Scores by category

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

Safety15#13,267/15,637
Economy96#593/15,631
Housing100#15/14,977
Health46#8,441/15,609
Healthcare42#9,090/15,650
Environment55#7,000/15,453
Education34#10,315/15,649
Infrastructure58#6,538/15,650
Community21#12,361/15,651
Leisure & amenities15#13,362/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Unemployment rate · low0.0%
98/100Alabama 2.8%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
Rent-burdened households · low15.5%
97/100Alabama 48.8%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070High uncertainty
Poverty rate · low2.2%
96/100Alabama 15.2%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Effective property tax rate · low0.40%
94/100Alabama 0.37%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Rent as share of income · low23.0%
93/100Alabama 29.5%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Pharmacies · high2.7 /10k
92/100Alabama 2.3 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMorgan County value

Weaknesses

Restaurants and bars · low5.3 /10k
13/100Alabama 6.9 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMorgan County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low2.3 /10k
15/100Alabama 3.3 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMorgan County value
Firearm deaths · high20.0 /100k
16/100Alabama 21.7 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataMorgan County value
Premature death · high11,373 /100k
17/100Alabama 11,613 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMorgan County value
Life expectancy · low73.9 yrs
17/100Alabama 73.8 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMorgan County value
Homicide rate · high6.8 /100k
18/100Alabama 9.8 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataMorgan County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
3,475 (2015-2019) → 3,726 (2020-2024)
+7.2%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
35.0% (2015-2019) → 15.5% (2020-2024)
−20 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
84.5% (2015-2019) → 92.3% (2020-2024)
+7.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$91,797 (2015-2019) → $117,127 (2020-2024)
+28%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Child poverty rateImproving
5.1% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−5.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
34.9% (2015-2019) → 39.8% (2020-2024)
+4.9 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, Priceville, Alabama improved on 0 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 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.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Priceville, Alabama between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	28.6 min2015-2019	28.2 min2020-2024	−0.4 min	Within the margin of error	53%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.9%2015-2019	39.8%2020-2024	+4.9 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Broadband subscriptions	84.5%2015-2019	92.3%2020-2024	+7.8 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Effective property tax rate	0.31%2015-2019	0.40%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	7%
High school diploma or higher	93.0%2015-2019	92.4%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Home price to income ratio	2.1×2015-2019	2.3×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	71%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4162015-2019	0.3772020-2024	−0.039	Within the margin of error	79%
Median household income	$91,7972015-2019	$117,1272020-2024	+28%	Within the margin of error	50%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	25.0%2015-2019	23.0%2020-2024	−2 points	Within the margin of error	69%

“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 Priceville, Alabama five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Priceville, 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, Priceville, Alabama itself moved +2.5 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

3,726 residents (±16)

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: 30–39 women (+7.3 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

3,726 residents (±16)

Priceville, Alabama
Alabama share

White93%3,455
Black1.3%†47
Hispanic or Latino3.0%†110

Education

2,171 residents (±249)

Priceville, Alabama
Alabama share

No high school diploma7.6%†166
High school or GED21%†446
Some college17%†

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

1,197 households (±182)

Priceville, Alabama
Alabama share

Under $25k10%†122
$25k–50k12%†146
$50k–75k13%†153
$75k–100k6.4%†77
$100k–150k26%†306
$150k–200k20%†234
$200k or more13%†159

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $75k–100k (−13.3 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

1,197 households (±182)

Priceville, Alabama
Alabama share

Own86%1,026
Rent14%†171

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Rent (+12.3 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 B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

71 households (±85)

Priceville, Alabama
Alabama share

Under $75077%†55
$750–1,00017%†12
$1,000–1,5005.6%†4

Home values

1,026 homes (±186)

Priceville, Alabama
Alabama share

Under $150k1.9%†20
$150k–250k41%†418
$250k–400k49%†498

Age of homes

1,260 homes (±183)

Priceville, Alabama
Alabama share

2010 or later31%†392
2000–200927%†341
1980–199913%†164

Size of homes

1,260 homes (±183)

Priceville, Alabama
Alabama share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom1.2%†15
2 bedrooms4.8%†60

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

1,608 workers (±173)

Priceville, Alabama
Alabama share

Drive alone80%1,294
Carpool2.2%†35
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home15%†234
Other2.8%†45

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+13.3 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,374 workers (±198)

Priceville, Alabama
Alabama share

Under 15 min16%†216
15–29 min38%†525
30–44 min34%†473

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

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 Decatur, 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 Morgan County, the county holding most of Priceville's residents.

Morgan County has 2,684 employer establishments, 214 for every 10,000 residents (0.86× the US rate of 248; 1.04× Alabama's), with 47,947 paid employees at an average annual pay of $57,673. The Census Bureau also counts 8,759 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,684; 8,759 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 214; US 248 · Alabama 207
Paid employees: 47,947
Average annual pay: $57,673; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	218	17.4	0.83×About typical	1,851	$62,003	259
Specialty trade contractors	204	16.3	1.05×About typical	2,751	$61,977	898
Restaurants and other eating places	191	15.2	0.83×About typical	4,083	$19,889	47
Religious organizations	119	9.5	1.71×More than typical	949	$23,695	—
Limited-service restaurants	110	8.8	1.09×About typical	2,280	$18,715	18
Building equipment contractors	105	8.4	1.39×More than typical	2,141	$63,771	179
Gasoline stations	86	6.9	2.12×More than typical	417	$27,492	5
Offices of physicians	76	6.1	0.94×About typical	627	$86,217	43
Lessors of real estate	73	5.8	0.47×Fewer than typical	206	$38,675	780
Construction of buildings	64	5.1	0.67×Fewer than typical	855	$87,854	356
Full-service restaurants	61	4.9	0.63×Fewer than typical	1,560	$22,029	15
Offices of other health practitioners	59	4.7	0.77×Fewer than typical	361	$47,435	106

Rank places for an industry Open Morgan County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 125,402 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 $686.2K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Priceville, Alabama: $184 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $686.2K; −56% vs FY2025
Per resident: $184; US $1,995
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 2.1%; 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 Army$650.5K95%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$22.6K3.3%
Department of the Navy$11.1K1.6%
Defense Logistics Agency$1,9860.3%

Top recipients

LOGC2 INC$650.5K95%
INGENIX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$11.1K1.6%
VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT NORTH AMERICA, LLC$10.8K1.6%
GROUND LEVEL, INC.$5,2380.8%
M & D FORESTRY SERVICE LLC$2,9480.4%

Spending by fiscal year

825.9KFY2017
272.8KFY2018
431.1KFY2019
474KFY2020
1.2MFY2021
1.3MFY2022
1.2MFY2023
1.9M

Top industries (NAICS)

Computer systems design and related services · 5415$650.5K95%
Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery manufacturing · 3331$11.8K1.7%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$11.1K1.6%
Support activities for forestry · 1153$9,2991.4%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$1,5440.2%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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 Priceville, Alabama, so they do not add up across cities.

Priceville, Alabama's figures are part of those of Morgan County, AL ($13.5M in FY2026), never added to them: 5.1% of that total.

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

See federal money in Morgan 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.

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

House

Dale W. StrongR-AL-5 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 2.5%

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.

Morgan County34100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Decatur, AL25

Other cities and towns in Morgan 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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