Argo ranks #6 in Alabama for safety
Argo is ranked on 29 lists against the 196 Alabama towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 7.
Fewer seniors than 97% of Alabama
Not better or worse, just Argo’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Argo does best on
Each list ranks every AL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Argo marked.
3 spots from the top 3 for safety
Lists where Argo sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Argo lands in the top half on 11 of 18 lists
Each dot is Argo’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in AL, the right end is last. Areas where Argo does best come first.
Argo out-ranks 1 of its 3 ranked neighbors
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Where Argo lands in every AL ranking
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Safety
Safest#1 Southside · 5.8
#6 
Health
Healthiest#1 Mountain Brook · 99 / 100
#28
Lowest obesity#1 Mountain Brook · 27%
#53
Fewest smokers#1 Mountain Brook · 7%
#31
Most active#1 Mountain Brook · 15%
#23
Fewest uninsured#1 Mountain Brook · 4%
#16
Lowest depression#1 Brighton · 20%
#124
Closest to a top hospital#1 Enterprise · 0.7 mi
#180 People
Most educated#1 Mountain Brook · 88.6%
#53
Youngest#1 Livingston · 20.7
#19
Oldest#1 Centre · 59.3
#178
Most residents 65+#1 Centre · 38%
#190
Most kids#1 East Brewton · 38.3%
#60 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Brighton · 1.1 yrs
#147
Cheapest rent#1 Eutaw · $442/mo
Lowest property tax#1 Holt · $223/yr
#126
Rent easiest to afford#1 Muscle Shoals · 26.1%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Pelham · 36.7%
#167
Most trails#1 Pelham · 2.5 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Brighton · 159 / sq mi
#169 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Jackson · 14.1 min
#189 Climate
Snowiest#1 Fort Payne · 5.0 in
Least snow#1 Madison · 1.1 in
Mildest winters#1 Gulf Shores · 44.0°
#146
Hottest summers#1 Prattville · 92.4°
#170
Coolest summers#1 Henagar · 85.9°
#25
Longest growing season#1 Mobile · 292 days
#159
Wettest#1 Loxley · 66 in
#45 
The number on the right is Argo’s spot. All of Alabama’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every AL list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.