Best PlacesVina, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Vina, 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.
Vina ranks 31,938th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
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The best neighborhoods in Vina
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.
Vina's strengths and weaknesses
Where Vina ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 106 pleasant days a year, better than 72% of towns
- QuietBetter than 74% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- Short commute24.7 minutes each way, better than 64% of towns
Where Vina ranks low
- School gradeD+, better than only 17% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 38% of towns
- Household income$61,239 median, better than only 30% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Vina
A household needs to earn about $30,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Vina home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,239, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.7% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-08-20 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 Vina's effective rate of 0.35%, 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 Vina
Vina runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Vina.
Who works in Vina, and how
Work in Vina centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 97%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 0%
Life in Vina
Vina has more restaurants and bars per resident than 97% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Vina and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Vina, month by month
Vina sees roughly 106 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 41° | 32° |
| April | 73° | 60° | 48° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 76° | 62° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Vina
The nearest airport, Northwest Alabama Regional, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 117 miles away.
The best schools in and around Vina
Schools across Vina average a D+, better than 17% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Fairview Attendance CenterC · 33% proficient
- Red Bay ElementaryC− · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Hamilton High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Red Bay High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Vina school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Vina 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 Vina against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Vina
Is Vina a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Vina ranks 31,938th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, the weather, and quiet, and lowest on the schools and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Vina expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $122,370. The overall cost of living runs about 25% below the national average. Set against a $61,239 median income, cost of living beats 51% of towns.
Is Vina safe?
Vina is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $321 per resident a year.
Compare Vina with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Vina. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Vina 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.
Vina detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Vina: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Vina: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Vina: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Vina: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Vina 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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