Towns

Small towns in Alabama

205 small towns, communities and small cities of 1,000 to 75,000 people, plus 64 smaller suburbs, marked as suburbs. In the parts of Alabama outside metro areas, everyday prices run 16.8% below the U.S. average, and housing 55% below.

Closest to a big city

  1. Sylvan Springs13 miles to Birmingham
  2. Morris15 miles to Birmingham
  3. Kimberly17 miles to Birmingham
  4. Westover19 miles to Birmingham
  5. Warrior20 miles to Birmingham

Straight-line miles to a metro area of about 1 million people or more.

Lowest home values

  1. Carbon Hill$61,100
  2. Clio$65,600
  3. Uniontown$67,300
  4. Georgiana$69,100
  5. Clayton$72,300

Typical value of an owner-occupied home.

Growing fastest

  1. Silverhillup 218% since 2020
  2. Loxleyup 69% since 2020
  3. Foleyup 45% since 2020
  4. Athensup 33% since 2020
  5. Owens Cross Roadsup 26% since 2020

College towns

  1. LivingstonUniversity of West Alabama
  2. MontevalloUniversity of Montevallo
  3. TroyTroy University
  4. TuskegeeTuskegee University

Tourist towns

  1. Dauphin Island52% vacation homes
  2. Gulf Shores33% vacation homes
  3. Cedar Bluff23% vacation homes

Hospital in town

  1. Alexander CityRussell Medical Center
  2. AndalusiaAndalusia Health
  3. AnnistonNortheast Alabama Regional Medical Center
  4. AshlandClay County Hospital
  5. AthensAthens Limestone Hospital
  6. Bay MinetteNorth Baldwin Infirmary
  7. BoazMarshall Medical Centers
  8. BrentBibb Medical Center

Every town in Alabama

Select a column heading to sort. Miles are straight-line. Home values and incomes: Census survey 2020-2024; population: 2025 estimates.

