City · Marshall County, Alabama

Albertville, Alabama

Albertville is a city in Marshall County, Alabama, part of the Albertville, AL metro area. It has 22,813 residents. Albertville, Alabama has a quality-of-life score of 20 out of 100 (very low), ranking #12,589 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Alabama it ranks #116 of 319 cities and towns. It ranks best on effective property tax rate (low), child care cost burden (low) and pharmacies (high). It ranks worst on child poverty rate (high), life expectancy (low) and premature death (high).

20Very low

Quality-of-life score: #12,589 of 15,651 cities and towns
Alabama: #116 of 319 in AL
Population: 22,813 (2020-2024)
Land area: 27 mi²
Density: 845.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 0100988

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety40#9,351/15,637
Economy16#13,083/15,631
Housing58#6,281/14,977
Health14#13,460/15,609
Healthcare23#12,033/15,650
Environment53#7,334/15,453
Education8#14,450/15,649
Infrastructure68#4,943/15,650
Community7#14,589/15,651
Leisure & amenities34#10,377/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Albertville, Alabama ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Marshall County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Effective property tax rate · low0.34%
96/100Alabama 0.37%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Child care cost burden · low20.2%
94/100Alabama 25.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMarshall County value
Pharmacies · high2.8 /10k
94/100Alabama 2.3 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMarshall County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Alabama 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMarshall County value
Dental care shortage · low0.0
84/100Alabama 6.0United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationMarshall County value
Average commute time · low19.7 min
84/100Alabama 25.5 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013

Weaknesses

Child poverty rate · high27.1%
7/100Alabama 20.4%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Life expectancy · low72.3 yrs
8/100Alabama 73.8 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMarshall County value
Premature death · high12,593 /100k
10/100Alabama 11,613 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMarshall County value
Mental health care shortage · high18.0
11/100Alabama 14.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationMarshall County value
Poor or fair health · high26.8%
12/100Alabama 24.7%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Physical inactivity · high33.2%
12/100Alabama 30.5%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
21,541 (2015-2019) → 22,813 (2020-2024)
+5.9%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedImproving
1.5 /1k (2021) → 6.9 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+367%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
40.8% (2015-2019) → 55.9% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
82.0% (2015-2019) → 93.9% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
38.7% (2015-2019) → 27.1% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
High school diploma or higherImproving
75.1% (2015-2019) → 82.4% (2020-2024)
+7.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Albertville, Alabama improved on 5 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 5 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved5

High school++7.4 points75.1% → 82.4%
Child poverty−12 points38.7% → 27.1%
Broadband+12 points82.0% → 93.9%
Bachelor's++5.1 points16.0% → 21.1%
Household income+22%$45,867 → $56,099

Declined4

Unemployment+4 points2.0% → 6.0%
Rent burden+15 points40.8% → 55.9%
Rent / income+5.4 points26.0% → 31.4%
Price / income+0.7×2.6× → 3.4×

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Albertville, Alabama between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.5 min2015-2019	19.7 min2020-2024	−0.9 min	Within the margin of error	58%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%2015-2019	21.1%2020-2024	+5.1 points	Improved	68%
Broadband subscriptions	82.0%2015-2019	93.9%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	68%
Child poverty rate	38.7%2015-2019	27.1%2020-2024	−12 points	Improved	85%
Effective property tax rate	0.35%2015-2019	0.34%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	18%
High school diploma or higher	75.1%2015-2019	82.4%2020-2024	+7.4 points	Improved	90%
Home price to income ratio	2.6×2015-2019	3.4×2020-2024	+0.7×	Declined	34%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4462015-2019	0.4562020-2024	+0.010	Within the margin of error	42%
Median household income	$45,8672015-2019	$56,0992020-2024	+22%	Improved	38%
Poverty rate	24.4%2015-2019	18.2%2020-2024	−6.2 points	Within the margin of error	85%
Rent as share of income	26.0%2015-2019	31.4%2020-2024	+5.4 points	Declined	21%
Rent-burdened households	40.8%2015-2019	55.9%2020-2024	+15 points	Declined	14%
Unemployment rate	2.0%2015-2019	6.0%2020-2024	+4 points	Declined	6%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	18.2%2015-2019	15.8%2020-2024	−2.4 points	Within the margin of error	72%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Albertville, Alabama five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Albertville, Alabama in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Albertville, Alabama itself moved −5.7 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

22,813 residents (±132)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

8,054 households (±481)

Albertville, Alabama
Alabama share

Under $25k23%1,882
$25k–50k22%1,772
$50k–75k14%1,105

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

8,054 households (±481)

Albertville, Alabama
Alabama share

Own70%5,621
Rent30%2,433

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+7.6 points).

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

9,232 workers (±724)

Albertville, Alabama
Alabama share

Drive alone84%7,726
Carpool13%†1,166
Public transit0.7%†

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Albertville, AL

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Marshall County, the county holding most of Albertville's residents.

Marshall County has 2,010 employer establishments, 198 for every 10,000 residents (0.80× the US rate of 248; 0.96× Alabama's), with 36,646 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,388. The Census Bureau also counts 9,239 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,010; 9,239 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 198; US 248 · Alabama 207
Paid employees: 36,646
Average annual pay: $45,388; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Marshall County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	172	17	0.92×About typical	3,723	$19,273	76
Ambulatory health care services	156	15.4	0.74×Fewer than typical	1,881	$56,065	312
Specialty trade contractors	109	10.8	0.70×Fewer than typical	538	$54,507	1,086
Limited-service restaurants	96	9.5	1.18×About typical	2,055	$18,201	12
Religious organizations	74	7.3	1.32×More than typical	684	$18,288	—
Lessors of real estate	67	6.6	0.54×Fewer than typical	394	$27,472	851
Full-service restaurants	63	6.2	0.81×About typical	1,528	$21,136	42
Gasoline stations	60	5.9	1.83×More than typical	216	$22,981	3
Building equipment contractors	59	5.8	0.97×About typical	361	$56,374	215
Offices of physicians	59	5.8	0.90×About typical	568	$59,370	45
Services to buildings and dwellings	57	5.6	0.83×About typical	956	$36,611	1,135
Automotive repair and maintenance	51	5	1.00×About typical	266	$36,150	345

Rank places for an industry Open Marshall County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 101,307 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $7,197 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Albertville, Alabama: $0.32 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $7,197
Per resident: $0.32; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 11%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Air Force$8,757100%

Top recipients

GOVERNMENT OFFICE TECHNOLOGIES INC$9,562100%
222 HOLDINGS LLC$00.0%
TYONEK SERVICES OVERHAUL FACILITY-STENNIS, LLC-$2,3650.0%

Spending by fiscal year

7.6KFY2017
3.3KFY2018
8KFY2020
2.4MFY2021
1.1MFY2022
-8.1KFY2023
75.7KFY2024
-14.7KFY2025

Top industries (NAICS)

Other miscellaneous manufacturing · 3399$9,562100%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Albertville, Alabama, so they do not add up across cities.

Albertville, Alabama's figures are part of those of Marshall County, AL ($1.8M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.4% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Albertville is mostly in Marshall County.

See federal money in Marshall County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Albertville, Alabama is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Robert B. AderholtR-AL-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 3.0%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Marshall County32100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Albertville, AL25

Other cities and towns in Marshall County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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