Best PlacesSulligent, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sulligent, 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.
Sulligent ranks 45,889th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Sulligent
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.
Sulligent's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sulligent ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 97% of towns
- Short commute19.5 minutes each way, better than 89% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- Cheap childcare$635 a month, better than 75% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 74% of towns
Where Sulligent ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Household income$41,892 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 6% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sulligent
A household needs to earn about $31,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sulligent home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $41,892, 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 Sulligent's effective rate of 0.24%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Sulligent
Sulligent runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sulligent.
Who works in Sulligent, and how
Work in Sulligent centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Sulligent
Sulligent has more restaurants and bars per resident than 96% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Sulligent and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sulligent, month by month
Sulligent sees roughly 71 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 55, 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 | 55° | 43° | 34° |
| April | 76° | 62° | 51° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 79° | 64° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Sulligent
The nearest airport, Golden Triangle Regional, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 132 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sulligent
Schools across Sulligent average a C, better than 34% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Vernon Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Caledonia Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Caledonia High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Marion County High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sulligent school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sulligent 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 Sulligent against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sulligent
Is Sulligent a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sulligent ranks 45,889th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, short commutes, and state infrastructure, and lowest on taxes and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sulligent expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $127,586. The overall cost of living runs about 24% below the national average. Set against a $41,892 median income, cost of living beats 9% of towns.
Is Sulligent safe?
Sulligent is safer than 37% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $330 per resident a year.
Compare Sulligent with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sulligent. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sulligent 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.
Sulligent detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sulligent: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sulligent: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sulligent: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sulligent: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sulligent 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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