Top 10 Affordable Cities in Alabama

Key Takeaways

Top 10 Affordable Cities in Alabama from DataByArea city metrics.

Meadowbrook, AL leads this frozen snapshot for affordability.
The ranking rows are snapshotted at publish time, so shared URLs do not drift when source metrics refresh.
Each city link opens the underlying DataByArea dashboard for deeper local context.
The top three are Meadowbrook, Margaret, and Headland.

These rows come from the frozen public snapshot for this URL.

Affordability snapshot rows
Rank	City	Population	Income	2BR Rent	Home Value	Property Tax	Electricity	Score
1	Meadowbrook, AL	8,939	$145,464	$1,276	$390,100	$1,475	17.15 cents/kWh	79.8
2	Margaret, AL	5,538	$97,075	$881	$224,700	$642	17.15 cents/kWh	79.8
3	Headland, AL	5,124	$82,736	$793	$190,700	$806	17.15 cents/kWh	78.2
4	Glencoe, AL	5,356	$66,050	$638	$203,200	$710	17.15 cents/kWh	77.8
5	Hamilton, AL	6,907	$53,714	$544	$103,500	$357	17.15 cents/kWh	77.6
6	Mountain Brook, AL	22,160	$191,128	$1,444	$891,300	$7,189	17.15 cents/kWh	77.5
7	Rainsville, AL	5,613	$64,140	$647	$207,800	$671	17.15 cents/kWh	77.0
8	Meridianville, AL	10,268	$93,030	$983	$271,800	$747	17.15 cents/kWh	76.4
9	Madison, AL	58,335	$131,436	$1,375	$367,900	$1,807	17.15 cents/kWh	75.6
10	Attalla, AL	5,829	$55,429	$617	$120,400	$393	17.15 cents/kWh	75.4

Affordability compares household income with rent or estimated ownership costs plus property-tax burden.

Published 2026-06-26. Data updated 2026-06-26.

U.S. Census ACSCity population, income, housing value, rent, and property-tax context - Used where city-level fields are available in the DataByArea city database. Source
DataByArea city scoresNormalized city comparison scores - Scores are deterministic planning signals derived from public-source metrics. Source

Top 10 Affordable Cities in AlabamaMeadowbrook, AL ranked in Top 10 Affordable Cities in Alabama

Top 10 Affordable Cities in Alabama - https://databyarea.com/rankings/cities/affordability/alabama/