A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Fulton$640/mo

Typical home $117K (Census) · tax rate 0.22% · Housing →

Nectar$1,130/mo

Typical home $207K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.28% · or rent about $1,196/mo · Housing →

The difference: $500 a month, about $6,000 a year, between Nectar and Fulton.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

FultonNectar

Snow a year0″1″

January low37°F 30°F

July high92°F 88°F

Growing season (days)257d 205d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)84th 73rd

Outdoors & history

FultonNectar

National Register places—1

Archive photos—1

Famous people born here1 —

Community

FultonNectar

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

165 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

FultonAL NectarAL

Fulton ↔ Nectar165 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Alabama average

FultonNectar

People

Population 431Lowest 460Highest

Median age 29.4±16.6Lowest 25% below AL 33.1±9.5Highest 16% below AL

Nectar and Fulton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 37.6%±16.3Highest AL: 22.2% 36.3%±11.5Lowest AL: 22.2%

Fulton and Nectar are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 14.8%±6.1Lowest AL: 17.8% 18%±9.2Highest AL: 17.8%

Nectar and Fulton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 10.3%Highest AL: 28.4% 4.9%Lowest AL: 28.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.9%±4.3Lowest AL: 6.3% 2%±3.5Highest AL: 6.3%

Nectar and Fulton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $60,926±$10kHighest 5% below AL $51,979±$12kLowest 19% below AL

Fulton and Nectar are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $117,300±$23kLowest 44% below AL $168,300±$30kHighest 20% below AL

Nectar and Fulton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly — $1,196±$414 19% above AL

Property taxmedian, yearly $258Lowest 67% below AL $470Highest 40% below AL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100Lowest AL: 48.8% 71%±43.8Highest AL: 48.8%

Nectar and Fulton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 0.7%Lowest AL: 15.6% 12.4%Highest AL: 15.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 83.8%Highest AL: 70.2% 78%Lowest AL: 70.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1968Lowest 18 yrs older than AL 1986Highest same as AL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 15 minLowest 42% below AL 36 minHighest 40% above AL

Work from home 0%±7.5Lowest AL: 8.8% 5.9%±7.1Highest AL: 8.8%

Nectar and Fulton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 0.6%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 29.8 miLowest 32.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.50Highest 0.06Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Thomasville (18%)Birmingham (19%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in NectarFew work in Fulton

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 20.5Highest 18.2Lowest

Alabama average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Fulton vs Nectar

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $500 more a month in Nectar

What daily life feels like in each

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