Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 94% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. Overall it grades C−, 102nd among Alabama's 187 graded towns. The median household earns $108K. Its weakest subject is safety: its crime rate is higher than 84% of U.S. towns, with 28 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. 5.4% of residents are 65 or older in Loxley, where Alabama’s towns sit at 18% and U.S. towns at 18%. Only 26 of Alabama’s 308 towns score lower on cost of living. Its National Register listings include St. Patrick's Catholic Church and Jenkins Farm and House (Boundary Increase).
Where Loxley beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
1,632 counted in 2010 and 3,710 in 2020; an estimated 6,131 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 72.5% since 2020, after 127.3% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Alabama), ordered by how far Loxley is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 831 in 1960, 3,710 in 2020. The archive holds 24 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 2 maps from 1921 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Loxley. Close and well known come first.
Big draw16 mi MuseumUSS Alabama
16 mi MuseumUSS Drum
16 mi MuseumBattleship Memorial Park
36 mi LandmarkFort Pickens
37 mi Ancient siteUSS Massachusetts
35 mi MuseumFort MorganUSS Alabama: USN, Public domain · USS Drum: Jean-Pierre Martin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Battleship Memorial Park: Rennett Stowe from USA, CC BY 2.0 · Fort Pickens: Notneb82, CC BY-SA 3.0 · USS Massachusetts: Unknown authorUnknown author or not provided, Public domain · Fort Morgan: Altairisfar, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Loxley, 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Loxley.
Loxley draws workers from Mobile and beyond and looks healthier within Alabama than nationally, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Alabama (mostly hurricanes).
51 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The trail density in Loxley is 1.6 miles per square mile. The biggest park or preserve is Loxley Municipal Park, at 38 acres.
| Loxley | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.6 miles per square mile | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.3% | 1.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Loxley Municipal Park | 0.5 mi | 38 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Baldwin County school district. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stonebridge ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 620 | – |
| Baldwin Preparatory AcademyLargest public high schoolGrades 10–11 | Grades 10–11 | 528 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within AL on state tests and graduation
2,473 jobs are based in Loxley, 1.6 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. Jobs based here grew from 1,117 in 2013 to 2,473.
Most working residents leave Loxley for work: only 4% work in town. Jobs based in Loxley grew to 2,473 in 2023, 1,356 more than in 2013. Loxley’s average trip to work is 29 minutes.
| Loxley | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $108,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.2% | 10% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 16% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 97% of Alabama towns; that rating is what its D− for hazard risk is built on.
Among 187 Alabama towns, just 6 have a higher FEMA risk score than Loxley. Since 1981, 10 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Loxley.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Loxley reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 84% report less. Within Alabama, it does better than 39% of towns.
| Loxley | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 5 per 1,000 residents | 2.9 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 21.8 per 1,000 residents | 16.9 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The typical Loxley home is worth about $290,000, about the same as a year ago, 21% above the Alabama typical home. 78% of households own their home in Loxley.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Loxley has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 91°, January nights drop to 40° and snow is almost unheard of.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Within Alabama it is healthier than 68% of the 187 graded towns: much of Alabama scores lower on these measures. Against the 7,369 U.S. towns with household incomes like Loxley’s, it is less healthy than 85%, so it trails even them.
Loxley beats the Alabama average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 40% of Loxley adults have high blood pressure. Only 10 of the 187 Alabama towns we compare have a lower share of adults who had a checkup this year than Loxley.
| Loxley | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 43% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 78% | 80% | 79% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 12% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 16% |
| What stands out | Loxley | AL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 3.3% | 4.1% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 74% | 78% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
2 within 15 miles of the center of Loxley
About 5 of every 100 Loxley residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Alabama.
Where Loxley’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
City in Alabama, United States
Loxley is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the town was 3,710. It is part of the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley metropolitan area. Loxley is becoming a popular location for the expansion of the suburbs from Daphne and Spanish Fort, Alabama, because it is served by an Interstate 10 exit and is almost directly between the cities of Mobile, Alabama, and Pensacola, Florida.
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2 towns share a border with Loxley.
| Town | AL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loxley | #102 | C− | C+ | C− | B+ | B− |
| Stapleton | #42 | B+ | A+ | — | B+ | C− |
| Spanish Fort | #41 | B+ | B− | B | B+ | A |
Stapleton reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Loxley with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Loxley grades C− overall, better than 25% of U.S. towns and #102 of 187 in Alabama. It grades B− for health, C− for safety and B+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Within Alabama, it does better than 39% of towns.
That is 3.7 years of the area's median household income ($78,775 across the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
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