DeatsvilleAL
A town of 1,715, settled in 1871.
Is Deatsville a good place to live?
The best of Deatsville’s subject grades are a B+ for incomes and cost of living; the weakest is a C for walkability. 6.4% of residents are 65 or older in Deatsville, below both Alabama’s towns (18%) and U.S. towns (18%). Only 1 of the 188 Alabama towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Deatsville. Deatsville's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 97% of U.S. towns. Deatsville has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Deatsville has grown 50% since 2010
1,154 counted in 2010 and 1,679 in 2020; an estimated 1,715 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Deatsville grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Alabama), ordered by how far Deatsville is from typical.
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The National Memorial to Peace and Justice and 13 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Deatsville. Close and well known come first.
16 mi MuseumThe National Memorial to Peace and Justice
31 mi LakeLake Martin
16 mi LandmarkCivil Rights Memorial
15 mi MuseumThe Legacy Museum16 mi LandmarkMothers of Gynecology Monument
13 mi Zoo & aquariumMontgomery ZooPhoto credits
The National Memorial to Peace and Justice: Soniakapadia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lake Martin: Rebecca Hagen, Public domain · Civil Rights Memorial: Colin Mutchler from Brooklyn, United States, CC BY 2.0 · The Legacy Museum: Soniakapadia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Montgomery Zoo: kangotraveler, CC BY 2.0
Moving to Deatsville: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Deatsville, 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 Deatsville.
Deatsville has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Deatsville for work: only 0% work in town. Deatsville’s median household income is $124,000, where Alabama’s towns sit at $62,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. Deatsville’s average trip to work is 33 minutes.
| Deatsville | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $124,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4% | 16% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Younger than Alabama overall
People 65 and older are 6% of residents (18% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 31% of residents (22% statewide). The median age in Deatsville is 33 years. Deatsville has grown 2.9% since 2020, to 1,715 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Deatsville | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 33 years | 39.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 36% | 23% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±8.8 points. Across Alabama, 51.4% of residents are women.
| Deatsville | AL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.3% | 11.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.4% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 18.6% | 9.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.9% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.2% | 12.4% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 18% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.3% | 13% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 3.6% | 10.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 2.8% | 7.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4% | 11.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 24.6% | 30.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.5% | 20.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.2% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.2% | 17.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.6% | 11.1% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,700, single groups can be off by several points
The typical home in Deatsville is valued at about $296K
The typical Deatsville home is worth about $296,000, up 3.9% in a year, 24% above the Alabama typical home. 86% of Deatsville households own their home.
| Deatsville | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 86% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,394 a month | $940 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
In Deatsville, expect mild winters and hot summers
Deatsville has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 92°, January nights drop to 35° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Deatsville faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 53% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On CDC estimates, Deatsville is healthier than 52% of U.S. towns
Deatsville beats the Alabama average on 9 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 43% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Deatsville.
| Deatsville | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 40% | 36% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 43% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Deatsville | AL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 5.3% | 7.3% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 3% | 4.1% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 74.1% | 78% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Deatsville
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Deatsville; the nearest are
About 7 of every 100 Deatsville residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Alabama.
100% of working residents leave Deatsville for work
Where Deatsville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Deatsville
Town in Alabama, United States
Deatsville is a town in Elmore County, Alabama, United States. Although Deatsville initially incorporated in 1903, it lapsed at some point after the 1910 U.S. Census and did not appear again as incorporated until 2000. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,679.
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- Area
- 4.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 312 ft
- ZIP code
- 36022
- Area code
- 334
Deatsville’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Deatsville.
| Town | AL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deatsville | — | — | B+ | — | B− | B− |
| Millbrook | #117 | C− | B | C− | B− | C+ |
| Elmore | — | — | A | — | B− | D |
Deatsville and Elmore have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Deatsville and Elmore report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Deatsville with a neighbor →
Questions about Deatsville
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Deatsville, AL expensive?
Not for the area. That is 4.6 years of the area's median household income ($64,010 across the Montgomery, AL metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.