how
Work in Seman centers on retail trade and public administration. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Seman
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Seman.
What the weather is like in Seman, month by month
Seman sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 46° | 34° |
| April | 77° | 63° | 48° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 79° | 65° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Seman
The nearest airport, Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field), is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 115 miles away.
The best schools in and around Seman
Schools across Seman average a C+, better than 51% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Eclectic Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Eclectic Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Elmore County High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Seman school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Seman 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 Seman against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Seman
Is Seman a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Seman ranks 19,585th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, tree cover, and fast internet, and lowest on long commutes and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Seman expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $419,228. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $85,368 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Seman safe?
Yes, Seman is safer than 81% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $207 per resident a year.
Compare Seman with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Seman. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Seman 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.
Seman detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Seman: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Seman: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Seman: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Seman: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Seman 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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