Springville ranks #12 in Alabama for working from home
Springville is ranked on 34 lists against the 196 Alabama towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 12.
The lists Springville does best on
Each list ranks every AL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Springville marked.
2 spots from the top 10 for working from home
Lists where Springville sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Springville lands in the top half on 15 of 22 lists
Each dot is Springville’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in AL, the right end is last. Areas where Springville does best come first.
More seniors than 93% of Alabama
Not better or worse, just Springville’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Springville 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.
Where Springville 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.
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Orange Beach · 49.8%
#82
Most new homes#1 Triana · 47.2 per 1,000
#16
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Fastest-rising home prices#1 Sheffield · +87.7%
#55
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Chickasaw · 31.9 per home
#7 Health
Healthiest#1 Mountain Brook · 99 / 100
#36
Lowest obesity#1 Mountain Brook · 27%
#53
Fewest smokers#1 Mountain Brook · 7%
#31
Most active#1 Mountain Brook · 15%
#34
Fewest uninsured#1 Mountain Brook · 4%
#16
Lowest depression#1 Brighton · 20%
#124
Closest to a top hospital#1 Enterprise · 0.7 mi
#184 People
Most educated#1 Mountain Brook · 88.6%
#28
Youngest#1 Livingston · 20.7
#159
Oldest#1 Centre · 59.3
#39
Most residents 65+#1 Centre · 38%
#15
Most kids#1 East Brewton · 38.3%
#133 
Safety
Safest#1 Southside · 5.8
#31 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Pelham · 36.7%
#144
Most trails#1 Pelham · 2.5 mi / sq mi
#13
Most walkable#1 Brighton · 159 / sq mi
#116 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Brighton · 1.1 yrs
#164
Cheapest rent#1 Eutaw · $442/mo
#70
Lowest property tax#1 Holt · $223/yr
#118
Rent easiest to afford#1 Muscle Shoals · 26.1%
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Jackson · 14.1 min
#179 
The number on the right is Springville’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.