Best PlacesSpanish Fort, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Spanish Fort, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Spanish Fort ranks 5,903rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Spanish Fort
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.
Spanish Fort's strengths and weaknesses
Where Spanish Fort ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of towns
- Household income$119,174 median, better than 93% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 139 pleasant days a year, better than 89% of towns
Where Spanish Fort ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 21% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 33% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 36% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Spanish Fort
A household needs to earn about $98,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Spanish Fort home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $119,174, 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 Spanish Fort's effective rate of 0.32%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Spanish Fort
Spanish Fort's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Spanish Fort.
Who works in Spanish Fort, and how
Work in Spanish Fort centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Spanish Fort
Spanish Fort has more restaurants and bars per resident than 80% of towns. The coast is about 7 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Spanish Fort and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Spanish Fort, month by month
Spanish Fort sees roughly 139 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs February through May and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 51° | 42° |
| April | 77° | 66° | 56° |
| July | 89° | 80° | 74° |
| October | 81° | 69° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Spanish Fort
The nearest airport, Mobile International, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 150 miles away.
The best schools in and around Spanish Fort
Schools across Spanish Fort average a B+, better than 77% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Spanish Fort Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Rockwell Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- J Larry Newton SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Spanish Fort Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
- W J Carroll Intermediate SchoolB+ · 49% proficient
- Central Baldwin Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Spanish Fort High SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Daphne High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Robertsdale High SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Spanish Fort school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Spanish Fort 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 Spanish Fort against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Spanish Fort
Is Spanish Fort a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Spanish Fort ranks 5,903rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, an educated workforce, and low property taxes, 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 Spanish Fort expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $401,705. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $119,174 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Spanish Fort safe?
Spanish Fort is safer than 54% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $271 per resident a year.
Compare Spanish Fort with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Spanish Fort. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Spanish Fort 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.
Spanish Fort detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Spanish Fort: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Spanish Fort: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Spanish Fort: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Spanish Fort: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Spanish Fort 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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