Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of New Market’s subject grades are an A+ for cost of living and an A− for schools; the weakest is a C− for walkability. Only 5 of Alabama’s 308 towns score higher on cost of living. New Market has 4 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Whitman-Cobb House and New Market Presbyterian Church. New Market has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where New Market beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| New Market School | PK–6 | 426 |
Whitman-Cobb House
Census counts: 144 in 1880, 1,543 in 2020. The archive holds 14 old photos and papers going back to 1933 and 3 maps from 1936 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Alabama), ordered by how far New Market is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
New Market is unincorporated, so Madison 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.
Ordered by what stands out in New Market.
Its public schools are run by the Madison County school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Market SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 426 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within AL on state tests and graduation
Adults 35 to 64 are 53% of residents (38% statewide); people 65 and older are 7% of residents (18% statewide). 25% of New Market residents are under 18, against 23% in Alabama’s towns and 22% across U.S. towns. 24% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 28% across Alabama.
| New Market | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 25% | 23% | 22% |
| Median age | 38.3 years | 39.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 24% | 23% | 29% |
Somewhere between 40% and 62% women
The Census survey reached too few of New Market’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±11.1 points. Across Alabama, 51.4% of residents are women.
| New Market | AL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.7% | 11.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.7% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 2.4% | 9.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.8% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 19.6% | 12.4% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 18.1% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.2% | 13% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 2.6% | 10.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.9% | 7.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.9% | 11.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 37.8% | 30.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.9% | 20.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 5.6% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.5% | 17.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.3% | 11.1% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,300, single groups can be off by several points
New Market beats the Alabama average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 42% of New Market adults have obesity, above both the Alabama town median (39%) and the median of U.S. towns (35%). 17% of New Market adults smoke cigarettes.
| New Market | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 39% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 43% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | New Market | AL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7.7% | 9.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 15.5% | 19.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave New Market for work: only 2% work in town. Jobs based in New Market grew to 217 in 2023, 89 more than in 2013. The average trip to work in New Market is 28 minutes.
| New Market | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 2.3% | 10% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 10% | 16% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 70% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
New Market has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Only 9 of the 188 Alabama towns we compare have a lower July high than New Market.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical New Market home is worth about $288,000, about the same as a year ago, 21% above the Alabama typical home. 87% of households own their home in New Market.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around New Market. Close and well known come first.
18 mi MuseumU.S. Space & Rocket Center1.0M visitors a year
35 mi National MonumentRussell Cave National Monument8K visitors a year
14 mi MuseumBurritt on the Mountain
10 mi MuseumNorth Alabama Railroad Museum23 mi Theme parkSpace City USA
15 mi MuseumHuntsville Museum of ArtU.S. Space & Rocket Center: formulanone from Huntsville, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Russell Cave National Monument: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Burritt on the Mountain: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · North Alabama Railroad Museum: Jeff Hunter from Madison, AL, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Huntsville Museum of Art: Chris Pruitt, CC BY-SA 3.0
3 within 15 miles of the center of New Market
About 0 of every 100 New Market residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Alabama.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
4 places in New Market on the National Register of Historic Places.
Census-designated place in Alabama, United States
New Market is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in northeast Madison County, Alabama, United States, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the CDP was 1,543.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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+.
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