Prattville, Alabama
Area Profile
39,482 residents. Public schools, jobs, income, housing cost, climate and natural-hazard risk for Prattville, in Autauga County.
How this area ranks
Data updated · 15 sourcesUnemployment is 3.3% and median household income $81,337, putting employment conditions in the middle range of cities measured.
In the public schools here, 56% of students met the state standard in mathematics, with 18.0 students for every teacher.
207 housing units were authorized over the past twelve months, within 11% of the prior year — steady rather than turning.
These sentences are written by fixed rules from the measurements below — a statement appears because a number crossed a stated threshold, and the values behind it are stored with it. No figure anywhere on this site is invented, estimated or inferred to fill a gap. How this works.
At a glance
Jobs & opportunity
Unemployment of 3.3%, lower than in 87% of the 4,226 measured US cities.
Employment fell 2.2% over the past year, to 18,848 employed residents.
37% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 78% of measured US cities.
| Metric | Value | Compared nationally | Source period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Income of new arrivalsAutauga County, AL’s figurefiling years 2022–2023 | $64,054 | 35th percentileof 4,101 | filing years 2022–2023 |
| Income of those who leftAutauga County, AL’s figurefiling years 2022–2023 | $60,960 | 25th percentileof 4,101 | filing years 2022–2023 |
| Median household income ±$7,3042024 ACS 5-Year | $81,337 | Top 32%of 29,223 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Per capita income ±$3,8102024 ACS 5-Year | $42,686 | Top 27%of 31,420 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Poverty rate ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year | 11.2% | Bottom 48%of 31,773 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Average commute ±1.3 min2024 ACS 5-Year | 25.7 min | Top 45%of 31,543 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Bachelor's degree or higher ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year | 36.6% | Top 22%of 31,919 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Drove alone to work ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year | 83.2% | 70th percentileof 31,433 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| EmploymentJuly 2026 | 18,848 | Bottom 21%of 4,226 | July 2026 |
| Employment change (3 years)July 2026 | +1.7% | Top 23%of 4,226 | July 2026 |
| Employment change (year over year)July 2026 | −2.2% | Bottom 17%of 4,226 | July 2026 |
| Labor forceJuly 2026 | 19,482 | 21st percentileof 4,226 | July 2026 |
| Labor force participation ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year | 74.8% | Bottom 39%of 31,513 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Mean annual wageMontgomery, AL Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS | $55,740 | Bottom 6%of 3,729 | 2025 OEWS |
| Median annual wageMontgomery, AL Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS | $44,950 | Bottom 6%of 3,729 | 2025 OEWS |
| Public transit to work ±0.1%2024 ACS 5-Year | 0.1% | 74th percentileof 31,433 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Unemployment change (year over year)July 2026 | +0.9% | Bottom 4%of 4,226 | July 2026 |
| Unemployment rateJuly 2026 | 3.3% | Top 13%of 4,226 | July 2026 |
| Worked from home ±1%2024 ACS 5-Year | 7.5% | 49th percentileof 31,433 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
Unemployment rate
Median household income, successive ACS releases
Largest occupations — Montgomery, AL
| Occupation | People employed | Median annual wage |
|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators | 7,410 | $45,380 |
| Retail Salespersons | 4,720 | $29,650 |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 4,060 | $40,260 |
| Registered Nurses | 3,990 | $79,570 |
| Stockers and Order Fillers | 3,780 | $34,370 |
| Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand | 3,510 | $37,370 |
Searches the 40 largest occupations here that have a published wage.
Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
56% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 58% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.
There are 18.0 students for every full-time teacher across 7 public schools, more than in most measured places.
| School | District | Students | Per teacher | Math | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prattville High School | Autauga County | 1,844 | 21.0 | 52% | 57% |
| Daniel Pratt Elementary School | Autauga County | 1,035 | 17.3 | 63% | 64% |
| Prattville Junior High School | Autauga County | 928 | 18.2 | 67% | 56% |
| Prattville Elementary School | Autauga County | 546 | 18.8 | 56% | 61% |
| Prattville Primary School | Autauga County | 544 | 13.6 | — | — |
| Prattville Intermediate School | Autauga County | 518 | 17.9 | 39% | 52% |
| Prattville Kindergarten School | Autauga County | 408 | 15.7 | — | — |
| Autauga County Alternative School | Autauga County | 0 | — | — | — |
| Autauga County Technology Center | Autauga County | 0 | — | — | — |
| Louise M Smith Development Center | Autauga County | 0 | — | — | — |
43.8% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with, not how the schools perform, so it is shown and not scored.
Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data, placed by ZIP code — which schools are in this place, not which one a particular address is zoned for. A dash in a proficiency column is a gap in the federal file, not a bad result. Proficiency is measured against Alabama’s own standard, so it is ranked within state. How to read school figures.
Housing & affordability
How it’s calculated — housing affordability →Prices for everything a household buys run about 10% below the national average — the Bureau of Economic Analysis index reads 89.9, against 100 for the nation. Nationally, housing drives most of the spread between places in this index; other goods vary far less.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s house price index for the Montgomery, AL Metro Area is up 41% over five years, and up 6.0% over the last year. It follows repeat sales of the same homes, so it measures price change rather than which homes happened to sell.
Homeowners here who pay a tax bill pay a median of $680 a year in real estate taxes, about 0.32% of the median home value.
HUD’s Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom, set near the 40th percentile of recent new leases, is $1,037, below the $1,313 tenants already here pay.
At HUD’s Fair Market Rent of $1,037 a month for a two-bedroom, keeping rent to 30% of income takes a household income of about $41,500 a year, about 51% of the median household income here of $81,337.
The typical renter household here spends 25% of its income on rent, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened. Median gross rent runs $1,313 a month.
A median home at $214,600 costs 2.4 times the median income of its owner-occupied households, $90,903, close to the historic benchmark for an affordable market.
Prices here run about 10% below the national average. The spread between places is driven mostly by housing — goods vary far less — and this excludes taxes.
Published for the Montgomery, AL Metro Area as a whole. Prices are regional — people shop, commute and rent across a metropolitan area rather than within a city boundary — so this describes the cost of living around this place better than a figure drawn to its own limits would.
The figures above are measured against Prattville’s median household income of $81,337, which describes the place rather than you. Enter your own and the ratio is recomputed against it. It stays in this browser.
| Metric | Value | Compared nationally | Source period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost of living indexthe Montgomery, AL Metro Area’s figure2023 | 89.9 | Top 7%of 3,700 | 2023 |
| Home price change (1 year)the Montgomery, AL Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2 | +6.0% | 87th percentileof 4,154 | 2026 Q2 |
| Home price change (5 years)the Montgomery, AL Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2 | +41.0% | 46th percentileof 4,154 | 2026 Q2 |
| Home price change (10 years)the Montgomery, AL Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2 | +64.0% | 9th percentileof 4,154 | 2026 Q2 |
| Home price to income ±0.22024 ACS 5-Year | 2.4 | Top 46%of 26,815 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Homeownership rate ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year | 67.4% | 33rd percentileof 31,717 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Housing units ±4412024 ACS 5-Year | 16,080 | 96th percentileof 32,177 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Market rent, one bedroomFY2026 | $887 | Top 13%of 4,072 | FY2026 |
| Market rent, three bedroomFY2026 | $1,335 | Top 9%of 4,072 | FY2026 |
| Market rent, two bedroomFY2026 | $1,037 | Top 10%of 4,072 | FY2026 |
| Median gross rent ±$662024 ACS 5-Year | $1,313 | Bottom 27%of 23,120 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Median home value ±$7,2192024 ACS 5-Year | $214,600 | 57th percentileof 29,111 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Median property taxes ±$302024 ACS 5-Year | $680 | 12th percentileof 26,440 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Owner household income ±$6,5772024 ACS 5-Year | $90,903 | Top 36%of 27,548 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Property tax rate ±0.02%2024 ACS 5-Year | 0.32% | 2nd percentileof 20,543 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Rent as a share of income ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year | 24.8% | Top 32%of 22,950 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Seasonal and second homes ±232024 ACS 5-Year | 14 | 68th percentileof 32,330 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Second homes2024 ACS 5-Year | 0.1% | 52nd percentileof 31,895 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Vacancy rate2024 ACS 5-Year | 5.4% | 41st percentileof 31,769 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Vacant housing units ±2212024 ACS 5-Year | 889 | 94th percentileof 32,330 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
These measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with. They compare housing cost with local earnings only: transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not in them. How to read affordability, the two rent figures and the cost-of-living index.
