Midfield makes Alabama’s top 10 on 2 lists
Midfield is ranked on 34 lists against the 196 Alabama towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 2 and the top quarter on 3.
The lists Midfield does best on
Each list ranks every AL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Midfield marked.
Midfield lands in the top half on 6 of 21 lists
Each dot is Midfield’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in AL, the right end is last. Areas where Midfield does best come first.
Fewer seniors than 87% of Alabama
Not better or worse, just Midfield’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
2 spots from the top 3 for walkable streets
Lists where Midfield sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Midfield out-ranks 1 of its 3 ranked neighbors
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 Midfield 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.
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Pelham · 36.7%
#82
Most trails#1 Pelham · 2.5 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Brighton · 159 / sq mi
#5 Health
Healthiest#1 Mountain Brook · 99 / 100
#143
Lowest obesity#1 Mountain Brook · 27%
#168
Fewest smokers#1 Mountain Brook · 7%
#110
Most active#1 Mountain Brook · 15%
#157
Fewest uninsured#1 Mountain Brook · 4%
#109
Lowest depression#1 Brighton · 20%
#6
Closest to a top hospital#1 Enterprise · 0.7 mi
#113 Safety
Safest#1 Southside · 5.8
#38 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Brighton · 1.1 yrs
#16
Cheapest rent#1 Eutaw · $442/mo
#146
Lowest property tax#1 Holt · $223/yr
#132
Rent easiest to afford#1 Muscle Shoals · 26.1%
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Jackson · 14.1 min
#75 
People
Most educated#1 Mountain Brook · 88.6%
#153
Youngest#1 Livingston · 20.7
#73
Oldest#1 Centre · 59.3
#124
Most residents 65+#1 Centre · 38%
#170
Most kids#1 East Brewton · 38.3%
#42 Schools
Best schools#1 Mountain Brook · +44.3 pts
#178
Highest graduation rate#1 Florence · 98%
#161 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Orange Beach · 49.8%
#49
Most new homes#1 Triana · 47.2 per 1,000
#141
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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 Midfield’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.