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%

Nectar$1,130/mo

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

Fulton$640/mo

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

NectarFulton

Snow a year1″0″

January low30°F 37°F

July high88°F 92°F

Growing season (days)205d 257d

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

Outdoors & history

NectarFulton

National Register places1 —

Archive photos1 —

Famous people born here—1

Community

NectarFulton

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.

NectarAL FultonAL

Nectar ↔ Fulton165 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

NectarFulton

People

Population 460Highest 431Lowest

Median age 33.1±9.5Highest 16% below AL 29.4±16.6Lowest 25% 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 36.3%±11.5Lowest AL: 22.2% 37.6%±16.3Highest 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+ 18%±9.2Highest AL: 17.8% 14.8%±6.1Lowest 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+ 4.9%Lowest AL: 28.4% 10.3%Highest AL: 28.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2%±3.5Highest AL: 6.3% 1.9%±4.3Lowest 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 $51,979±$12kLowest 19% below AL $60,926±$10kHighest 5% 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 $168,300±$30kHighest 20% below AL $117,300±$23kLowest 44% 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 $470Highest 40% below AL $258Lowest 67% below AL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 71%±43.8Highest AL: 48.8% 0%±100Lowest 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 12.4%Highest AL: 15.6% 0.7%Lowest AL: 15.6%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 5.9%±7.1Highest AL: 8.8% 0%±7.5Lowest 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 0.6%Highest 0%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 32.3 miHighest 29.8 miLowest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in FultonFew work in Nectar

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

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

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.

Nectar vs Fulton

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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