Growth & development
How it’s calculated — growth →Development Momentum
An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.
Population has grown 6% since 2020, reaching 40,139 in 2024.
New construction is predominantly single-family: of 207 units permitted over the past twelve months, none were in buildings of five or more homes.
Federal tax returns show Autauga County, which contains Prattville, gained about 1.2% of its residents through moves within the US in the most recent year, counting those who arrived against those who left. Households that moved in reported an average income of $64,054, above the $60,960 of households that moved out.
At 5.2 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US cities.
Population, annual estimates
People moving in and out
Where newcomers came from
- Elmore County, AL 842 people · 19% of arrivals
- Montgomery County, AL 801 people · 18% of arrivals
- Dallas County, AL 164 people · 3.8% of arrivals
- Chilton County, AL 130 people · 3.0% of arrivals
- Fairfax County, VA 84 people · 1.9% of arrivals
Where people who left went
- Elmore County, AL 847 people · 23% of departures
- Montgomery County, AL 491 people · 13% of departures
- Chilton County, AL 143 people · 3.8% of departures
- Jefferson County, AL 91 people · 2.4% of departures
- Lee County, AL 78 people · 2.1% of departures
Based on the address on federal tax returns, compared with the same filers a year earlier. It counts people who file, and sees a move only when the address on a return changes. Domestic moves only: people arriving from abroad are left out. This is the figure for Autauga County, AL. IRS Statistics of Income, filing years 2022–2023.
Housing units permitted per year
Weather & climate
6 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 94°F and January a low of 37°F.
Normal annual precipitation is 51.2 inches.
Precipitation
| Metric | Value | Source period |
|---|---|---|
| Annual precipitation1991-2020 Normals | 51.2" | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Average January low1991-2020 Normals | 37°F | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Average July high1991-2020 Normals | 94°F | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Comfortable months1991-2020 Normals | 6 | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Seasonal temperature swing1991-2020 Normals | 35°F | 1991-2020 Normals |
Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. How to read climate and air quality.
Physical risk
The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, tornado and heat wave, with inland flooding alone responsible for 58% of it.
Low or minimal exposure: lightning, strong wind, wildfire, drought, hail, ice storm, cold wave, winter weather, tsunami, volcanic activity, coastal flooding, avalanche.
Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. City values are the population-weighted mean of the counties the city overlaps, using AreaProfile place-to-county land-area weights. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.
Below these are deaths rather than offenses, published for the county. The two measure different things and are not comparable with each other.
Prattville's police department reported 255 violent offenses per 100,000 residents, near the middle of places with a department reporting. Property crime runs at 1,470.
Drug overdose deaths run at about 8.1 per 100,000 residents in Autauga County.
Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides, so the firearm figure and the homicide figure above it count some of the same deaths twice over. They overlap and should not be added together.
Offenses are reported to the FBI by Prattville’s own police department and shown only where it reported every month of the year; a partial year is withheld rather than scaled up. Reported crime is what police recorded, which is not the same as what happened. Death rates are crude rates — deaths divided by population, not adjusted for age — except where a count was too small for the CDC to publish and it modeled the rate, which the card marks. They come from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC by county and not below it. So they describe the county around Prattville (Autauga County) rather than Prattville itself. Neither is part of the Area Score. How to read crime rates and death rates.
What this profile does not cover
Each of these is absent for a reason, not by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them; the weighting is on the methodology page.
- Death-certificate rates
- The CDC publishes these rates by county, and no county figure could be attached to this page.
