How Atmore compares across Alabama
Atmore is ranked on 37 lists against the 196 Alabama towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 1.
Longer growing season than 97% of Alabama
Not better or worse, just Atmore’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Atmore lands in the top half on 9 of 25 lists
Each dot is Atmore’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in AL, the right end is last. Areas where Atmore does best come first.
The lists Atmore does best on
Each list ranks every AL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Atmore marked.
Where Atmore 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.
Health
Healthiest#1 Mountain Brook · 99 / 100
#190
Lowest obesity#1 Mountain Brook · 27%
#179
Fewest smokers#1 Mountain Brook · 7%
#190
Most active#1 Mountain Brook · 15%
#177
Fewest uninsured#1 Mountain Brook · 4%
#187
Lowest depression#1 Brighton · 20%
#21
Closest to a top hospital#1 Enterprise · 0.7 mi
#79 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Brighton · 1.1 yrs
#68
Cheapest rent#1 Eutaw · $442/mo
#53
Lowest property tax#1 Holt · $223/yr
#76
Rent easiest to afford#1 Muscle Shoals · 26.1%
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Jackson · 14.1 min
#72 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Orange Beach · 14.7 per resident
#19
Most library borrowing#1 Mountain Brook · 19.9 per resident
#35
Best libraries for kids#1 Orange Beach · 52.8 per child
#37 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Pelham · 36.7%
#138
Most trails#1 Pelham · 2.5 mi / sq mi
#37
Most walkable#1 Brighton · 159 / sq mi
#137 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Orange Beach · 49.8%
#21
Most new homes#1 Triana · 47.2 per 1,000
#97
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Fastest-rising home prices#1 Sheffield · +87.7%
#60
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Chickasaw · 31.9 per home
Schools
Best schools#1 Mountain Brook · +44.3 pts
#138
Highest graduation rate#1 Florence · 98%
#161 
The number on the right is Atmore’s spot. All of Alabama’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
Do the numbers ring true?
The lists count what can be counted. Neighbors know the rest.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
- 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.