Grayson ValleyAL
The town, home to 6,077 people, lies in Alabama.
Is Grayson Valley a good place to live?
Grayson Valley’s weakest is walkability. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 77% of U.S. towns. This Alabama town grades C− overall, better than just over a fifth of U.S. towns, and ranks 113th of 187 in Alabama. Schools are weaker too: its schools rank behind 69% of the state's. Where it does best is hazard risk (B). Homes run about $173K for a typical one, 2.4 times the Birmingham metro’s $71K median household income. Only 2 of the 187 Alabama towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Grayson Valley.
Figures: FEMA National Risk Index · schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · Census LEHD, 2023.
100% of working residents leave Grayson Valley for work
Where Grayson Valley’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Grayson Valley grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Alabama), ordered by how far Grayson Valley is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Legion Field and 22 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Grayson Valley. Close and well known come first.
15 mi Stadium & arenaLegion Field
13 mi Stadium & arenaProtective Stadium
12 mi MuseumSloss Furnaces
13 mi Stadium & arenaLegacy Arena34 mi LakeLewis Smith Lake8 mi MuseumSouthern Museum of FlightPhoto credits
Legion Field: USGS, Public domain · Protective Stadium: Unknown, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Sloss Furnaces: DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Legacy Arena: AuburnShuffle, CC0
Moving to Grayson Valley: who provides what
Grayson Valley is unincorporated, so Jefferson 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 Grayson Valley.
Grayson Valley is healthier than towns with similar incomes, has homes that are cheap against local pay and has hotter summers than most of the country, though not than most of Alabama.
A smaller share of working residents in Grayson Valley work locally than in the typical Alabama or U.S. town
Grayson Valley has 285 jobs for its 2,588 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Half commute less than 14 miles. Since 2013, Grayson Valley has lost 44 jobs, to 285 in 2023. Grayson Valley: a fifth of residents live below the poverty line, where Alabama’s towns sit at 16% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. 13% of Grayson Valley workers work from home.
| Grayson Valley | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 20% | 16% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.4% | 10% | 8% |
| Work from home | 13% | 6.7% | 11% |
| Median household income | $65,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain View Baptist School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 71 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within AL on state tests and graduation
For cost of living, Grayson Valley earns a B−
At 2.4 years of the Birmingham metro’s $71K median household income, the typical home (about $173K) costs less against local pay than in 85% of Alabama towns; that ratio is one input to that grade.
Homes in Grayson Valley are typically worth about $173,000, up 1.1% in a year, 28% below the Alabama typical home. Its median rent is $1,312 a month, above both Alabama’s towns ($940 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). The share of households in Grayson Valley who are owner-occupiers: 68%.
| Grayson Valley | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,312 a month | $940 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 68% | 70% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Mild winters and hot summers in Grayson Valley
July afternoons average 89.7°: hotter than most of the country, but cooler than 80% of Alabama places with climate records; January nights average 32.5°.
It almost never snows. The midsummer high for Grayson Valley comes to 90°F.
| Grayson Valley | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 90°F | 91°F | 85°F |
| January low | 33°F | 33°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Grayson Valley is younger than the Alabama average
People 65 and older are just over one in ten residents (18% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 28% of residents (22% statewide). A third of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Grayson Valley. In Grayson Valley, the median age is 34.6 years.
| Grayson Valley | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 11% | 18% | 18% |
| Median age | 34.6 years | 39.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 23% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 81 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±2.8 points). Across Alabama, 51.4% of residents are women.
| Grayson Valley | AL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13.7% | 11.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.4% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 12.9% | 9.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.5% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11% | 12.4% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 17.8% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 7.3% | 13% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 7.7% | 10.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.7% | 7.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5% | 11.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 26.3% | 30.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.1% | 20.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.1% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 26% | 17.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.6% | 11.1% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Natural hazards: moderate risk in Grayson Valley, mostly inland flooding
In Grayson Valley, the natural-hazard score from FEMA is 43 of 100. FEMA puts 40% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 27% to tornadoes. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 57% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Residents of Grayson Valley are less healthy than 53% of U.S. towns
Against the 9,850 U.S. towns with household incomes like Grayson Valley’s, it is healthier than 67%, so its B− isn’t only a matter of income. Within Alabama it is healthier than 70% of the 187 graded towns: much of Alabama scores lower on these measures.
Among adults in Grayson Valley, 13% have diabetes. CDC measures, 32 in all: Grayson Valley beats Alabama on 9 and trails on 3. In Grayson Valley, just over one in ten adults report frequent physical distress, and 21% worry about having enough food.
| Grayson Valley | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 36% | 33% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 19% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 43% | 35% |
| What stands out | Grayson Valley | AL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 5.7% | 7.3% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 6.3% | 8% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 12% | 9.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Grayson Valley
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Grayson Valley
About 8 of every 100 Grayson Valley residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Alabama.
About Grayson Valley
Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States
Grayson Valley is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in the northeastern Birmingham area, in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is located between the Spring Lake neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama and the Birmingham suburbs of Clay, Trussville, and Center Point. At the 2020 census, the population was 5,982.
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- Area
- 2.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 942 ft
- Area code
- 205
Grayson Valley’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Grayson Valley.
| Town | AL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grayson Valley | #113 | C− | B− | — | C | B− |
| Clay | #132 | D | C+ | — | C | C+ |
| Center Point | #116 | C− | B | — | C | D− |
| Trussville | #21 | A− | C+ | C+ | A+ | A |
Grayson Valley, Clay and Center Point report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Grayson Valley with a neighbor →
Questions about Grayson Valley
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Grayson Valley, AL a good place to live?
Grayson Valley grades C− overall, better than 21% of U.S. towns and #113 of 187 in Alabama. It grades B− for health and C for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Grayson Valley, AL expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.