Census-designated place · Coosa County, Alabama

Stewartville, Alabama

Stewartville is a census-designated place in Coosa County, Alabama, part of the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL metro area. It has 1,629 residents. Stewartville, Alabama has a quality-of-life score of 7 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,586 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Alabama it ranks #234 of 319 cities and towns. It ranks best on effective property tax rate (low), home price to income ratio (low) and public libraries (high). It ranks worst on access to exercise opportunities (low), restaurants and bars (low) and new business applications (low).

7Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,586 of 15,651 cities and towns
Alabama: #234 of 319 in AL
Population: 1,629 (2020-2024)
Land area: 24 mi²
Density: 67.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 0173152

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 69 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.

Safety21#12,373/15,637
Economy30#10,986/15,631
Housing85#2,227/14,977
Health14#13,373/15,609
Healthcare5#14,927/15,650
Environment28#11,129/15,453
Education1#15,434/15,649
Infrastructure15#13,373/15,650
Community11#13,902/15,651
Leisure & amenities0#15,576/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Stewartville, Alabama ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Coosa 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 · low0.17%
100/100Alabama 0.37%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Home price to income ratio · low1.1×
100/100Alabama 3.3×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Public libraries · high1.9 /10k
91/100Alabama 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesCoosa County value
Child care cost burden · low21.7%
89/100Alabama 25.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCoosa County value
High ozone days · low0 days
76/100Alabama 0 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyCoosa County value
Comfortable days · high29.1%
74/100Alabama 28.8%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationCoosa County value

Weaknesses

Access to exercise opportunities · low4.1%
0/100Alabama 61.4%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCoosa County value
Restaurants and bars · low2.0 /10k
1/100Alabama 6.9 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCoosa County value
New business applications · low6.6 /1k
1/100Alabama 13.6 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauCoosa County value
Math scores · low2.41
2/100Alabama 2.65United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCoosa County value
Mental health providers · low29 /100k
2/100Alabama 156 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCoosa County value
Traffic deaths · high40.7 /100k
3/100Alabama 19.0 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataCoosa County value

Trends

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

Rent-burdened householdsImproving
56.9% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−57 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateWorsening
16.9% (2015-2019) → 41.8% (2020-2024)
+25 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$43,233 (2015-2019) → $87,574 (2020-2024)
+103%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
70.4% (2015-2019) → 86.9% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
High school diploma or higherImproving
72.4% (2015-2019) → 83.2% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Home price to income ratioImproving
1.9× (2015-2019) → 1.1× (2020-2024)
−43%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

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, Stewartville, Alabama improved on 3 of 9 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 6 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.

Improved3

Household income+103%$43,233 → $87,574
High school++11 points72.4% → 83.2%
Broadband+16 points70.4% → 86.9%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 9 measures

Change of every measure of Stewartville, Alabama between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.7 min2015-2019	25.2 min2020-2024	+1.5 min	Within the margin of error	32%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%2015-2019	8.3%2020-2024	−1.8 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Broadband subscriptions	70.4%2015-2019	86.9%2020-2024	+16 points	Improved	84%
Effective property tax rate	0.22%2015-2019	0.17%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	23%
High school diploma or higher	72.4%2015-2019	83.2%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	96%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	1.1×2020-2024	−0.8×	Within the margin of error	97%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5272015-2019	0.3712020-2024	−0.157	Within the margin of error	99%
Median household income	$43,2332015-2019	$87,5742020-2024	+103%	Improved	98%
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 Stewartville, Alabama five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Stewartville, 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, Stewartville, Alabama itself moved +17.1 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

1,629 residents (±392)

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: 40–49 men (+7.6 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

1,629 residents (±392)

Stewartville, Alabama
Alabama share

White99.9%1,627
Black0.1%†2
Hispanic or Latino0.0%0
Asian0.0%0
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races0.0%0

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 B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

1,347 residents (±335)

Stewartville, Alabama
Alabama share

No high school diploma17%†226
High school or GED38%511
Some college19%†251
Associate degree18%†247
Bachelor's degree1.9%†25
Graduate degree6.5%†87

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Bachelor's degree (−5.7 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 B15003View 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.

Income

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

Household income

640 households (±136)

Stewartville, Alabama
Alabama share

Under $25k18%†117
$25k–50k11%†70
$50k–75k13%†83
$75k–100k17%†110
$100k–150k36%†228
$150k–200k0.0%0
$200k or more5.0%†32

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (+23.7 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

640 households (±136)

Stewartville, Alabama
Alabama share

Own88%566
Rent12%†74

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+23.2 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 B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

9 households (±15)

Stewartville, Alabama
Alabama share

Under $750100%†9
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,5000.0%0

Home values

566 homes (±136)

Stewartville, Alabama
Alabama share

Under $150k61%†346
$150k–250k26%†148
$250k–400k12%†67

Age of homes

775 homes (±145)

Stewartville, Alabama
Alabama share

2010 or later4.3%†33
2000–200918%†141
1980–199947%†362

Size of homes

775 homes (±145)

Stewartville, Alabama
Alabama share

Studio5.9%†46
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms26%†199

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

732 workers (±233)

Stewartville, Alabama
Alabama share

Drive alone53%†390
Carpool20%†145
Public transit0.0%0
Walk1.9%†14
Bike0.0%0
Work from home25%†183
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−41.3 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

549 workers (±175)

Stewartville, Alabama
Alabama share

Under 15 min29%†160
15–29 min35%†191
30–44 min16%†87

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 Talladega-Sylacauga, 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 Coosa County, the county holding most of Stewartville's residents.

Coosa County has 97 employer establishments, 94.3 for every 10,000 residents (0.38× the US rate of 248; 0.46× Alabama's), with 1,341 paid employees at an average annual pay of $39,145. The Census Bureau also counts 524 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 97; 524 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 94.3; US 248 · Alabama 207
Paid employees: 1,341
Average annual pay: $39,145; US $68,342

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

Religious organizations	9	8.7	1.58×Too few to compare	20	$10,600	—
Lessors of real estate	7	6.8	0.55×Too few to compare	10	$18,800	37
General merchandise stores	6	5.8	3.30×Too few to compare	28	$22,536	6
Specialty trade contractors	6	5.8	0.38×Too few to compare	20	$50,450	63
Construction of buildings	4	3.9	0.51×Too few to compare	8	$52,750	33
Gasoline stations	4	3.9	1.20×Too few to compare	26	$23,423	—
Grocery and convenience stores	4	3.9	1.31×Too few to compare	42	$18,643	—
Restaurants and other eating places	4	3.9	0.21×Too few to compare	6	$69,167	—
Ambulatory health care services	3	2.9	0.14×Too few to compare	18	$70,944	10
Automotive repair and maintenance	3	2.9	0.58×Too few to compare	3	$14,667	12
Building equipment contractors	3	2.9	0.48×Too few to compare	14	$49,143	13
Building material and supplies dealers (hardware, home centers)	3	2.9	1.77×Too few to compare	339	$21,891	—

Rank places for an industry Open Coosa County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 10,289 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

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

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

See federal money in Coosa 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.

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

House

Gary J. PalmerR-AL-6 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 1.2%

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.

Coosa County4100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Talladega-Sylacauga, AL8

Other cities and towns in Coosa 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
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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