Best PlacesTurkeytown, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Turkeytown, 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.
Turkeytown ranks 38,750th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Turkeytown
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.
Turkeytown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Turkeytown ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap childcare$531 a month, better than 89% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- QuietBetter than 80% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 70% of towns
Where Turkeytown ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 14% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 16% of towns
- Household income$53,488 median, better than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Turkeytown
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Turkeytown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $53,488, 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 Turkeytown'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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Turkeytown
Turkeytown runs older than the country, 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 Turkeytown.
Who works in Turkeytown, and how
Work in Turkeytown centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Turkeytown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Turkeytown.
What the weather is like in Turkeytown, month by month
Turkeytown sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 41° | 33° |
| April | 73° | 61° | 50° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 75° | 62° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Turkeytown
The nearest airport, Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field, is about 62 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 90 miles away.
The best schools in and around Turkeytown
Schools across Turkeytown average a C−, better than 21% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hokes Bluff Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Centre Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Highland Elementary SchoolC · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Centre Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Hokes Bluff Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Hokes Bluff High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Cherokee County High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Gaston High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Turkeytown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Turkeytown 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 Turkeytown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Turkeytown
Is Turkeytown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Turkeytown ranks 38,750th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, affordable childcare, and state infrastructure, and lowest on education levels and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Turkeytown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $159,802. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $53,488 median income, cost of living beats 21% of towns.
Is Turkeytown safe?
Turkeytown is safer than 45% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $323 per resident a year.
Compare Turkeytown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Turkeytown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Turkeytown 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.
Turkeytown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Turkeytown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Turkeytown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Turkeytown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Turkeytown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Turkeytown 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.