AL area data
Fort Rucker, AL
Fort Rucker, AL.
Population: 4,705 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 370.8 (+2.6% YoY)
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Low)
- 88.8 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 16.1¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $17.60/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Relatively Low
- Top hazards
- hurricane, lightning, tornado
Climate (30-year normals)
- Average annual temperature
- 66.5°F
- Average high
- 79.0°F
- Average low
- 53.5°F
- Annual precipitation
- 63.7 in
Amenities
- Nearest airport
- RT-9 Landing Strip (4 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Cairns AAF (Fort Rucker) Air Field (OZR) (4 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 14
- Avg hospital rating
- 2.3 / 5
- EV charging stations (within 10 mi)
- 8
- Solar radiation rating
- Good (4.7 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 1,988
- Households with broadband internet
- 80.4%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 12,921
- Average weekly wage
- $1,219
- Top industries (by employment)
- Health Care, Accommodation & Food, Education
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 37
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