LillianAL
A town of 1,460, settled in 1884.
Is Lillian a good place to live?
Lillian’s best subject grades are an A− for cost of living and a B+ for walkability; its weakest is a D− for hazard risk. On the outdoors, just 26 of Alabama’s 308 towns do better. Lillian has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Lillian stand out
Where Lillian beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
1,460 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Lillian grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Alabama), ordered by how far Lillian is from typical.
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USS Alabama and 18 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lillian. Close and well known come first.
Big draw40 mi MuseumUSS Alabama
10 mi LandmarkFort Pickens
11 mi Ancient siteUSS Massachusetts
9 mi MuseumNational Naval Aviation Museum
7 mi National SeashoreGulf Islands National Seashore7.6M visitors a year10 mi BeachOno IslandPhoto credits
USS Alabama: USN, Public domain · Fort Pickens: Notneb82, CC BY-SA 3.0 · USS Massachusetts: Unknown authorUnknown author or not provided, Public domain · National Naval Aviation Museum: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gulf Islands National Seashore: National Park Service, Public domain
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Moving to Lillian: who provides what
Lillian is unincorporated, so Baldwin 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 Lillian.
The FEMA risk score in Lillian is higher than in the typical Alabama or U.S. town
FEMA puts 67% of Lillian’s expected hazard losses down to hurricanes, and 19% to inland flooding. Households here have drawn federal disaster aid in 5 declared disasters, most recently in 2020. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 95% of U.S. communities.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Lillian stands out in Alabama and nationally, with fewer of its residents who are under 18
The median age for Lillian comes to 53.6 years. Just over a fifth of Lillian adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more, below both the Alabama town median (23%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%).
| Lillian | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 12% | 23% | 22% |
| Median age | 53.6 years | 39.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 21% | 23% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 31% and 82% women
The Census survey reached too few of Lillian’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±25.5 points. Across Alabama, 51.4% of residents are women.
| Lillian | AL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 5.1% | 11.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.4% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.2% | 9.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 18.7% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.9% | 12.4% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 7.7% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14% | 13% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 25.9% | 10.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9% | 7.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.1% | 11.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 21.3% | 30.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 43.1% | 20.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 11% | 17.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.6% | 11.1% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,500, single groups can be off by several points
Lillian has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
In Lillian, the income of the median household is $52,000. Most people who work leave Lillian to do it: just 2% work in town. No town among the 188 in Alabama we compare has a lower share of residents below the poverty line than Lillian. Since 2013, Lillian has added 20 jobs, to 112 in 2023.
| Lillian | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 0.6% | 16% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.3% | 10% | 8% |
| Median household income | $52,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A home in Lillian is worth about $305K, on Zillow’s estimate
Lillian: 78% of households own their home.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Mild winters and hot summers in Lillian
July afternoons reach 90°, January nights drop to 44° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
On CDC estimates, Lillian is less healthy than 56% of U.S. towns
51% of adults have high blood pressure in Lillian. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Lillian is ahead of Alabama on 12 and behind on 6. In Lillian, 29% of adults feel lonely, and 14% report frequent mental distress. Only 4 of the 188 Alabama towns we compare have a higher share of adults who had a checkup this year than Lillian.
| Lillian | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 51% | 43% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 36% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 18% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 16% |
| What stands out | Lillian | AL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.2% | 13.9% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.7% | 9.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 13.5% | 8.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
2% of the land in Lillian is protected from building
In 1 park or preserve, walkers have 0.3 miles of trail. Parks and preserves in Lillian: one, of 17 acres. Also worth knowing: the town’s concentration of trails comes in at 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Lillian | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2% | 1.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lillian Recreational Park | — | 17 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Lillian
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Lillian
About 2 of every 100 Lillian residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Alabama.
98% of working residents leave Lillian for work
Where Lillian’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Lillian
Place in Alabama, United States
Lillian is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in eastern Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lillian had a population of 1,330. Lillian is located on U.S. Route 98 on the western shore of Perdido Bay, 9.5 miles (15.3 km) east of Elberta. Its eastern edge lies on the Alabama/Florida state line.
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- Area
- 3.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 16 ft
- ZIP code
- 36549
Questions about Lillian
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lillian, AL expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.