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SheetAL-HEATH-AL · Heath, AL 238 pop · income 41st pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Heath
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Heath on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Coffeeville · lowest
31,964
Coffeeville · lowest
31,964 median HH income
35.9% of the leader · rank #1
Estral Beach · near
63,462
Estral Beach · near
63,462 median HH income
71.3% of the leader · rank #2
Ansonia · near
63,462
Ansonia · near
63,462 median HH income
71.3% of the leader · rank #3
Heath · this city
63,463
Heath · this city
63,463 median HH income
71.3% of the leader · rank #4
Bartlett · near
63,464
Bartlett · near
63,464 median HH income
71.3% of the leader · rank #5
Ridgeland · near
63,470
Ridgeland · near
63,470 median HH income
71.3% of the leader · rank #6
Edwardsville · highest
88,958
Edwardsville · highest
88,958 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Heath on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 238.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Heath lands in the 41st percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
41st
percentile, household income
1st
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Heath, AL
Heath is a small town in Alabama, home to 238 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Heath report a median income of $63,463 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 11.4%. The median resident age is 60.8 years. About 10.3% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 44.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Alabama run below the national norm: the state registers 88.8 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $936 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Alabama run around $245, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Workers in Heath report an average commute of 22.9 minutes, with 83.8% driving alone and 2.0% working from home. Natural-hazard exposure scores 61.5 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Heath's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to population change to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Heath, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Heath?
Within Alabama, the closest population matches are Coffeeville (237 residents, $31,964 income); Toxey (241 residents, $51,250 income); Axis (243 residents, $86,111 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Campbellton, FL (238 residents); Raleigh, IL (238 residents); Linn Grove, IN (238 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +12 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +5.1% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 83.8%. The reported mean trip to work is 22.9 minutes.
Below median income · poverty 11.4% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
88.8 (US=100)
Very affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Alabama average
D
City profile score · Heath, AL
45/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living A+
88.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income D
$63,463
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
11.4%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
10.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Heath profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 90/100 (A+) · 88.8 index
Household income: 40/100 (D) · $63,463
Poverty rate: 34/100 (F) · 11.4%
Bachelor's+ share: 7/100 (F) · 10.3%
How does Heath compare to other US cities?
Where Heath sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income41% higher than other cities
Median rent1% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Heath against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Alabama only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Alabama-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Heath near the bottom of Alabama's cities
Among the 556 Alabama cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Heath ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Heath only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#174 of 530
67th percentile in Alabama
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 556
0th percentile in Alabama
Poverty Rate
#277 of 556
49th percentile in Alabama
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#401 of 556
28th percentile in Alabama
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Alabama only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
41st percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$63,463Heath, AL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Heath, AL median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Heath, AL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)10.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)11.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)44.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
238
Median Income
$63,463
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
60.8
Poverty Rate
11.4%
Labor force participation
44.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
10.3%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Heath's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
237 residents
2021
239 residents
2022
243 residents
2023
246 residents
2024
248 residents
2025
249 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
22.9 minutes
Drive Alone
83.8%
Carpool
14.1%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
2.0%
Based on 99 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Alabama statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $245
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Alabama at $245 (electricity about $138 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Alabama statewide averages, not a meter reading for Heath. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Alabama's BEA cost-of-living index is 88.8 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Heath is $936/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Alabama statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 61.5 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Alabama statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Heath sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Heath compares to similar-size Alabama cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.