Morris makes Alabama’s top 10 on 3 lists
Morris is ranked on 32 lists against the 196 Alabama towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 3 and the top quarter on 10.
More year-round than 95% of Alabama
Not better or worse, just Morris’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Morris does best on
Each list ranks every AL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Morris marked.
Morris lands in the top half on 14 of 20 lists
Each dot is Morris’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in AL, the right end is last. Areas where Morris does best come first.
2 spots from the top 3 for safety
Lists where Morris sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Morris 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.
Every AL list, and where Morris 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
#20
Lowest obesity#1 Mountain Brook · 27%
#9
Fewest smokers#1 Mountain Brook · 7%
#25
Most active#1 Mountain Brook · 15%
#23
Fewest uninsured#1 Mountain Brook · 4%
#6
Lowest depression#1 Brighton · 20%
#124
Closest to a top hospital#1 Enterprise · 0.7 mi
#125 Safety
Safest#1 Southside · 5.8
#5 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Orange Beach · 49.8%
#186
Most new homes#1 Triana · 47.2 per 1,000
#32
S
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Sheffield · +87.7%
#46
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Chickasaw · 31.9 per home
#49 People
Most educated#1 Mountain Brook · 88.6%
#49
Youngest#1 Livingston · 20.7
#78
Oldest#1 Centre · 59.3
#121
Most residents 65+#1 Centre · 38%
#174
Most kids#1 East Brewton · 38.3%
#103 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Brighton · 1.1 yrs
#145
Cheapest rent#1 Eutaw · $442/mo
#57
Lowest property tax#1 Holt · $223/yr
#169
Rent easiest to afford#1 Muscle Shoals · 26.1%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Pelham · 36.7%
#161
Most trails#1 Pelham · 2.5 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Brighton · 159 / sq mi
#79 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Jackson · 14.1 min
#150 
The number on the right is Morris’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.