Limestone County, Alabama

Limestone County has a population of 111,233 and has grown 18.7% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $281,000, about 3.4 times the county's median household income of $83,629.

Home price
$281,000
Income
$83,629
Population
111,233
Unemployment
3.3%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$281,000county
Median gross rent$970county
Median year homes here were built1998county
Share of homes built before 198026.2%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile9.9%county
Share of homes that are vacant7.7%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented22.4%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.4%county
Typical monthly rent$1,540county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,310county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,136county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,690county
Home insurance / yr$3,633(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living88.6(statewide)
Median household income$83,629county
Family health premium / yr$23,986(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$7,871(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.632(statewide)
Poverty rate10.0%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home11.1%county
Unemployment rate3.3%county
Share of adults in the labor force60.0%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.8%county
Share of workers employed by government15.7%county
Share of workers in the largest industry17.8%county
Economic output per resident$62,669county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.32%county
Top state income tax5.00%(statewide)
Capital gains tax5.00%(statewide)
Combined sales tax9.46%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time26.3 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service14 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport804665county
Miles to nearest general aviation field10 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station89 micounty
Households without a vehicle3.5%county
Traffic deaths47.6county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-3.0(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher30.2%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher86.7%county
Public schools in the county22county
Public school enrollment15283county
Students per full-time teacher17.2county
Free lunch eligible50.7%county
Elementary schools12county
Middle schools2county
High schools2county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution2.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians34county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here2county
Fine particulate matter7.8 µgcounty
Without health insurance7.8%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year15.1%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year9.7%county
Frequent mental distress17.7%county
No leisure-time physical activity25.3%county
Diagnosed diabetes12.8%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population111,233county
Land area in square miles563county
People per square mile of land197.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores10county
Convenience stores5county
Share living far from a food store14.3%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract3.0%county
Population change since 2020+18.7%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age40.8 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1822.2%county
Share of residents 65 and over15.6%county
Share of households that are one person25.4%county
Share of residents born outside the United States4.1%county
Second languages6.4%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls52.3%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents177county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents30county
Households that moved in3,970county
Households that moved away2,792county
Average income of arriving households$74,089county
Average income of departing households$75,655county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes10county
Housing units authorised in the latest year449county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings0.4%county
Violent crime rate360(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature61.5°Fcounty
Annual precipitation51.9 incounty
Annual snowfall4.3 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.39 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F41 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing65 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 8acounty
Frost-free days221 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 27county
Average first fall frostNov 4county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$139county
Electric utilities serving this county1county
Electricity price per kWh12.2¢county
Household electricity use1,137 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$21.17(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity76.6%county
Homes heated by utility gas15.7%county
Homes heated by propane6.4%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood0.4%county
Households with broadband88.0%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk76.7county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk75.3county
Landslide risk24.0county
Hail risk21.2county
Earthquake risk89.9county
Tornado risk88.2county
Tropical cyclone risk60.2county
Extreme heat risk72.3county
Winter weather risk73.0county
Strong wind risk54.3county
Wildfire risk25.8county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Limestone County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Alabama figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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