TownPeopleSince 2020Typical homeHousehold incomeMiles to a big cityMiles to an ER
Abbeville 2,378 +1% $107,600 $31,712 159 23
Adamsville suburb 4,178 -4.9% $145,700 $62,500 11 10
Albertville 23,710 +5.8% $188,400 $56,099 61 4
Alexander City 14,515 -2.1% $155,000 $47,022 65 In town
Alexandria 3,475 $197,700 $85,089 56 8
Aliceville 2,024 -6.7% $124,300 $39,167 83 23
Andalusia 8,763 -0.8% $153,200 $42,611 154 In town
Anniston 20,930 -2.7% $158,800 $46,668 58 In town
Arab 9,061 +7.3% $215,200 $64,333 58 20
Ardmore 1,485 +11.5% $216,600 $50,352 82 15
Argo suburb 4,376 -0.6% $248,100 $105,128 20 12
Ashford 2,470 +9.4% $180,100 $65,341 184 8
Ashland 1,952 -1.6% $42,308 58 In town
Ashville 2,412 +2.3% $204,900 $69,362 37 16
Athens 34,209 +33% $270,000 $69,922 87 In town
Atmore 8,360 -0.2% $157,800 $38,862 165 8
Attalla suburb 5,807 -0.6% $126,100 $59,215 50 7
Bay Minette 8,555 +4.8% $173,000 $44,523 140 In town
Bayou La Batre 2,068 -3.9% $87,800 $37,679 103 16
Bear Creek 1,054 +1.6% $96,900 73 6
Berry 1,192 -1.4% 48 13
Blountsville 1,816 -0.5% $130,800 $48,182 40 15
Boaz 10,619 +5% $199,200 $49,846 59 In town
Bon Secour 2,789 $309,800 $61,497 133 8
Brent 4,414 -0.2% $146,500 $22,660 46 In town
Brewton 5,113 -2.7% $150,100 $50,721 168 In town
Bridgeport 2,275 +0.6% $94,000 $34,481 103 25
Brighton suburb 2,249 -3.7% $70,800 $38,221 10 5
Brook Highland suburb 8,146 $427,400 $79,904 9 6
Brookside suburb 1,433 +15.2% $107,400 $59,271 9 9
Brookwood 2,467 -1.1% $188,300 $81,394 37 12
Brundidge 2,061 -0.6% $94,000 $38,188 137 9
Butler 1,698 -8.6% $145,300 128 In town
Calera suburb 18,992 +14.2% $235,300 $87,194 28 10
Camden 1,646 -10.7% $132,300 $36,481 109 In town
Carbon Hill 1,723 -2.2% $61,100 49 17
Cedar Bluff 1,948 +6.3% $204,800 $52,500 74 6
Center Point suburb 15,538 -4.8% $151,700 $56,417 10 4
Centre 3,912 +8.7% $158,400 $44,664 76 In town
Centreville 2,709 -2.8% $161,300 $39,477 44 In town
Chatom 1,054 -3.6% $174,100 140 In town
Chelsea suburb 17,716 +16.2% $360,000 $115,337 18 11
Chickasaw suburb 6,166 -4.5% $117,500 $46,559 121 5
Childersburg 4,571 -3.5% $133,500 $52,338 31 10
Choccolocco 2,620 $262,900 $78,858 63 7
Citronelle 3,897 -1% $193,500 $43,870 123 19
Clanton 9,289 +6.3% $166,300 $47,520 48 In town
Clay suburb 10,198 -1.1% $220,600 $81,920 16 8
Clayton 2,195 -2.9% $72,300 $21,641 138 18
Cleveland 1,262 +2% $165,600 $71,328 36 19
Clio 1,202 -0.8% $65,600 $28,750 143 18
Coaling 2,003 -1.5% $228,000 $81,370 40 11
Collinsville 2,121 +2.7% 74 14
Columbiana 5,106 +12.5% $259,500 $80,546 25 12
Coosada 1,315 +8.6% $169,900 $61,815 76 8
Cordova 1,679 -3.1% $87,100 $37,662 28 6
Cottondale suburb 2,632 $139,200 44 4
Cottonwood 1,104 +4.5% $111,500 $34,468 192 12
Cowarts 2,064 +6.6% $177,700 $64,118 182 3
Creola 1,963 +1.6% $211,000 $66,607 128 13
Crossville 1,851 +1.2% $129,900 $49,100 69 10
Cullman 20,799 +12.6% $238,900 $61,224 45 In town
Dadeville 2,920 -5.3% $171,600 $67,147 76 In town
Daleville 4,971 +2.4% $126,000 $45,324 167 9
Daphne 31,396 +13.1% $323,400 $87,250 129 7
Dauphin Island 1,929 +8.1% $432,200 $67,206 106 23
Deatsville 1,715 +2.8% $246,600 $123,977 69 9
Decatur 58,056 +1.6% $210,200 $61,563 73 In town
