Best PlacesSeven Hills, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Seven Hills, 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.
Seven Hills ranks 11,495th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Seven Hills
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.
Seven Hills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Seven Hills ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 92% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 86% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 86% of towns
Where Seven Hills ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Short commute35.0 minutes each way, better than only 14% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Seven Hills
A household needs to earn about $71,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Seven Hills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $91,641, 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 Seven Hills' effective rate of 0.43%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Seven Hills
Seven Hills runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Seven Hills.
Who works in Seven Hills, and how
Work in Seven Hills centers on manufacturing and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 0%
Life in Seven Hills
The coast is about 28 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Seven Hills, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Seven Hills, month by month
Seven Hills 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 Seven Hills
The nearest airport, Mobile Regional, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 124 miles away.
The best schools in and around Seven Hills
Schools across Seven Hills average a B−, better than 55% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dawes Intermediate SchoolA− · 59% proficient
- Tanner Williams Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Breitling Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bernice J Causey Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Semmes Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Grand Bay Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Baker High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Alma Bryant High SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Mary G Montgomery High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Seven Hills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Seven Hills 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 Seven Hills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Seven Hills
Is Seven Hills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Seven Hills ranks 11,495th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, fast internet, and state infrastructure, and lowest on disaster risk and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Seven Hills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $284,221. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $91,641 median income, cost of living beats 80% of towns.
Is Seven Hills safe?
Yes, Seven Hills is safer than 97% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $136 per resident a year.
Compare Seven Hills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Seven Hills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Seven Hills 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.
Seven Hills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Seven Hills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Seven Hills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Seven Hills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Seven Hills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Seven Hills 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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