Best PlacesValhermoso Springs, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Valhermoso Springs, 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.
Valhermoso Springs ranks 36,339th 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 Valhermoso Springs
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.
Valhermoso Springs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Valhermoso Springs ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 93% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- QuietBetter than 77% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 76% of towns
Where Valhermoso Springs ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
- Household income$50,633 median, better than only 13% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Valhermoso Springs
A household needs to earn about $31,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Valhermoso Springs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $50,633, 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 Valhermoso Springs' effective rate of 0.33%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Valhermoso Springs
Valhermoso Springs runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Valhermoso Springs.
Who works in Valhermoso Springs, and how
Work in Valhermoso Springs centers on manufacturing and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Valhermoso Springs
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Valhermoso Springs.
What the weather is like in Valhermoso Springs, month by month
Valhermoso Springs sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 43° | 32° |
| April | 76° | 62° | 49° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 71° |
| October | 79° | 65° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Valhermoso Springs
The nearest airport, Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field, is about 9 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 110 miles away.
The best schools in and around Valhermoso Springs
Schools across Valhermoso Springs average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Liberty Park ElementaryA · 72% proficient
- Monrovia Elementary SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- Farley Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Liberty Park Middle SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
- Monrovia Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Challenger Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Vestavia Hills High SchoolA · 72% proficient
- Virgil Grissom High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Sparkman High SchoolC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Valhermoso Springs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Valhermoso Springs 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 Valhermoso Springs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Valhermoso Springs
Is Valhermoso Springs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Valhermoso Springs ranks 36,339th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, a stable housing market, and state infrastructure, and lowest on taxes and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Valhermoso Springs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $125,104. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $50,633 median income, cost of living beats 35% of towns.
Is Valhermoso Springs safe?
Valhermoso Springs is safer than 27% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $363 per resident a year.
Compare Valhermoso Springs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Valhermoso Springs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Valhermoso Springs 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.
Valhermoso Springs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Valhermoso Springs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Valhermoso Springs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Valhermoso Springs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Valhermoso Springs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Valhermoso Springs 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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