Demopolis 6,641 -7% $183,600 $34,802 93 In town
Dora 2,223 -1.8% $155,100 $61,892 21 12
Dothan 72,060 +1.3% $194,000 $55,792 178 In town
Double Springs 1,107 -0.4% $153,500 $47,768 55 14
Eagle Point suburb 3,110 $493,800 $151,842 11 7
East Brewton 2,251 -1.7% $87,200 $35,571 169 3
Eclectic 1,256 +5.7% $161,800 $49,904 75 11
Elba 3,408 -1.7% $114,500 $44,792 152 14
Elberta 2,183 +8% $232,800 $55,000 141 6
Elmore 1,382 +16.7% $107,500 72 9
Emerald Mountain 3,535 $321,300 $123,347 85 6
Enterprise 31,211 +8.2% $202,900 $73,125 162 In town
Eufaula 12,437 -3.3% $139,900 $47,392 135 In town
Eutaw 2,640 -9.6% $27,422 79 In town
Evergreen 3,272 -6.8% $98,700 $40,700 145 In town
Fairfield suburb 9,483 -5% $129,300 $48,456 8 5
Fairhope 26,625 +15.3% $430,900 $94,274 127 In town
Falkville 1,121 -5.6% $139,600 $46,888 59 14
Fayette 4,060 -5.2% $122,000 $36,473 61 In town
Flomaton 1,440 -1.4% $111,200 $42,708 173 8
Florala 1,963 +1.8% $91,600 175 19
Florence 42,581 +4.9% $196,300 $52,174 103 In town
Foley 30,354 +44.7% $289,300 $66,336 137 In town
Forestdale suburb 9,742 $164,000 $66,569 7 6
Fort Deposit 1,114 -9.3% $78,000 $21,563 107 12
Fort Payne 15,189 +2.2% $157,000 $47,479 87 In town
Frisco City 1,089 -6.4% $84,800 $36,023 149 27
Fultondale suburb 9,307 -2.3% $186,100 $73,575 6 6
Gadsden 33,367 -1.5% $116,800 $40,345 56 In town
Gardendale suburb 16,425 +0.1% $252,600 $82,192 10 10
Geneva 4,307 +1.4% $100,600 $47,102 180 In town
Georgiana 1,274 -4.3% $69,100 $24,321 130 14
Glencoe suburb 5,426 +0.8% $206,100 $68,517 58 5
Good Hope 2,682 +7.4% $203,100 $93,661 41 7
Goodwater 1,256 -3% $39,511 54 12
Gordo 1,553 -4.7% $118,900 $47,569 65 23
Grand Bay 3,553 $142,400 $62,112 99 13
Grant 1,078 +3.6% $239,400 $91,477 75 16
Grayson Valley suburb 6,077 $148,400 $64,597 12 4
Graysville suburb 1,855 -4.3% $116,900 $70,208 11 11
Greensboro 2,195 -0.8% $130,000 $27,000 73 In town
Greenville 6,912 -6% $115,000 $40,822 117 In town
Grove Hill 1,708 -5.7% $126,800 $59,219 139 In town
Guin 2,136 -2.9% $112,000 $51,117 71 6
Gulf Shores 17,394 +13.8% $382,700 $78,188 134 10
Guntersville 9,394 +9.4% $324,800 $67,929 66 11
Hackleburg 1,465 +2.2% $104,700 $42,292 78 12
Haleyville 4,303 -1% $97,600 $42,058 68 In town
Hamilton 6,769 -2.5% $106,300 $54,871 80 In town
Hanceville 3,390 +5.9% $169,800 $41,791 37 10
Harpersville 2,019 +23.3% $211,300 $75,018 26 15
Hartford 2,801 +5.2% $160,800 $56,250 179 12
Hartselle 16,312 +4.7% $203,800 $76,290 64 11
Harvest suburb 5,955 $281,300 $101,910 91 12
Hayden 1,333 +1.2% $230,700 $80,125 26 21
Hazel Green 3,940 $230,800 $86,271 87 16
Headland 5,603 +12.7% $219,600 $79,063 172 10
Heflin 3,572 +4.2% $171,700 $46,711 66 15
Henagar 2,361 +2.5% $144,700 $49,315 96 13
Highland Lakes suburb 5,866 $599,200 $169,361 12 9
Hokes Bluff 4,706 +6.1% $196,400 $74,968 62 6
Holt suburb 3,629 $126,900 $48,675 45 3
Holtville 5,158 $267,100 $76,652 68 10
Hueytown suburb 16,159 -3.6% $155,300 $62,784 15 In town
Huguley 2,577 $141,500 $43,750 79 4
Indian Springs Village suburb 2,553 +0.6% $555,800 $136,836 12 7
Irondale suburb 13,545 +0.5% $255,800 $72,343 8 4
Jackson 4,452 -6.1% $130,900 $37,948 152 In town
