Bay Minette
- Population
- 9,118
- Coordinates
- 30.88ยฐ N, 87.77ยฐ W
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $1,913 a month in Bay Minette, rent included: 68% less than in New York. The average net salary is $2,200 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted. 6 of them have data for Bay Minette; a missing one is left out of the average, not counted as zero.
- Purchasing power25%67
- Safetycountry20%50
- Health carecountry15%59
- Climate10%No data
- Air qualitycountry10%57
- Connectivitycountry10%66
- Cost10%38
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
What it costs
US dollars a month. Indices compare with New York, which is 100; changes are against the same month a year earlier.
Prices
55 everyday prices in US dollars, the median of this month's contributions, each against a base you choose.
Differences are against New York; teal marks a price that is lower (or a salary that is higher).
| Item | Bay Minette | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $16.00 | $25.00 | โ36% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $45.00 | $140 | โ68% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $12.00 | $14.00 | โ14% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $6.00 | $8.00 | โ25% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $8.00 | $10.00 | โ20% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $5.43 | $6.37 | โ15% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $2.60 | $3.80 | โ32% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $0.75 | $2.89 | โ74% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $1.36 | $1.36 | 0% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $2.76 | $4.68 | โ41% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $3.31 | $6.97 | โ53% |
| Eggs (12) | $5.38 | $5.73 | โ6% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $7.72 | $17.38 | โ56% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $8.82 | $15.11 | โ42% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $15.43 | $17.77 | โ13% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $3.04 | $6.11 | โ50% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $1.64 | $2.20 | โ25% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $5.33 | $5.77 | โ8% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $5.51 | $6.25 | โ12% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $2.20 | $3.47 | โ37% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $1.65 | $4.17 | โ60% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $2.23 | $2.72 | โ18% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $2.61 | $2.50 | +4% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $16.83 | $20.00 | โ16% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $2.51 | $3.21 | โ22% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $3.93 | $3.96 | โ1% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $9.00 | $19.00 | โ53% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | โ | $3.00 | โ |
| Monthly pass, regular price | โ | $140 | โ |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $3.50 | $3.00 | +17% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $1.49 | $2.18 | โ32% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $35.00 | $42.00 | โ17% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $0.92 | $1.10 | โ16% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $35,578 | $35,458 | 0% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $25,714 | $25,309 | +2% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85mยฒ apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | โ | โ | โ |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $71.79 | $73.50 | โ2% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $72.50 | $71.93 | +1% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | โ | $126 | โ |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | โ | $62.38 | โ |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $12.50 | $23.00 | โ46% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $1,564 | $3,366 | โ54% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $10,230 | $60,589 | โ83% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $40.00 | $72.80 | โ45% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $43.07 | $53.22 | โ19% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $75.00 | $118 | โ36% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $90.00 | $125 | โ28% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $893 | $4,417 | โ80% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $677 | $3,033 | โ78% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $1,551 | $9,242 | โ83% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $1,255 | $5,461 | โ77% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | โ | $18,759 | โ |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | โ | $6,523 | โ |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $2,200 | $5,178 | โ58% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 6.07% | 6.49% | โ0.4 pts |
Three years of prices
Each line starts at 100 in its first month, so a rise in rent can be read against a rise in salary on the same scale. The core basket is twelve everyday prices. Hover for the actual values.
Show the monthly values
| Month | Core basket index | Rent, 1 bedroom | Net salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | โ | $893 | $2,200 |
| Jun 2026 | โ | โ | โ |
| Dec 2025 | โ | $900 | $2,200 |
| May 2025 | โ | $900 | $2,200 |
| Apr 2025 | โ | $900 | $2,200 |
| Mar 2025 | โ | $900 | $2,200 |
| Feb 2025 | โ | $900 | $2,200 |
| Jan 2025 | โ | $900 | $2,200 |
| Dec 2024 | โ | $900 | $2,200 |
| Nov 2024 | โ | $900 | $2,200 |
| Oct 2024 | โ | $900 | $2,200 |
| Sep 2024 | โ | $900 | $2,200 |
| Aug 2024 | โ | $900 | $2,200 |
| Jul 2024 | โ | $900 | $2,200 |
| Jun 2024 | โ | $900 | $2,200 |
| May 2024 | โ | $900 | $2,200 |
| Apr 2024 | โ | $900 | $2,200 |
| Jan 2024 | โ | $900 | $2,200 |
| Dec 2023 | โ | $900 | $2,200 |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses United States's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for Bay Minette yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Bay Minette. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Bay Minette on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
No monthly climate normals for Bay Minette yet.
- Annual mean
- โ
- Warmest month
- โ
- Coldest month
- โ
- Rain a year
- โ
- HumidityRelative, annual mean
- โ
- SunshineSolar energy per day
- โ
- Clear-sky daysA year
- โ
- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 ยฐC
- โ
Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
Country-level estimateNo air-quality readings for Bay Minette.
Internet
United States median; city not listed- Upload
- 64Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 12ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- 187Mbps
- Mobile latency
- 27ms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
No property survey for Bay Minette yet.
Cities like Bay Minette
In other countries, with the closest livability score and cost of living index.
About these numbers
What the figures on this page rest on.
- Confidence
- Low confidence
- Contributors
- 3Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20261 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 2 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 87%3 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to the extended GeoNames list
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026