Emerald MountainAL
3,535 residents make their home in this town in Alabama.
Is Emerald Mountain a good place to live?
Emerald Mountain’s best grade is for incomes: the median household earns $123K. The town ranks 14th of 187 in Alabama, with an A overall. Set against the rest, it does better than 86% of U.S. towns. It also does well on health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 76% of the country. At about $321K, a typical home costs 5 years of the Montgomery metro’s $64K median household income. The catch is hazard risk — FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 59% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. On walkability, just 24 of Alabama’s 308 towns do better. Only 12 of Alabama’s 308 towns score lower on history.
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · FEMA National Risk Index · home values, Zillow · National Register of Historic Places.
Emerald Mountain has grown 29% from 2010 to 2020
2,561 counted in 2010 and 3,310 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Emerald Mountain grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Alabama), ordered by how far Emerald Mountain is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site and 18 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Emerald Mountain. Close and well known come first.
Big draw23 mi National Historic SiteTuskegee Institute National Historic Site9K visitors a year
37 mi Stadium & arenaJordan–Hare Stadium
25 mi LakeLake Martin
14 mi MuseumThe National Memorial to Peace and Justice
13 mi LandmarkCivil Rights Memorial
13 mi MuseumThe Legacy MuseumPhoto credits
Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site: 2C2K Photography, CC BY 2.0 · Jordan–Hare Stadium: AuburnPilot, Public domain · Lake Martin: Rebecca Hagen, Public domain · The National Memorial to Peace and Justice: Soniakapadia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Civil Rights Memorial: Colin Mutchler from Brooklyn, United States, CC BY 2.0 · The Legacy Museum: Soniakapadia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Moving to Emerald Mountain: who provides what
Emerald Mountain is unincorporated, so Elmore 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Emerald Mountain.
Emerald Mountain has less tooth loss than most of Alabama, sends most of its workers to Montgomery and beyond and has household incomes well above the Alabama norm.
1.6% of Emerald Mountain is conserved land
5.0 miles of trail. Emerald Mountain’s trail network density is 0.3 miles per square mile, where Alabama’s towns sit at 0.1 and U.S. towns at 0.4.
| Emerald Mountain | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.6% | 1.2% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
For health, Emerald Mountain earns an A−
Its widest gap with Alabama is tooth loss: 6.4% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 15.4% statewide. Against the 5,255 U.S. towns with household incomes like Emerald Mountain’s, it is less healthy than 58%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
11% of Emerald Mountain adults have diabetes. Among adults in the town, 21% get no exercise outside work, against 30% in Alabama’s towns and 25% across U.S. towns. Of 32 CDC measures, Emerald Mountain beats the Alabama average on 16 and trails it on 1. In Emerald Mountain, just over one in ten adults report frequent physical distress, and 15% report frequent mental distress.
| Emerald Mountain | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 30% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 24% | 19% |
| What stands out | Emerald Mountain | AL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.4% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.9% | 19.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.2% | 8.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Emerald Mountain stands out in Alabama and nationally: a smaller share of its residents live below the poverty line
Emerald Mountain has 93 jobs for its 1,342 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Only 5 of the 187 Alabama towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Emerald Mountain. This Alabama town had 93 jobs in 2023, up 27 from 2013. Among 186 Alabama towns, just 8 have a higher middle household income than Emerald Mountain. The top destinations are Montgomery (55%), Wetumpka (7%) and Prattville (3%).
| Emerald Mountain | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $123,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.2% | 16% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.5% | 10% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Compared with most of Alabama and the rest of the country, a typical July afternoon in Emerald Mountain is hotter
Emerald Mountain brings mild winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 92°, January nights drop to 36° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Top of a moderate hazard risk in Emerald Mountain: inland flooding
FEMA puts 66% of Emerald Mountain’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 11% to tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median home in Emerald Mountain sells for about $300K
96% of households are owner-occupiers in Emerald Mountain.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Emerald Mountain
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Emerald Mountain
About 8 of every 100 Emerald Mountain residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Alabama.
99% of working residents leave Emerald Mountain for work
Where Emerald Mountain’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Emerald Mountain
Census-designated place in Alabama, United States
Emerald Mountain is a census-designated place in Elmore County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, Emerald Mountain had a population of 3,310. It is a planned community with an Architectural Review Board and a Homeowners Association of which membership is mandatory. Community facilities include a tennis center, equestrian center and golf club.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 17 sq mi
- Elevation
- 325 ft
- Area code
- 334
Emerald Mountain’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Emerald Mountain.
| Town | AL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emerald Mountain | #14 | A | B | — | B− | A− |
| Redland | #17 | A− | A− | — | B− | A− |
Emerald Mountain and Redland report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Emerald Mountain with a neighbor →
Questions about Emerald Mountain
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Emerald Mountain, AL a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Emerald Mountain grades A overall, better than 86% of U.S. towns and #14 of 187 in Alabama. It grades A− for health and B− for schools.
Is Emerald Mountain, AL expensive?
The typical home is worth about $321,000, 35% above the Alabama typical home.