Mount Olive ranks #17 in Alabama for low obesity
Mount Olive is ranked on 31 lists against the 196 Alabama towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 8.
The lists Mount Olive does best on
Each list ranks every AL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Mount Olive marked.
Mount Olive lands in the top half on 11 of 18 lists
Each dot is Mount Olive’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in AL, the right end is last. Areas where Mount Olive does best come first.
More year-round than 86% of Alabama
Not better or worse, just Mount Olive’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
4 spots from the top 25 for health insurance
Lists where Mount Olive sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Where Mount Olive 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.
Health
Healthiest#1 Mountain Brook · 99 / 100
#39
Lowest obesity#1 Mountain Brook · 27%
#17
Fewest smokers#1 Mountain Brook · 7%
#47
Most active#1 Mountain Brook · 15%
#38
Fewest uninsured#1 Mountain Brook · 4%
#29
Lowest depression#1 Brighton · 20%
#166
Closest to a top hospital#1 Enterprise · 0.7 mi
#112 
People
Most educated#1 Mountain Brook · 88.6%
#89
Youngest#1 Livingston · 20.7
#106
Oldest#1 Centre · 59.3
#92
Most residents 65+#1 Centre · 38%
#70
Most kids#1 East Brewton · 38.3%
#73 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Jackson · 14.1 min
#119 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Brighton · 1.1 yrs
#130
Cheapest rent#1 Eutaw · $442/mo
Lowest property tax#1 Holt · $223/yr
#166
Rent easiest to afford#1 Muscle Shoals · 26.1%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Pelham · 36.7%
#146
Most trails#1 Pelham · 2.5 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Brighton · 159 / sq mi
#171 Climate
Snowiest#1 Fort Payne · 5.0 in
#10
Least snow#1 Madison · 1.1 in
#33
Mildest winters#1 Gulf Shores · 44.0°
#119
Hottest summers#1 Prattville · 92.4°
#75
Coolest summers#1 Henagar · 85.9°
#121
Longest growing season#1 Mobile · 292 days
#74
Wettest#1 Loxley · 66 in
#77 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Orange Beach · 49.8%
#167
Most new homes#1 Triana · 47.2 per 1,000
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Fastest-rising home prices#1 Sheffield · +87.7%
#65
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 Mount Olive’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.