Jacksonville suburb 14,400 +0.7% $185,500 $51,814 63 11
Jasper 14,585 +0.2% $215,700 $66,238 35 In town
Jemison 3,030 +15% $170,000 $65,800 39 10
Killen 1,039 +1.3% $175,000 $69,722 100 8
Kimberly 4,858 +13.1% $322,300 $97,429 17 15
Kinsey 2,291 +3.7% $132,000 $55,500 176 6
La Fayette 2,621 -1.9% $85,900 $32,601 82 14
Ladonia suburb 3,346 $102,000 $53,441 98 6
Lake View 3,969 +11.6% $304,400 $101,487 26 11
Lanett 6,781 -2.2% $95,600 $42,357 77 3
Leeds suburb 12,831 +3.6% $224,600 $69,737 13 6
Leesburg 1,009 +4.7% $56,875 74 7
Level Plains 1,838 +1.3% $137,500 $77,000 165 5
Lincoln 8,110 +17.5% $187,200 $57,145 39 10
Linden 1,801 -6.8% $92,400 $38,667 103 14
Lineville 2,473 -0.1% $175,500 $38,302 62 6
Lipscomb suburb 2,015 -3.4% $41,875 10 5
Littleville 1,065 +1.6% $142,400 $55,817 89 7
Livingston 3,242 -2.5% $156,100 $24,236 103 10
Locust Fork 1,234 +2.1% $181,400 26 20
Loxley 6,131 +68.9% $398,500 $108,488 138 15
Luverne 2,690 -1.7% $170,100 $43,269 129 In town
Malvern 1,701 +5.7% $129,400 $43,854 181 8
Margaret suburb 7,149 +36.5% $230,900 $101,802 22 11
Marion 2,602 -17.4% $35,842 69 17
McCalla suburb 13,253 $279,900 $87,468 20 6
Meadowbrook suburb 9,117 $423,700 $141,862 11 6
Meridianville suburb 11,150 $291,900 $97,434 90 13
Midfield suburb 4,906 -5.3% $107,600 $52,755 9 5
Midland City 2,298 +1.9% $150,400 $28,438 171 6
Millbrook suburb 17,623 +6.4% $207,100 $70,313 75 5
Monroeville 5,758 -3.4% $122,900 $32,513 142 24
Montevallo 7,872 +9% $220,700 $56,626 28 9
Moody suburb 13,559 +2.5% $237,500 $86,627 18 10
Moores Mill suburb 6,378 $274,000 $96,774 92 11
Morris 2,360 +2.6% $241,400 $101,563 15 13
Moulton 3,436 +1.3% $57,813 72 19
Moundville 3,628 +19% $189,700 $73,036 60 16
Mount Olive suburb 3,567 $224,000 $82,234 11 11
Mount Vernon 1,385 +2.2% $111,900 $46,307 135 19
Munford 1,371 +2.3% $42,284 49 10
Muscle Shoals suburb 17,666 +7.9% $199,700 $75,894 97 In town
New Brockton 1,512 +5.6% $207,600 $72,212 157 6
New Hope 3,054 +5.6% $163,700 73 14
Newton 1,652 +2.7% $89,500 $60,030 167 8
Odenville 6,023 +22.1% $223,600 $70,296 25 10
Ohatchee 1,188 +3.1% $197,600 $76,667 48 15
Oneonta 7,022 +1.2% $221,000 $53,980 34 25
Opp 6,738 -0.2% $115,700 $41,347 158 In town
Orange Beach suburb 8,798 +8.2% $502,400 $97,736 141 11
Owens Cross Roads 3,334 +25.7% $227,000 $86,188 76 10
Oxford 22,199 +0.3% $170,900 $74,268 54 5
Ozark 14,269 -0.4% $148,900 $48,944 158 In town
Pell City 14,320 +10.4% $249,600 $68,638 31 4
Phil Campbell 1,004 +1.6% $113,600 $42,969 77 10
Piedmont 4,696 -2.1% $114,800 $40,506 69 16
Pike Road 11,899 +24.8% $381,600 $117,091 95 9
Pine Level 4,170 $240,300 $93,134 68 8
Pinson suburb 7,830 -1.7% $212,000 $76,410 15 8
Pleasant Grove suburb 9,346 -2% $226,400 $70,317 11 8
Priceville suburb 3,952 +11.1% $266,400 $117,127 69 7
Prichard suburb 18,825 -2.4% $85,700 $36,588 118 6
Ragland 1,710 +1.2% $109,300 $37,708 41 14
Rainbow City suburb 10,406 +1.9% $223,000 $56,398 49 7
Rainsville 6,020 +8.8% $230,400 $74,046 87 6
Red Bay 3,196 -1% $108,200 $37,473 99 In town
Redland 4,982 $317,100 $130,278 82 6
Reform 1,432 -5.3% $102,700 $33,578 71 25
Rehobeth 2,217 +22.8% $242,900 $80,972 184 8
