Brewton makes Alabama’s top 10 on 2 lists
Brewton is ranked on 37 lists against the 196 Alabama towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 2 and the top quarter on 4.
The lists Brewton does best on
Each list ranks every AL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Brewton marked.
2 spots from the top 25 for library visits
Lists where Brewton sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Brewton lands in the top half on 13 of 25 lists
Each dot is Brewton’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in AL, the right end is last. Areas where Brewton does best come first.
Hotter summers than 93% of Alabama
Not better or worse, just Brewton’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Brewton out-ranks every neighbor it can be compared with
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 Brewton 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.
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Jackson · 14.1 min
#10 Health
Healthiest#1 Mountain Brook · 99 / 100
#113
Lowest obesity#1 Mountain Brook · 27%
#101
Fewest smokers#1 Mountain Brook · 7%
#86
Most active#1 Mountain Brook · 15%
#110
Fewest uninsured#1 Mountain Brook · 4%
#109
Lowest depression#1 Brighton · 20%
#6
Closest to a top hospital#1 Enterprise · 0.7 mi
#62 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Brighton · 1.1 yrs
#58
Cheapest rent#1 Eutaw · $442/mo
#29
Lowest property tax#1 Holt · $223/yr
#116
Rent easiest to afford#1 Muscle Shoals · 26.1%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Pelham · 36.7%
#65
Most trails#1 Pelham · 2.5 mi / sq mi
#81
Most walkable#1 Brighton · 159 / sq mi
#73 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Orange Beach · 14.7 per resident
#27
Most library borrowing#1 Mountain Brook · 19.9 per resident
#32
Best libraries for kids#1 Orange Beach · 52.8 per child
#47 People
Most educated#1 Mountain Brook · 88.6%
#90
Youngest#1 Livingston · 20.7
#174
Oldest#1 Centre · 59.3
#22
Most residents 65+#1 Centre · 38%
#25
Most kids#1 East Brewton · 38.3%
#145 
The number on the right is Brewton’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.