AL area data
Sipsey, AL
Sipsey, AL.
Population: 285 (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 Moderate
- Top hazards
- lightning, tornado, coldWave, heatWave, inlandFlooding
Climate (30-year normals)
- Average annual temperature
- 64.0°F
- Average high
- 75.0°F
- Average low
- 53.0°F
- Annual precipitation
- 59.1 in
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 1
- Nearest national park
- Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument (26 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Rocky Springs Airpark (12 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM) (26 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 16
- Avg hospital rating
- 2.8 / 5
- Solar radiation rating
- Fair (4.5 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 1,974
- Median annual property tax
- $259
- Households with broadband internet
- 76.6%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 15,428
- Average weekly wage
- $908
- Top industries (by employment)
- Health Care, Accommodation & Food, Other Services
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 38
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