- Air quality
- The EPA publishes an air-quality index only where a monitor sits. There is none in this county, and a modeled value would be a different kind of number from the measured ones everywhere else on this page.
- Taxes
- Income and sales taxes are not published: no source covers them nationally with a method open enough to check. Property taxes are shown in the housing section but are not part of the score. The cost-of-living index above is a price level for all consumption, not a household budget, and it excludes taxes. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
- Anything about a specific address
- Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house.
Access
3 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest Montgomery Rgnl (Dannelly Fld) at 11 miles.
| Metric | Value | Compared nationally | Source period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadband access ±1%2024 ACS 5-Year | 96.3% | Top 19%of 31,588 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Distance to major airportNASR current cycle | 11 mi | Top 29%of 4,226 | NASR current cycle |
| Major airports within 100 milesNASR current cycle | 3 | Bottom 20%of 4,226 | NASR current cycle |
| No internet access ±1%2024 ACS 5-Year | 2.6% | Top 23%of 31,588 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Airport | Code | Distance | Longest runway |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery Rgnl (Dannelly Fld) | MGM | 11 mi | 9,020 ft |
| Birmingham-Shuttlesworth Intl | BHM | 79 mi | 12,007 ft |
| Dothan Rgnl | DHN | 98 mi | 8,500 ft |
Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.
Customize your score
What matters to you?
Choose what you weight most heavily. Nothing is saved to an account — your preferences stay in this browser, and the Area Score never changes.
Select one or more priorities to see how this location scores against them.
Other cities in Montgomery, AL
Same metropolitan area, measured the same way| City | County | Population | Area Score | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery | Montgomery County | 197,494 | 52 | Montgomery vs Prattville |
| Millbrook | Elmore County | 17,189 | 59 | Millbrook vs Prattville |
| Pike Road | Montgomery County | 10,574 | 65 | Pike Road vs Prattville |
Every city here is measured on the same scale from the same source releases, so the comparison is like for like. A higher Area Score reflects AreaProfile’s standardized weighting rather than a judgment about which is the better place to live.
Similar places
Matched on AreaProfile signals, not geographyCompare
Put Prattville side by side with a similar place.
Moving to Prattville from somewhere else?
You get the difference in prices, rent and weather, and the income that would keep pace.
Data & methodology
| Used for | Source | Source period |
|---|---|---|
| Access | Federal Aviation Administration Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service | NASR current cycle |
| Safety | Federal Bureau of Investigation, Crime Data Explorer Summarized offense counts by law enforcement agency | 2025 calendar year |
| Physical risk | Federal Emergency Management Agency National Risk Index | National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0) |
| Demographics, Income | Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division U.S. Population Migration Data (county to county) | filing years 2022–2023 |
| Climate | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly) | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Housing | U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional price parities and county personal income | 2023 |
| Jobs | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics | 2025 OEWS |
| Jobs | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics | July 2026 |
| Development | U.S. Census Bureau Building Permits Survey | 12 months ending July 2026 |
| Demographics | U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program | July 1, 2024 estimate |
| Access, Demographics, Housing, Income, Jobs | U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File) | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Safety | U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics Provisional county-level mortality by intent | March 2025 to February 2026; May 2025 to April 2026 |
| Schools | U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments | 2018-19 school year; 2024-25 school year |
| Housing | U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research Fair Market Rents | FY2026 |
| Housing | U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (traditional, all-transactions) | 2026 Q2 |
| Current conditions | NOAA National Weather Service National Weather Service current conditions | Live observation, read when the page opens |
Profile recalculated October 8, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology, or every source with how often each updates.
ZIP codes in Prattville
2 ZIP areasEvery ZIP area in Prattville with census figures of its own, largest first. The ones linked below diverge enough from the city as a whole to carry a full profile; the rest track Prattville closely, so their figures are here rather than on a page that would repeat this one. An Area Score is calculated for published profiles only, which is why it is blank on those rows.
| ZIP | Population | Median household income | Median home value | Area Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36067 | 28,293 | $65,593 | $189,400 | 64 |
| 36066 | 22,632 | $86,278 | $227,500 | — |