The Best Places To Live In Alabama Ranked

BIRMINGHAM, AL - Four Birmingham area communities are among the best places to live in Alabama, according to new rankings released by Niche. Homewood ranked second on the list followed by Vestavia Hills, Hoover and Mountain Brook. All four received received an A+ grade on Niche’s rankings of best places to live for 2018.

Madison was at the top of the best places to live in Alabama rankings.

The rankings of best places to live awarded grades from A+ to D- to communities across the country. The 60 communities in Alabama received grades of between A+ and B+, with seven communities getting an A+ grade, 10 communities receiving an A grade, 17 communities receiving a grade of A- and 26 getting B+ marks.

To calculate the rankings and assign grades to communities, Niche looks at factors like the quality of local schools, crime rates, housing trends, employment statistics and access to amenities. Niche gets its data from government sources like the Department of Education, the FBI and the U.S. Census. You can read more about Niche’s methodology and data sources.

According to Niche, these are the 60 best communities to live in Alabama:

Communities getting A+ grades were:

Madison
Homewood
Vestavia Hills
Hoover
Mountain Brook
Auburn
Indian Springs Village

Communities getting A grades were:

Meadowbrook
Helena
Pelham
Huntsville
Fairhope
Daphne
Alabaster
Calera
Muscle Shoals
Chelsea

Communities getting A- grades were:

Athens
Florence
Moores Mill
Enterprise
Trussville
Brook Highland
Hartselle
Pike Road
Spanish Fort
Opelika
Oxford
New Market
Northport
Meridianville
Prattville
Priceville
Millbrook

Communities getting B+ grades were:

Orange Beach
Harvest
Montevallo
Decatur
Guntersville
Blue Ridge
Jacksonville
Tuscaloosa
Cullman
Leeds
Smiths Station
Point Clear
Rainbow City
Dothan
Grayson Valley
Irondale
Tuscumbia
Gulf Shores
Killen
Woodstock
Andalusia
Lake View
Oneonta
Loxley
Brewton
Thorsby

You can see how all of Alabama's communities scored on the Niche rankings here.

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