Best PlacesVine Hill, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Vine Hill, 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.
Vine Hill ranks 47,393rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Vine Hill
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.
Vine Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Vine Hill ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 93% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
Where Vine Hill ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 4% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 7% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Vine Hill
A household needs to earn about $20,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Vine Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $48,908, 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 Vine Hill's effective rate of 0.33%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Vine Hill
Vine Hill runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65, 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 Vine Hill.
Who works in Vine Hill, and how
Work in Vine Hill centers on retail trade and public administration. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Vine Hill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Vine Hill.
What the weather is like in Vine Hill, month by month
Vine Hill sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 47° | 38° |
| April | 78° | 64° | 52° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 80° | 67° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Vine Hill
The nearest airport, Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field), is about 37 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 161 miles away.
The best schools in and around Vine Hill
Schools across Vine Hill average a D, better than 7% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Je Terry Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- William R Martin Middle SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Dallas County High SchoolF · 8% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Vine Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Vine Hill 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 Vine Hill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Vine Hill
Is Vine Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Vine Hill ranks 47,393rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, a strong job market, and low property taxes, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Vine Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $82,605. The overall cost of living runs about 20% above the national average. Set against a $48,908 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Vine Hill safe?
Vine Hill is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $683 per resident a year.
Compare Vine Hill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Vine Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Vine Hill 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.
Vine Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Vine Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Vine Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Vine Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Vine Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Vine Hill 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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