Best PlacesWing, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wing, 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.
Wing ranks 37,287th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Wing
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.
Wing's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wing ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 98% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 87% of towns
- QuietBetter than 85% of towns
Where Wing ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 11% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 11% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wing
A household needs to earn about $31,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wing home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,196, 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 Wing's effective rate of 0.21%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Wing
Wing runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wing.
Who works in Wing, and how
Work in Wing centers on retail trade and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Wing
Wing has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Wing and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Wing, month by month
Wing sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 51° | 39° |
| April | 81° | 67° | 54° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 84° | 69° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Wing
The nearest airport, Eglin AFB/Destin-Ft Walton Beach, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 221 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wing
Schools across Wing average a C−, better than 27% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ws Harlan Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- W S Neal Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- W S Neal Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Florala High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- W S Neal High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wing school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wing 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 Wing against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wing
Is Wing a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wing ranks 37,287th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, tree cover, and state infrastructure, and lowest on disaster risk and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wing expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $127,731. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $63,196 median income, cost of living beats 42% of towns.
Is Wing safe?
Yes, Wing is safer than 71% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $223 per resident a year.
Compare Wing with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wing. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wing 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.
Wing detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wing: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wing: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wing: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wing: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wing 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.