Demopolis ranks #21 in Alabama for low depression
Demopolis is ranked on 33 lists against the 196 Alabama towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 3.
The lists Demopolis does best on
Each list ranks every AL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Demopolis marked.
Demopolis lands in the top half on 10 of 22 lists
Each dot is Demopolis’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in AL, the right end is last. Areas where Demopolis does best come first.
Hotter summers than 91% of Alabama
Not better or worse, just Demopolis’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
2 spots from the top 25 for cheap rent
Lists where Demopolis sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Every AL list, and where Demopolis lands
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
#121
Lowest obesity#1 Mountain Brook · 27%
#140
Fewest smokers#1 Mountain Brook · 7%
#86
Most active#1 Mountain Brook · 15%
#123
Fewest uninsured#1 Mountain Brook · 4%
#78
Lowest depression#1 Brighton · 20%
#21
Closest to a top hospital#1 Enterprise · 0.7 mi
#194 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Brighton · 1.1 yrs
#91
Cheapest rent#1 Eutaw · $442/mo
#27
Lowest property tax#1 Holt · $223/yr
#146
Rent easiest to afford#1 Muscle Shoals · 26.1%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Pelham · 36.7%
#39
Most trails#1 Pelham · 2.5 mi / sq mi
#52
Most walkable#1 Brighton · 159 / sq mi
#98 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Jackson · 14.1 min
#73 People
Most educated#1 Mountain Brook · 88.6%
#75
Youngest#1 Livingston · 20.7
#168
Oldest#1 Centre · 59.3
#28
Most residents 65+#1 Centre · 38%
#49
Most kids#1 East Brewton · 38.3%
#122 
Schools
Best schools#1 Mountain Brook · +44.3 pts
#100
Highest graduation rate#1 Florence · 98%
#161 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Orange Beach · 49.8%
#33
Most new homes#1 Triana · 47.2 per 1,000
#144
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Fastest-rising home prices#1 Sheffield · +87.7%
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Chickasaw · 31.9 per home
The number on the right is Demopolis’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.