Best PlacesTrussville, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Trussville, 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.
Trussville ranks 3,648th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Trussville
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.
Trussville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Trussville ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$123,701 median, better than 94% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 90% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 90% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 89% of towns
Where Trussville ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 11% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 33% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 39% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Trussville
A household needs to earn about $93,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Trussville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $123,701, 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 Trussville's effective rate of 0.49%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Trussville
Trussville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Trussville.
Who works in Trussville, and how
Work in Trussville centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Trussville
Trussville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 84% of towns and more parkland per resident than 85% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Trussville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Trussville, month by month
Trussville sees roughly 86 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 45° | 37° |
| April | 76° | 64° | 53° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 79° | 67° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Trussville
The nearest airport, Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 124 miles away.
The best schools in and around Trussville
Schools across Trussville average an A−, better than 84% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Paine Elementary SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
- Magnolia Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Cahaba Elementary SchoolA · 69% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hewitttrussville Middle SchoolA · 59% proficient
- Springville Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
- Ashville Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Hewitttrussville High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Shades Valley High SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Springville High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Trussville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Trussville 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 Trussville against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Trussville suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 97% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 15% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 55% of towns and health care access beats 89%.
Common questions about living in Trussville
Is Trussville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Trussville ranks 3,648th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and population health, and lowest on air quality and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Trussville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $372,833. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $123,701 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Trussville safe?
Trussville is safer than 45% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $308 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Trussville?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 56 with lows near 37. That works out to about 86 pleasant days a year, more than 55% of towns.
Is Trussville good for families?
Schools beat 84% of towns, crime safety beats 45%, and childcare runs $702 a month.
Compare Trussville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Trussville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Trussville 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.
Trussville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Trussville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Trussville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Trussville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Trussville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Trussville 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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