Remlap 2,761 $208,900 $64,677 23 15
Riverside 2,312 +3.6% $220,500 $83,664 35 6
Roanoke 5,440 +2.2% $154,300 $47,105 69 14
Robertsdale 7,761 +15% $229,300 $59,152 137 9
Rogersville 1,434 +11.4% $185,800 $66,127 94 18
Russellville 10,904 +0.5% $123,800 $58,231 86 In town
Saks suburb 10,681 $116,400 $49,753 56 4
Samson 1,891 +0.4% $91,100 $33,424 172 11
Saraland suburb 16,652 +1.9% $217,600 $61,509 122 11
Sardis City 1,787 -1.7% $225,700 $67,721 59 4
Satsuma suburb 6,851 +1.2% $219,400 $101,042 125 11
Scottsboro 16,123 +3.5% $190,400 $53,929 88 In town
Selma 16,077 -9.8% $96,500 $33,197 78 In town
Semmes suburb 6,259 +20.2% $215,600 $66,417 113 10
Sheffield suburb 9,416 +0.3% $133,800 $39,733 99 In town
Silverhill 2,529 +217.7% $265,600 $57,500 135 9
Slocomb 2,226 +6.2% $109,100 $38,056 181 12
Smiths Station suburb 5,596 +2.9% $203,300 $64,669 94 6
Snead 1,052 +1.2% $175,200 $48,509 47 15
Southside suburb 9,718 +2.6% $226,500 $76,487 51 8
Spanish Fort suburb 11,203 +10.7% $343,900 $99,346 132 13
Springville 5,597 +16.6% $284,300 $84,231 23 14
Stapleton 3,009 136 12
Steele 1,004 +0.9% $72,386 45 12
Stevenson 2,000 +2.4% $156,900 $53,958 105 20
Sulligent 1,812 -4.1% $130,700 $34,861 80 17
Sumiton 2,511 -1.9% $180,700 $65,568 21 13
Summerdale 1,724 +14.9% $274,800 $70,110 137 4
Sylacauga 12,055 -3.9% $161,200 $50,017 38 In town
Sylvan Springs 1,600 -3.8% $217,000 $81,927 13 11
Sylvania 1,853 +3% $161,500 $56,161 91 9
Talladega 14,840 -2% $121,900 $44,198 41 In town
Tallassee 4,738 -1.1% $144,600 $66,752 86 In town
Tarrant suburb 5,639 -5.1% $120,100 $42,070 5 5
Taylor suburb 2,359 +4% $134,200 $67,464 180 5
Theodore suburb 4,964 $154,900 $67,864 109 10
Thomasville 3,545 -4.3% $116,000 $42,671 124 15
Thorsby 2,203 +6.5% $188,300 $76,389 42 7
Tillmans Corner suburb 17,677 $166,700 $60,837 109 9
Town Creek 1,067 +1% $118,000 $43,229 86 16
Triana suburb 5,244 +74.6% $278,200 $110,100 73 9
Trinity suburb 2,638 +4% $283,000 $100,929 76 6
Troy 18,022 +2.1% $231,400 $50,717 129 In town
Tuscumbia suburb 9,332 +3.2% $196,700 $59,143 97 In town
Tuskegee 8,644 -7.5% $104,800 $38,000 100 16
Underwood-Petersville suburb 3,100 $142,900 $48,219 103 6
Union Springs 3,091 -7.3% $80,400 $26,250 115 In town
Uniontown 1,873 -10.5% $67,300 $33,750 85 19
Valley 10,294 -1.2% $140,800 $51,661 79 In town
Valley Grande 3,903 -6.5% $133,100 $58,929 73 4
Vance 2,332 +9.4% $225,400 $94,545 35 16
Vernon 1,823 -4.9% $103,800 $27,967 77 17
Vincent 2,045 +3.1% $166,500 $52,813 25 17
Warrior 3,320 +2.9% $149,800 $57,557 20 18
Weaver suburb 3,289 -1.4% $162,300 59 7
Webb 1,340 +5.4% $113,800 $54,792 180 5
West Blocton 1,194 -1.4% $99,500 $40,560 34 12
West End-Cobb Town suburb 3,453 $83,900 $55,323 54 3
Westover 2,121 +18.4% $297,400 $96,932 19 15
Wetumpka 7,535 +3% $203,900 $57,763 76 In town
Wilsonville 2,015 +8% $235,400 $72,115 27 15
Winfield 4,842 -0.4% $165,500 64 In town
Woodstock 1,653 +10.2% $195,800 $73,438 29 14
York 2,233 -7.2% $80,100 $30,489 112 In town

Big city: a metro area of about 1 million people or more. ER: the nearest hospital with an emergency room. Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, BEA, Medicare.