Scores by category

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

Safety12#13,703/15,637
Economy11#13,908/15,631
Housing67#4,943/14,977
Health13#13,634/15,609
Healthcare13#13,556/15,650
Environment44#8,622/15,453
Education11#13,990/15,649
Infrastructure7#14,578/15,650
Community25#11,807/15,651
Leisure & amenities12#13,812/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Grove Hill, Alabama ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Clarke 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

Pharmacies · high3.6 /10k
99/100Alabama 2.3 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsClarke County value
Effective property tax rate · low0.34%
96/100Alabama 0.37%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Social associations · high16.6 /10k
95/100Alabama 11.6 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClarke County value
Home price to income ratio · low2.1×
86/100Alabama 3.3×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Alabama 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClarke County value
Public libraries · high1.4 /10k
84/100Alabama 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesClarke County value

Weaknesses

Food environment index · low5.5
2/100Alabama 5.6United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClarke County value
Flu vaccinations · low24.0%
2/100Alabama 36.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClarke County value
Homicide rate · high12.4 /100k
5/100Alabama 9.8 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataClarke County value
Math scores · low2.53
5/100Alabama 2.65United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClarke County value
Premature death · high13,726 /100k
7/100Alabama 11,613 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClarke County value
Life expectancy · low71.9 yrs
7/100Alabama 73.8 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClarke County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,839 (2015-2019) → 2,341 (2020-2024)
+27%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
60.7% (2015-2019) → 86.4% (2020-2024)
+26 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
37.5% (2015-2019) → 51.5% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
19.4% (2015-2019) → 30.5% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Child poverty rateImproving
25.7% (2015-2019) → 15.7% (2020-2024)
−10 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
15.9% (2015-2019) → 23.6% (2020-2024)
+7.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

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, Grove Hill, Alabama improved on 2 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 8 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+26 points60.7% → 86.4%
Bachelor's++7.7 points15.9% → 23.6%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Grove Hill, Alabama between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.4 min2015-2019	20.3 min2020-2024	−1.1 min	Within the margin of error	61%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%2015-2019	23.6%2020-2024	+7.7 points	Improved	82%
Broadband subscriptions	60.7%2015-2019	86.4%2020-2024	+26 points	Improved	96%
Effective property tax rate	0.27%2015-2019	0.34%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	9%
High school diploma or higher	82.8%2015-2019	86.4%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Home price to income ratio	2.9×2015-2019	2.1×2020-2024	−0.7×	Within the margin of error	96%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4962015-2019	0.5502020-2024	+0.055	Within the margin of error	15%
Median household income	$47,6262015-2019	$59,2192020-2024	+24%	Within the margin of error	42%
Poverty rate	20.2%2015-2019	18.2%2020-2024	−2 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%

“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 Grove Hill, Alabama five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Grove Hill, 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, Grove Hill, Alabama itself moved +9 points in standing on average over the same 8 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

2,341 residents (±474)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 20–29 men (+6.2 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

2,341 residents (±474)

Grove Hill, Alabama
Alabama share

White59%1,392
Black37%†858
Hispanic or Latino0.9%†20

Education

1,554 residents (±330)

Grove Hill, Alabama
Alabama share

No high school diploma14%†212
High school or GED36%†553
Some college15%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

837 households (±167)

Grove Hill, Alabama
Alabama share

Under $25k17%†144
$25k–50k25%†212
$50k–75k21%†175
$75k–100k9.6%†80
$100k–150k13%†112
$150k–200k2.7%†23
$200k or more11%†91

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−12.5 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

837 households (±167)

Grove Hill, Alabama
Alabama share

Own75%630
Rent25%†207

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.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

166 households (±72)

Grove Hill, Alabama
Alabama share

Under $75031%†52
$750–1,00045%†74
$1,000–1,50012%†20

Home values

630 homes (±129)

Grove Hill, Alabama
Alabama share

Under $150k52%328
$150k–250k23%†145
$250k–400k15%†97

Age of homes

1,030 homes (±202)

Grove Hill, Alabama
Alabama share

2010 or later11%†118
2000–20096.7%†69
1980–199918%†183

Size of homes

1,030 homes (±202)

Grove Hill, Alabama
Alabama share

Studio1.2%†12
1 bedroom0.9%†9
2 bedrooms17%†170

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

937 workers (±230)

Grove Hill, Alabama
Alabama share

Drive alone88%827
Carpool2.7%†25
Public transit0.0%0
Walk1.4%†13
Bike0.0%0
Work from home6.6%†62
Other1.1%†10

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.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

875 workers (±221)

Grove Hill, Alabama
Alabama share

Under 15 min30%†265
15–29 min48%†422
30–44 min14%†126

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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 Clarke County, the county holding most of Grove Hill's residents.

Clarke County has 581 employer establishments, 260 for every 10,000 residents (1.05× the US rate of 248; 1.26× Alabama's), with 6,615 paid employees at an average annual pay of $52,335. The Census Bureau also counts 1,440 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 581; 1,440 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 260; US 248 · Alabama 207
Paid employees: 6,615
Average annual pay: $52,335; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	47	21	1.15×About typical	687	$17,201	4
Religious organizations	34	15.2	2.74×More than typical	152	$17,908	—
Ambulatory health care services	31	13.9	0.67×Fewer than typical	424	$48,755	65
Limited-service restaurants	31	13.9	1.73×More than typical	505	$16,552	—
Truck transportation	24	10.7	2.12×More than typical	118	$55,508	83
Gasoline stations	23	10.3	3.18×More than typical	175	$26,926	—
Banks and credit unions	17	7.6	2.36×More than typical	153	$57,771	—
General merchandise stores	15	6.7	3.80×More than typical	487	$29,743	8
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	14	6.3	3.59×More than typical	77	$36,169	4
Lessors of real estate	14	6.3	0.51×Fewer than typical	87	$211,103	105
Services to buildings and dwellings	14	6.3	0.93×About typical	80	$33,200	189
Specialty trade contractors	14	6.3	0.40×Fewer than typical	71	$49,676	109

Rank places for an industry Open Clarke County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 22,336 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 $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Grove Hill, Alabama: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; 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

Spending by fiscal year

140.1FY2017
5.3KFY2018
-99FY2019

What was bought

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 Grove Hill, Alabama, so they do not add up across cities.

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

See federal money in Clarke 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.

Grove Hill, Alabama is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).