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MaytownAL

A town of 314. A typical home worth about $98K.

Population
314
residents
Typical home
$98K
+3.8% in a year
Household income
$51K
median
Median age
53.3
years
Land area
3 sq mi

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Small town

314 people, and everyone knows the way

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Housing

A typical Maytown home is worth about $98K

The typical Maytown home is worth about $98,000, up 3.8% in a year, 60% below the Alabama typical home.

$98KZillow home value

Typical home value

Maytown$98K
Alabama$242K
+3.8%
value change, 1 year
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data CenterHousing market →
Work & commute

Most working residents commute out of Maytown

Most working residents leave Maytown for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Birmingham (30%), Hoover (10%) and Bessemer (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

0%work in town

Where working residents work

In Maytown0%
Birmingham30%
Hoover10%
Bessemer8%
Hueytown6%
14 mi
median commute distance
0
jobs based in Maytown
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
Census LEHD 2023 · ACSCommute map →
Natural hazards

High risk, with inland flooding at the top

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 72% of U.S. communities.

72risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
72High riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingTornadoesCold waves
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMANatural hazards →
Climate

Mild winters, hot summers

Maytown has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 91°, a January night drops to 33°, and about 1 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.

1″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter35–57°
Spring50–75°
Summer69–90°
Fall52–75°
Nov 10
typical first frost
Mar 23
typical last frost
+0.8°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →
Health

How healthy Maytown is

Maytown beats the Alabama average on 10 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3.

32 measures vs. Alabama
10 better19 too close to call3 worse
What stands outMaytownAL
Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off6.5%9.6%
Fewer adults facing food insecurity13.1%19.2%
More adults who have had cancer11.1%8.2%
Princeton Baptist Medical Center
9.6 mi away · emergency room
1 of 3
care shortages: primary care
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSAFull health report →
Outdoors

0.2% of Maytown is conserved land

1.8 miles of trails across 0 parks and preserves.

0.2%conserved
0.2%
conserved · 3 of 1,737 acres
1.8 mi
of trails · 0.7 per sq mi
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-USParks & trails →
A commuter town

100% of working residents leave Maytown for work

Where Maytown’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

30% → Birmingham Birmingham 30% 10% → Hoover Hoover 10% 8% → Bessemer Bessemer 8% 6% → Hueytown Hueytown 6% 3% → Irondale Irondale 3% 3% → Pelham Pelham 3% Maytown · 0% stay
0jobs based in Maytown
0%of working residents work in town
14 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

About Maytown

Town in Alabama, United States

Maytown is a town in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is northwest from the Birmingham suburb of Pleasant Grove. It incorporated in October 1956. As of the 2020 census, Maytown had a population of 316. This area was damaged by an F5 tornado on April 8, 1998.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Population
316
Area
2.7 sq mi
Elevation
709 ft
Area code
205

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