Meadowbrook is #1 in Alabama for working from home
Meadowbrook is ranked on 29 lists against the 196 Alabama towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 9 and the top quarter on 12.
Meadowbrook is on Alabama’s podium 6 times
Each list ranks every AL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Meadowbrook marked.
Meadowbrook 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.
Meadowbrook lands in the top half on 13 of 18 lists
Each dot is Meadowbrook’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in AL, the right end is last. Areas where Meadowbrook does best come first.
Fewer seniors than 85% of Alabama
Not better or worse, just Meadowbrook’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
1 spot from the top 3 for household income
Lists where Meadowbrook sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Where Meadowbrook 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.
People
Most educated#1 Mountain Brook · 88.6%
#2
Youngest#1 Livingston · 20.7
#119
Oldest#1 Centre · 59.3
#78
Most residents 65+#1 Centre · 38%
#166
Most kids#1 East Brewton · 38.3%
#39 Health
Healthiest#1 Mountain Brook · 99 / 100
#2
Lowest obesity#1 Mountain Brook · 27%
#3
Fewest smokers#1 Mountain Brook · 7%
#2
Most active#1 Mountain Brook · 15%
#2
Fewest uninsured#1 Mountain Brook · 4%
#3
Lowest depression#1 Brighton · 20%
#21
Closest to a top hospital#1 Enterprise · 0.7 mi
#162 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Pelham · 36.7%
Most trails#1 Pelham · 2.5 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Brighton · 159 / sq mi
#23 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Jackson · 14.1 min
#108 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Brighton · 1.1 yrs
#186
Cheapest rent#1 Eutaw · $442/mo
#159
Lowest property tax#1 Holt · $223/yr
#181
Rent easiest to afford#1 Muscle Shoals · 26.1%
Climate
Snowiest#1 Fort Payne · 5.0 in
Least snow#1 Madison · 1.1 in
Mildest winters#1 Gulf Shores · 44.0°
#96
Hottest summers#1 Prattville · 92.4°
#106
Coolest summers#1 Henagar · 85.9°
#88
Longest growing season#1 Mobile · 292 days
#74
Wettest#1 Loxley · 66 in
#69 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Orange Beach · 49.8%
#131
Most new homes#1 Triana · 47.2 per 1,000
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Fastest-rising home prices#1 Sheffield · +87.7%
#80
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Chickasaw · 31.9 per home
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Orange Beach · 14.7 per resident
Most library borrowing#1 Mountain Brook · 19.9 per resident
Best libraries for kids#1 Orange Beach · 52.8 per child
Safety
Safest#1 Southside · 5.8
The number on the right is Meadowbrook’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.