Best PlacesTillery Crossroads, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tillery Crossroads, 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.
Tillery Crossroads ranks 22,679th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Tillery Crossroads
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.
Tillery Crossroads' strengths and weaknesses
Where Tillery Crossroads ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 96% of towns
- Short commute18.0 minutes each way, better than 93% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 82% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 81% of towns
Where Tillery Crossroads ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 17% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 21% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 24% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tillery Crossroads
A household needs to earn about $48,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tillery Crossroads home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,396, 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 Tillery Crossroads' effective rate of 0.46%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Tillery Crossroads
Tillery Crossroads runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Tillery Crossroads.
Who works in Tillery Crossroads, and how
Work in Tillery Crossroads centers on public administration and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Tillery Crossroads
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Tillery Crossroads.
What the weather is like in Tillery Crossroads, month by month
Tillery Crossroads sees roughly 89 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs February through May and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 47° | 37° |
| April | 76° | 64° | 54° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 78° | 66° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Tillery Crossroads
The nearest airport, Columbus, is about 21 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 80 miles away.
The best schools in and around Tillery Crossroads
Schools across Tillery Crossroads average a C−, better than 21% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wacoochee Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Beulah Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sanford Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Smiths Station Junior High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Smiths Station High SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Beulah High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tillery Crossroads school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tillery Crossroads 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 Tillery Crossroads against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tillery Crossroads
Is Tillery Crossroads a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tillery Crossroads ranks 22,679th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, short commutes, and state infrastructure, and lowest on taxes and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tillery Crossroads expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $194,128. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $68,396 median income, cost of living beats 43% of towns.
Is Tillery Crossroads safe?
Tillery Crossroads is safer than 42% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $311 per resident a year.
Compare Tillery Crossroads with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tillery Crossroads. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tillery Crossroads 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.
Tillery Crossroads detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tillery Crossroads: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tillery Crossroads: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tillery Crossroads: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tillery Crossroads: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tillery Crossroads 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.
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