Indian Springs VillageAL
A town settled in 2000, now home to 2,553 people.
What should you know before moving to Indian Springs Village?
Indian Springs Village’s strongest is incomes: the median household earns $137K. It also does well on health: residents are healthier than 94% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. The trade-off is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $599K, 8.4 years of the Birmingham metro’s $71K median household income. Hazard risk is weaker too (C+): FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 55% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. All told, that adds up to an A overall, better than 91% of U.S. towns. That places it 7th of 187 in Alabama. Just over two thirds of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in the town, against 23% in Alabama’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. Only 9 of Alabama’s 308 towns score lower on history.
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · FEMA National Risk Index · National Register of Historic Places.
What makes Indian Springs Village stand out
Where Indian Springs Village beats most towns.
How Indian Springs Village grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Alabama), ordered by how far Indian Springs Village is from typical.
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Legion Field and 18 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Indian Springs Village. Close and well known come first.
12 mi Stadium & arenaLegion Field
12 mi Stadium & arenaProtective Stadium
11 mi MuseumSloss Furnaces
12 mi Stadium & arenaLegacy Arena15 mi Theme parkAlabama Adventure & Splash Adventure
12 mi Stadium & arenaBirmingham–Jefferson Convention ComplexPhoto 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 · Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex: Chris Pruitt, CC BY-SA 3.0
Moving to Indian Springs Village: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Indian Springs Village, 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 Indian Springs Village.
Indian Springs Village is among the three healthiest towns in Alabama and trades workers with Birmingham and other neighbors, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Alabama.
The median rent in Indian Springs Village is higher than in most of Alabama or the rest of the country
At 8.4 years of the Birmingham metro’s $71K median household income, the typical home (about $599K) costs more against local pay than in 98% of Alabama towns; that ratio is one input to its C for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $2,127, against $788 across Alabama, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
In the year to September 2026, typical home values climbed 4.9%. 92% of households live in a home they own in Indian Springs Village.
| Indian Springs Village | Typical Alabama town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,264 a month | $940 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 92% | 69% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Indian Springs Village’s schools rank ahead of 83% of Alabama districts
The Shelby County school district runs its public schools. The largest public high school is Oak Mountain High School, with 1,648 students. Three of the 6 schools are below, and why each made the list.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Mountain Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,168 | A |
| Oak Mountain High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,648 | A |
| Oak Mountain Intermediate SchoolTop results in townGrades 4–5 | Grades 4–5 | 636 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within AL on state tests and graduation
Fewer of Indian Springs Village’s adults feel lonely than in the typical Alabama or U.S. town
It ranks #3 of the 187 Alabama towns we grade on the CDC estimates behind the Health Grade. Its widest gap with Alabama is food insecurity: 5.8% of its 1,889 adults worry about having enough food, against 19.2% statewide.
The share of adults in Indian Springs Village who smoke cigarettes is 7.7%. Of the 187 Alabama towns we compare, none has a lower share of adults who report frequent mental distress than Indian Springs Village. This Alabama town does better than the Alabama average on 22 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 1.
| Indian Springs Village | Typical Alabama town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 18% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 36% | 33% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7.7% | 16% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 40% | 36% |
| What stands out | Indian Springs Village | AL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 5.8% | 19.2% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 4.7% | 13.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.1% | 8.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expect mild winters and hot summers in Indian Springs Village
Its July high is recorded as 91°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most people working in Indian Springs Village commute elsewhere
Indian Springs Village has about as many jobs (982) as working residents, but only 14 people both live and work here. Jobs based here grew from 452 in 2014 to 982.
Indian Springs Village: 15% of workers work remotely from home. Most people who work leave Indian Springs Village to do it: just 1% work in town. Employers in Indian Springs Village added 530 jobs between 2014 and 2024, to 982. Among 186 Alabama towns, just 4 have a higher middle household income than Indian Springs Village.
| Indian Springs Village | Typical Alabama town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $137,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.4% | 16% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 15% | 6.7% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.3% | 11% | 7.9% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2024 · ACS
Natural hazards: moderate risk in Indian Springs Village, mostly inland flooding
One declared disaster, in 2021, has brought federal aid to Indian Springs Village households. Expected losses in Indian Springs Village break down as 49% from inland flooding and 34% from tornadoes. Also worth knowing: 11 flood insurance claims have been paid here since 2014.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Indian Springs Village has set aside 0.5% of its land for conservation
Just 13 of its 2,494 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Indian Springs Village itself; its outdoors grade is D.
Trails total 0.1 miles in 2 parks and preserves. Between them, the parks and preserves give Indian Springs Village 18 acres of open land.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Oak Mountain State Park | — | 16 |
| 2. Heardmont Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Indian Springs Village
Colleges nearby
6 within 15 miles of the center of Indian Springs Village
About 4 of every 100 Indian Springs Village residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Alabama.
About Indian Springs Village
Town in Alabama, United States
Indian Springs Village (often simply called Indian Springs) is a town in Shelby County, Alabama, United States, in the Birmingham metropolitan area. It incorporated effective November 14, 1990. At the 2010 census the population was 2,363, up from 2,225 in 2000. An F2 tornado on Palm Sunday, March 27, 1994, damaged business buildings of Indian Springs, in addition to structures in Pelham, Helena, and Inverness. Another tornado struck the town on March 25, 2021, causing EF2 damage to several homes and downing trees throughout several neighborhoods. The tornado eventually reached low-end EF3 strength northeast of town.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 3.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 509 ft
- Area code
- 205
Indian Springs Village’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Indian Springs Village.
At #7 in AL, it grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Meadowbrook (A) comes closest.
| Town | AL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Springs Village | #7 | A | C | — | A− | A |
| Meadowbrook | #9 | A | C+ | — | A− | A+ |
| Hoover | #19 | A− | C− | B | A+ | A |
| Pelham | #28 | A− | B− | B | B+ | A− |
Indian Springs Village and Meadowbrook report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Indian Springs Village with a neighbor →
Questions about Indian Springs Village
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Indian Springs Village, AL a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Indian Springs Village grades A overall, better than 91% of U.S. towns and #7 of 187 in Alabama. It grades A for health and A− for schools.
Is Indian Springs Village, 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 C.