Town · Winston County, Alabama

Double Springs, Alabama

Double Springs is a town in Winston County, Alabama. It has 1,068 residents. Double Springs, Alabama has a quality-of-life score of 6 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,689 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Alabama it ranks #245 of 319 cities and towns. It ranks best on effective property tax rate (low), pharmacies (high) and time spent in the emergency room (low). It ranks worst on preventable hospital stays (high), mental health providers (low) and arts, entertainment and recreation (low).

6Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,689 of 15,651 cities and towns
Alabama: #245 of 319 in AL
Population: 1,068 (2020-2024)
Land area: 5 mi²
Density: 208.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 0121280

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 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.

Safety18#12,803/15,637
Economy3#15,174/15,631
Housing67#5,002/14,977
Health5#14,842/15,609
Healthcare6#14,785/15,650
Environment50#7,666/15,453
Education8#14,378/15,649
Infrastructure17#13,033/15,650
Community21#12,375/15,651
Leisure & amenities12#13,790/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Double Springs, Alabama ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Winston 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 · low0.22%
99/100Alabama 0.37%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Pharmacies · high3.8 /10k
99/100Alabama 2.3 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWinston County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low96 min
97/100Alabama 155 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesWinston County value
Grocery stores · high2.5 /10k
88/100Alabama 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWinston County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Alabama 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWinston County value
Public libraries · high1.3 /10k
82/100Alabama 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesWinston County value

Weaknesses

Preventable hospital stays · high7,575 /100k
0/100Alabama 3,481 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWinston County value
Mental health providers · low21 /100k
1/100Alabama 156 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWinston County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.4 /10k
1/100Alabama 3.3 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWinston County value
Dentists · low17 /100k
3/100Alabama 49 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWinston County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Alabama 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWinston County value
Math scores · low2.56
7/100Alabama 2.65United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWinston County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,610 (2015-2019) → 1,068 (2020-2024)
−34%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateWorsening
25.3% (2015-2019) → 51.2% (2020-2024)
+26 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
62.4% (2015-2019) → 87.5% (2020-2024)
+25 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$26,442 (2015-2019) → $47,768 (2020-2024)
+81%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
9.0% (2015-2019) → 20.3% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
High school diploma or higherImproving
74.6% (2015-2019) → 81.5% (2020-2024)
+6.9 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, Double Springs, Alabama improved on 2 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 9 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.

Improved2

Broadband+25 points62.4% → 87.5%
Bachelor's++11 points9.0% → 20.3%

Declined1

Child poverty+26 points25.3% → 51.2%

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Double Springs, Alabama between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.2 min2015-2019	20.2 min2020-2024	−3.0 min	Within the margin of error	79%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%2015-2019	20.3%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	92%
Broadband subscriptions	62.4%2015-2019	87.5%2020-2024	+25 points	Improved	95%
Child poverty rate	25.3%2015-2019	51.2%2020-2024	+26 points	Declined	3%
Effective property tax rate	0.29%2015-2019	0.22%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	28%
High school diploma or higher	74.6%2015-2019	81.5%2020-2024	+6.9 points	Within the margin of error	89%
Home price to income ratio	3.5×2015-2019	3.2×2020-2024	−0.3×	Within the margin of error	90%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5112015-2019	0.4852020-2024	−0.026	Within the margin of error	72%
Median household income	$26,4422015-2019	$47,7682020-2024	+81%	Within the margin of error	96%
Poverty rate	26.8%2015-2019	28.7%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	31.3%2015-2019	31.6%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	52%

“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 Double Springs, Alabama five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Double Springs, 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, Double Springs, Alabama itself moved +13.5 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

1,068 residents (±257)

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

407 households (±93)

Double Springs, Alabama
Alabama share

Under $25k36%†145
$25k–50k17%†71
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

407 households (±93)

Double Springs, Alabama
Alabama share

Own63%257
Rent37%†150

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

384 workers (±147)

Double Springs, Alabama
Alabama share

Drive alone89%†343
Carpool3.6%†14
Public transit

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 Winston County, the county holding most of Double Springs's residents.

Winston County has 412 employer establishments, 174 for every 10,000 residents (0.70× the US rate of 248; 0.84× Alabama's), with 6,213 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,230. The Census Bureau also counts 1,664 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 412; 1,664 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 174; US 248 · Alabama 207
Paid employees: 6,213
Average annual pay: $45,230; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	30	12.7	0.61×Fewer than typical	387	$56,550	40
Truck transportation	27	11.4	2.25×More than typical	117	$43,880	140
Restaurants and other eating places	23	9.7	0.53×Fewer than typical	337	$18,320	7
Specialty trade contractors	23	9.7	0.63×Fewer than typical	129	$53,876	209
Religious organizations	22	9.3	1.67×More than typical	87	$17,724	—
Offices of other health practitioners	16	6.8	1.11×About typical	80	$49,000	22
Gasoline stations	15	6.3	1.95×More than typical	54	$19,000	—
Limited-service restaurants	12	5.1	0.63×Fewer than typical	251	$17,331	3
Banks and credit unions	11	4.6	1.44×More than typical	90	$46,511	—
Full-service restaurants	11	4.6	0.60×Fewer than typical	86	$21,209	3
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	10	4.2	1.04×About typical	27	$37,148	14
Building equipment contractors	10	4.2	0.70×Fewer than typical	56	$55,036	29

Rank places for an industry Open Winston County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 23,684 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 $18K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Double Springs, Alabama: $16.84 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $18K; +63% vs FY2025
Per resident: $16.84; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 20%; 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

Top recipients

WEBB JAMES T$11.7K65%
ENERGETIC DREAM SOLUTIONS, INC.$3,63820%
RANDALL BADGETT$2,09712%
CARNEY WADE POTTER$1,1166.2%
MTM ENVIRONMENTAL, LLC$3341.9%

Spending by fiscal year

16.1KFY2017
14.1KFY2018
14.7KFY2019
25.7KFY2020
16.9KFY2021
15.2KFY2022
9.3KFY2023
8.1KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$11.7K65%
Other schools and instruction · 6116$2,70115%
Support activities for forestry · 1153$2,64515%
Business schools and computer and management training · 6114$9375.2%

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 Double Springs, Alabama, so they do not add up across cities.

Double Springs, Alabama's figures are part of those of Winston County, AL ($537.4K in FY2026), never added to them: 3.3% of that total.

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

See federal money in Winston 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.

Double Springs, 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.

Winston County11100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Winston 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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