ArgoAL
A town of 4,376, settled in 1990.
Is Argo a good place to live?
Yes, by almost any measure. Argo earns an A, 2nd of 187 graded towns in Alabama. The median household earns $105K, homes are within reach, about $248K for a typical one, or 3.5 years of the Birmingham metro’s $71K median household income, and it reports less crime per resident than 83% of U.S. towns. Its lowest mark, a B−, is in schools. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 93% of U.S. towns. Only 30 of Alabama’s 308 towns score higher on health. Argo's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 89% of U.S. towns.
What makes Argo stand out
Where Argo beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Argo for work
Where Argo’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Argo grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Alabama), ordered by how far Argo is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for jobs and income (better than 95% of comparable towns) to D for walkability (better than 7%), so the A overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Argo: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Argo, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Argo.
Argo trades lower home prices for longer drives to work, fares better on crime within Alabama than nationally and has hotter summers than most of the country, though not than most of Alabama.
Argo stands out in Alabama and nationally: property crime there is lower
At 7.5 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 97% of Alabama’s graded towns. Violent crime is rare: 3 reported in 2025, 0.7 per 1,000 residents.
Argo’s property crime rate is 2.8 per 1,000 residents, below both Alabama’s towns (17) and U.S. towns (9.9). Argo’s violent crime rate is 0.7 per 1,000 residents.
| Argo | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.8 per 1,000 residents | 17 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.7 per 1,000 residents | 2.9 | 1.6 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
A smaller share of residents live below the poverty line in Argo than in most of Alabama or the rest of the country
Argo has 397 jobs for its 2,149 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 33.9 minutes, against 25.5 across Alabama.
1.1% of Argo residents live below the poverty line, against 16% in Alabama’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. The average trip to work in Argo is 34 minutes. Since 2013, Argo has added 229 jobs, to 397 in 2023.
| Argo | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 1.1% | 16% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $105,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.2% | 10% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Argo ranks healthier than 73% of the country’s towns
Its widest gap with Alabama is food insecurity: 11.2% of its 3,223 adults worry about having enough food, against 19.2% statewide. Against the 7,827 U.S. towns with household incomes like Argo’s, it is healthier than 56%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
Argo beats the Alabama average on 17 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 9.9% of Argo adults have diabetes. Among 187 Alabama towns, just 5 have a higher share of adults who binge drink than Argo.
| Argo | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.9% | 15% | 12% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 16% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 24% | 19% |
| What stands out | Argo | AL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.2% | 19.2% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6% | 9.6% |
| More binge drinkers | 17.7% | 14.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Younger than Alabama overall
The median household earns $105,128, against $63,999 across Alabama, one input to its A+ for jobs and income.
People 65 and older are 8% of residents (18% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 29% of residents (22% statewide). 32% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Argo.
| Argo | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 8.3% | 18% | 18% |
| Median age | 33.1 years | 39.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 32% | 23% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5 points. Across Alabama, 51.4% of residents are women.
| Argo | AL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.8% | 11.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 14.4% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.7% | 9.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 20.2% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.7% | 12.4% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 16.4% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 8.6% | 13% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 5.4% | 10.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 2.8% | 7.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.8% | 11.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 18% | 30.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 37.1% | 20.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.4% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.2% | 17.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.4% | 11.1% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,400, single groups can be off by several points
Argo has mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons average 89.6°: hotter than most of the country, but cooler than 81% of Alabama places with climate records; January nights average 32.4°.
Argo has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Argo | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 90°F | 91°F | 85°F |
| January low | 32°F | 33°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Moderate risk in Argo, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 58% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Argo since 2015.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Conserved land covers 0.1% of Argo
Just 4 of its 7,030 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Argo itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.9 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Argo | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.1% | 1.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Argo Park | 0.4 mi | 10 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in Argo sells for about $340K at the median
Homes are within reach (A for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 21 miles.
Among 187 Alabama towns, just 9 have a higher share of households owning their home than Argo.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Argo
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Argo
About 7 of every 100 Argo residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Alabama.
About Argo
City in Alabama, United States
Argo is a city in Jefferson and St. Clair counties, Alabama, United States. It incorporated in 1987. At the 2020 census, the population was 4,368.
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- Area
- 11 sq mi
- Elevation
- 814 ft
Argo’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Argo.
At #2 in AL, it grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Trussville (A−) comes closest. Trussville next door grades higher for schools (A+ to Argo’s B−) and lower for cost of living (C+ to A).
| Town | AL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argo | #2 | A | A | A− | B− | B+ |
| Trussville | #21 | A− | C+ | C+ | A+ | A |
| Margaret | #43 | B+ | B+ | — | B− | B− |
| Springville | #51 | B | B+ | B− | B− | B |
Margaret reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Argo with a neighbor →
Questions about Argo
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Argo, AL a good place to live?
Yes, by almost any measure. Argo grades A overall, better than 95% of U.S. towns and #2 of 187 in Alabama. It grades B+ for health, A− for safety and B− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Argo, AL expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $248,000, 4% above the Alabama typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.