BroomtownAL
Settled in 1860, this town now has 279 residents.
Is Broomtown a good place to live?
45% of residents live below the poverty line in Broomtown, above both the Alabama town median (16%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Among 188 Alabama towns, just one has a higher home-ownership rate than Broomtown. Broomtown has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Broomtown.
Young adults are more common in Broomtown than in Alabama
41% never finished high school. Four-year graduates: 20% of adults 25 and older here, 28% across Alabama.
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 53% and 81% women
The Census survey reached too few of Broomtown’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±14 points. Across Alabama, 51.4% of residents are women.
| Broomtown | AL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.3% | 11.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 0% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.2% | 9.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 41.9% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 0% | 12.4% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 20.1% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18.3% | 13% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 3.6% | 10.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.6% | 7.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 40.6% | 11.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 35.2% | 30.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 4.5% | 20.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 0% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.7% | 17.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 0% | 11.1% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 300, single groups can be off by several points
Broomtown faces a very high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Compared with 88% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in Broomtown is higher. FEMA puts 63% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 19% to tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mild winters and hot summers in Broomtown
July afternoons reach 90°, January nights drop to 32° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Broomtown is
15% of adults have diabetes in Broomtown. The town does better than the Alabama average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 3. In Broomtown, 14% of adults binge drink, and 17% smoke cigarettes.
| Broomtown | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 43% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 14% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 15% | 12% |
| What stands out | Broomtown | AL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.4% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.8% | 9.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.5% | 8.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
1% of Broomtown is conserved land
1.7 miles of trail. The density of trails in Broomtown is 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Broomtown | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1% | 1.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.1 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Broomtown
Moving to Broomtown: who provides what
Broomtown is unincorporated, so Cherokee County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Broomtown; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Broomtown residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Alabama.
About Broomtown
Place in Alabama, United States
Broomtown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Cherokee County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, Broomtown had a population of 160. It was named for Chief Broom (Broomstown) of the Cherokee Nation, whose people occupied the area from the late eighteenth century into the 1830s. The Cherokee had migrated southwest under pressure from European-American encroachment in Tennessee and North Carolina, before Indian Removal from the Southeast on the Trail of Tears to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River. Fort Likens, a fort used to house soldiers during the Cherokee removal, was located near Broomtown.
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- Area
- 4.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 682 ft
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