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Alabama

Alabama local intelligence hub with statewide signal reads, city briefs, tract pages, and curated local context. Start here for the statewide pattern, then move into the specific markets shaping it.

Violent crime
4.1 / 1k
Violent crime has declined 14% since 2021.
Median income
$70,013
Median household income has increased 37% since 2019.
Market rent
$1,422
Market rent has increased 46% since 2019. Rent here is ZIP-derived market context.
Population
5,086,768
Alabama covered by 1437 underlying areas.
Signals

What Alabama is signaling right now

Four scored signals show quality, momentum, safety, and investor upside without loading the full app payload.

Safety

54/100

Scores in the 54th percentile for lower violent crime relative to its peer set. Higher scores indicate safer conditions based on the current violent-crime rate.

Momentum

50/100

Development activity lands around the 50th percentile once permit intensity is normalized by household base — a forward-looking signal for neighborhood improvement trajectory.

Quality

46/100

Retail discovery mix places this area around the 46th percentile — curated premium-versus-value retail tagging, openings, and category mix are used to summarize commercial quality.

Investor Upside

48/100

Forward-looking composite places this area in the 48th percentile — a weighted blend of development momentum and retail quality signaling medium-term investment potential.

City intelligence

Alabama cities compared

24 largest indexed cities ranked by population with income, rent, and violent crime side-by-side. Open any city for the full hub.

#CityPopulationMedian IncomeMarket RentViolent Crime
1 Mobile 280,258
$63,398
$1,335
6.5 / 1k
2 Birmingham 263,431
$81,950
$1,347
11.5 / 1k
3 Huntsville 222,341
$79,799
$1,347
4.6 / 1k
4 Tuscaloosa 220,211
$56,204
$1,457
5.6 / 1k
5 Montgomery 219,721
$60,773
$1,309
5.2 / 1k
6 Enterprise 179,720
$56,357
$1,407
6.2 / 1k
7 Jacksonville 171,616
$54,355
$1,271
6.3 / 1k
8 Dothan 153,707
$61,040
$1,287
7.3 / 1k
9 Decatur 145,840
$69,148
$1,176
5.5 / 1k
10 Owens Cross Roads 140,254
$75,242
$1,499
1.0 / 1k
11 Cullman 140,005
$65,968
$1,456
1.9 / 1k
12 Opelika 124,829
$60,978
$1,500
4.9 / 1k
13 Auburn 124,594
$60,970
$1,656
1.0 / 1k
14 Oxford 122,898
$60,177
$1,255
1.4 / 1k
15 Tuscumbia 112,365
$57,677
$1,181
0.7 / 1k
16 Prattville 106,019
$58,540
$1,680
2.3 / 1k
17 Jasper 99,407
$57,881
$1,017
4.5 / 1k
18 Northport 99,257
$70,490
$1,597
1.6 / 1k
19 Saraland 99,240
$62,737
$1,320
0.8 / 1k
20 Madison 94,621
$125,717
$1,455
2.0 / 1k
21 Springville 87,500
$62,883
$1,576
2.0 / 1k
22 Hoover 86,949
$120,669
$1,572
0.8 / 1k
23 Wetumpka 83,538
$73,784
$1,421
1.8 / 1k
24 Athens 81,689
$73,418
$1,480
2.1 / 1k

Showing top 24 cities by population. Full directories remain available from city and ranking pages.

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