Is Huguley a good place to live?
Walkability is its weak spot (D−). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 99% of U.S. towns. Where it does best is cost of living: a typical home costs about $142K, 2.6 years of the LaGrange area’s $55K median household income. Put together, the subjects come to a C overall, ranking 101st of 187 in Alabama. It comes out better than a quarter of U.S. towns. On the outdoors, just 16 of Alabama’s 308 towns do worse. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for incomes and B− for hazard risk.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index · USGS PAD-US.
How Huguley grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Alabama), ordered by how far Huguley is from typical.
Its grades run from A for cost of living (better than 91% of comparable towns) to D− for walkability (better than 1%), so the C overall blends very different results.
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Huguley.
Huguley sends many workers across the state line to LaGrange, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has homes that are cheap against local pay.
On state tests, Huguley’s schools trail 78% of Alabama districts
Its one school is below. 383 students attend Huguley’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huguley Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 383 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within AL on state tests and graduation
Health in Huguley trails 73% of U.S. towns
Against the 3,592 U.S. towns with household incomes like Huguley’s, it is healthier than 74%, so its C isn’t only a matter of income. Within Alabama it is healthier than 50% of the 187 graded towns: much of Alabama scores lower on these measures.
15% of adults have diabetes in Huguley, near the Alabama town median (15%) and above the median of U.S. towns (12%). This Alabama town tracks Alabama closely on all 32 CDC measures. Among adults locally, 14% binge drink.
| Huguley | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 43% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 14% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 15% | 12% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 16% | 14% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Huguley: mild winters and hot summers
The W Pt weather station records that about 57 days a year reach 90°: more than most of the country, but fewer than 75% of Alabama places with climate records.
The midsummer high for Huguley comes to 90°F, close to Alabama’s towns (91°F) and above U.S. towns (85°F).
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most people working in Huguley commute elsewhere
29% of working residents cross a state line to work, LaGrange among the top destinations. Huguley has about as many jobs (1,176) as working residents, but only 41 people both live and work here.
The median household income in Huguley is $44,000. For most workers, Huguley is a place to come home to: only 4% work in town. Employers in Huguley added 655 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 1,176. The top destinations are Opelika (14%), LaGrange (10%) and Valley (9%).
| Huguley | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $44,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.8% | 10% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 16% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The median home in Huguley sells for about $162K
At 2.6 years of the LaGrange area’s $55K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 80% of Alabama towns; that ratio is one input to its A for cost of living.
Huguley: 81% of households own their home. In Huguley, the typical rent is $838 a month.
| Huguley | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 81% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $838 a month | $943 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Moderate risk in Huguley, with inland flooding at the top
On expected storm and flood damage, Huguley sits above 50% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 55% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 15% to tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Huguley
Moving to Huguley: who provides what
Huguley is unincorporated, so Chambers 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
1 within 15 miles of the center of Huguley
About 1 of every 100 Huguley residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Alabama.
About Huguley
Census-designated place in Alabama, United States
Huguley ( HEW-goo-lee) is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Chambers County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 2,470.
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- Area
- 8.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 702 ft
- Area code
- 334
Huguley’s neighbors
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Questions about Huguley
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Huguley, AL a good place to live?
Huguley grades C overall, better than 25% of U.S. towns and #101 of 187 in Alabama. It grades C for health and C− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Huguley, AL expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $142,000, 41% below 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.
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