Best PlacesSix Mile, AL Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood in and around Six Mile, 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.

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Six Mile ranks 44,804th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.

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The best neighborhoods in Six Mile

Map of the best neighborhoods in the Six Mile area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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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.

Six Mile's strengths and weaknesses

Top 3%Few empty homes
Top 3%Low property taxes
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare Six Mile with other towns.

Where Six Mile ranks high

  • Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
  • Low property taxBetter than 98% of towns
  • State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
  • Crime safetyBetter than 87% of towns
  • Tree shadeBetter than 80% of towns

Where Six Mile ranks low

  • Short commute46.0 minutes each way, better than only 2% of towns
  • Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of towns
  • Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
  • Household income$41,964 median, better than only 3% of towns
  • Local economyBetter than only 5% of towns

Who lives in Six Mile

Six Mile's age mix sits close to the national median.

Median age
41
about the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
10%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.5
near the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1826%
18 to 3417%
35 to 4922%
50 to 6425%
65 and older10%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Six Mile.

Who works in Six Mile, and how

Work in Six Mile centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.

Work from home
14%
about the national average
Unemployment
8.1%
above the national average
Job growth
−18.1%
/y 2019-2023, slower than the national pace

Largest industries

Manufacturing37%
Health care & social18%
Transportation & warehousing15%
Professional & technical7%
Finance & insurance7%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 84%
  • Work from home 14%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 2%

Life in Six Mile

The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Six Mile.

What the weather is like in Six Mile, month by month

Six Mile sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January57°46°37°
April76°64°54°
July91°80°72°
October79°66°56°

Flying in and out of Six Mile

The nearest airport, Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 154 miles away.

Nearest airport
BHM
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International, about 39 miles
Airport size
Small hub
83rd-busiest in the US, 70 nonstop destinations
Average drive
56 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around Six Mile

Schools across Six Mile average a C−, better than 18% of towns.

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Top middle schools

Top high schools

Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Six Mile school and its grade on SchoolGrade.

Six Mile 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 Six Mile against the other 50,332 towns.

Common questions about living in Six Mile

Is Six Mile a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Six Mile ranks 44,804th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, low property taxes, and state infrastructure, and lowest on long commutes and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is Six Mile safe?

Yes, Six Mile is safer than 87% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $178 per resident a year.

What is the weather like in Six Mile?

July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 57 with lows near 37. That works out to about 91 pleasant days a year, more than 61% of towns.

Compare Six Mile with other towns

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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Six Mile. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Six Mile 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.

Six Mile detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for Six Mile: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in Six Mile: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of Six Mile: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in Six Mile: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

Six Mile detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. 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.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  5. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  6. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  7. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  8. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  9. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  10. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  11. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. 2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026