Best PlacesYantley, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Yantley, 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.
Yantley ranks 50,245th 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.
The best neighborhoods in Yantley
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.
Yantley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Yantley ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 93% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 88% of towns
Where Yantley ranks low
- School gradeD−, better than only 2% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$36,375 median, better than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Yantley
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Yantley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $36,375; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Yantley's effective rate of 0.15%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Yantley
Yantley 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 Yantley.
Who works in Yantley, and how
Work in Yantley centers on other services and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 0%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Yantley
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Yantley.
What the weather is like in Yantley, month by month
Yantley sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 47° | 36° |
| April | 80° | 65° | 52° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 72° |
| October | 83° | 67° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Yantley
The nearest airport, Key Field, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 192 miles away.
The best schools in and around Yantley
Schools across Yantley average a D−, better than 2% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Choctaw County ElementaryD− · 13% proficient
- Kinterbish Junior High SchoolF · 9% proficient
Top high schools
- Choctaw County High SchoolF · 11% proficient
- Sumter Central High SchoolF · 4% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Yantley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Yantley 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 Yantley against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Yantley
Is Yantley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Yantley ranks 50,245th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, clean air, and a stable housing market, and lowest on the schools and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Yantley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $162,000. The overall cost of living runs about 24% below the national average. Set against a $36,375 median income, cost of living beats 10% of towns.
Is Yantley safe?
Yantley is safer than 3% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $762 per resident a year.
Compare Yantley with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Yantley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Yantley 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.
Yantley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Yantley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Yantley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Yantley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Yantley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Yantley 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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