Jasper ranks #2 in Alabama for affordable rent
Jasper is ranked on 37 lists against the 196 Alabama towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 3.
A podium finish, and more
Each list ranks every AL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Jasper marked.
Jasper lands in the top half on 14 of 26 lists
Each dot is Jasper’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in AL, the right end is last. Areas where Jasper does best come first.
Faster-rising prices than 84% of Alabama
Not better or worse, just Jasper’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
4 spots from the top 25 for low obesity
Lists where Jasper sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Where Jasper 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.
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Brighton · 1.1 yrs
#121
Cheapest rent#1 Eutaw · $442/mo
#36
Lowest property tax#1 Holt · $223/yr
#97
Rent easiest to afford#1 Muscle Shoals · 26.1%
#2 Health
Healthiest#1 Mountain Brook · 99 / 100
#91
Lowest obesity#1 Mountain Brook · 27%
#29
Fewest smokers#1 Mountain Brook · 7%
#86
Most active#1 Mountain Brook · 15%
#110
Fewest uninsured#1 Mountain Brook · 4%
#78
Lowest depression#1 Brighton · 20%
#124
Closest to a top hospital#1 Enterprise · 0.7 mi
#60 
People
Most educated#1 Mountain Brook · 88.6%
#69
Youngest#1 Livingston · 20.7
#43
Oldest#1 Centre · 59.3
#154
Most residents 65+#1 Centre · 38%
#50
Most kids#1 East Brewton · 38.3%
#45 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Pelham · 36.7%
#80
Most trails#1 Pelham · 2.5 mi / sq mi
#113
Most walkable#1 Brighton · 159 / sq mi
#85 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Orange Beach · 49.8%
#121
Most new homes#1 Triana · 47.2 per 1,000
#78
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Fastest-rising home prices#1 Sheffield · +87.7%
#26
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Chickasaw · 31.9 per home
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Orange Beach · 14.7 per resident
#46
Most library borrowing#1 Mountain Brook · 19.9 per resident
#46
Best libraries for kids#1 Orange Beach · 52.8 per child
#43 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Jackson · 14.1 min
#132 
The number on the right is Jasper’s spot. All of Alabama’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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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.