Micro area · Alabama

Talladega-Sylacauga, AL micropolitan area

Talladega-Sylacauga, AL is a micropolitan area of 2 counties in Alabama, home to 91,764 residents. Talladega-Sylacauga, AL micropolitan area has a quality-of-life score of 8 out of 100 (very low), ranking #855 of 925 US metro and micro areas. Among metro and micro areas based in Alabama it ranks #21 of 24. It ranks best on effective property tax rate (low), child care cost burden (low) and home price to income ratio (low). It ranks worst on mental health providers (low), adult obesity (high) and firearm deaths (high).

8Very low
Quality-of-life score
#855 of 925 metro and micro areas
Alabama
#21 of 24 in AL
Population
91,764 (2025)
Land area
1,388 mi²
Density
66.1 /mi²
CBSA code
45180

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 64 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Location of Talladega-Sylacauga, AL micropolitan area

Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

  • Safety8#852/924
  • Economy31#640/925
  • Housing78#201/925
  • Health13#805/925
  • Healthcare12#814/923
  • Environment38#570/917
  • Education8#852/925
  • Infrastructure8#849/925
  • Community10#837/925
  • Leisure & amenities2#903/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Talladega-Sylacauga, AL micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Weaknesses

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.

Metro and micro areas like Talladega-Sylacauga, AL micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Talladega-Sylacauga, AL micropolitan area 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.

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).

Income

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

Homes

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

Getting to work

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

Jobs and pay

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

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.

Federal contract spending

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Counties in Talladega-Sylacauga, AL

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

  1. Talladega CountyCentral county781,603
  2. Coosa CountyOutlying county410,161

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

  1. SylacaugaPrincipal city12,309
  2. TalladegaPrincipal city14,760

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

  1. Talladega14,760
  2. Sylacauga12,309
  3. Lincoln7,305
  4. Childersburg4,655
  5. Stewartville1,629
  6. Munford1,508
  7. Goodwater1,445
  8. Fayetteville1,154
  9. Mignon865
  10. Oak Grove856
  11. Rockford622
  12. Ray548
  13. Nixburg256
  14. Hanover248
  15. Waldo239
  16. Mount Olive208
  17. Hissop206
  18. Weogufka184
  19. Talladega Springs166
  20. Bon Air141
  21. Kellyton106
  22. Equality93

Other metro and micro areas in Alabama

Areas based in Alabama, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

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