OdenvilleAL
A town of 6,023, settled in 1874.
Is Odenville a good place to live?
Odenville is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C overall, 80th of 187 graded towns in Alabama, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its public schools beat 54% of Alabama towns on state tests and graduation. A typical home there costs about $260K, 3.6 years of the Birmingham metro’s $71K median household income. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 87% of U.S. towns. Odenville's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 86% of U.S. towns. Among 138 Alabama towns, just 5 have a lower level of property crime than Odenville.
Odenville has grown 70% since 2010
3,585 counted in 2010 and 4,969 in 2020; an estimated 6,023 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 22.3% since 2020, after 38.6% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Odenville grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Alabama), ordered by how far Odenville is from typical.
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Moving to Odenville: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Odenville, 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 Odenville.
Odenville fares better on crime within Alabama than nationally, looks healthier within Alabama than nationally and has a longer frost-free season than most of the country, though not than most of Alabama.
With only 0.4 jobs per working resident, most people in Odenville work out of town
The average commute for its 2,319 working residents takes 33.2 minutes, against 25.5 across Alabama.
2.6% of Odenville working residents work locally. In Odenville, the typical journey to work is 33 minutes, above both the Alabama town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Since 2013, Odenville has added 157 jobs, to 900 in 2023. The top destinations are Birmingham (25%), Trussville (6%) and Hoover (5%).
| Odenville | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.6% | 10% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 16% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $70,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
For schools, Odenville earns a B−
Of its 4 schools, two are listed below, each with the reason. Its public schools are run by the St Clair County school district. The largest public high school is Saint Clair County High School, with 665 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Odenville Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 534 | B− |
| Saint Clair County High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 665 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within AL on state tests and graduation
Mild winters and hot summers in Odenville
The Pinson weather station, 15 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 212 days: longer than most of the country, but shorter than 83% of Alabama places with climate records.
In Odenville, the July high is 90°F, against 91°F in Alabama’s towns and 85°F across U.S. towns.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Odenville keeps 2.8% of its land conserved
Just 255 of its 8,962 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Odenville itself; its outdoors grade is C−.
In 1 park or preserve, walkers have 1.2 miles of trail. Odenville’s trail network density stands at 0.1 miles per square mile. It has one park or preserve, 6 acres in all.
| Odenville | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.8% | 1.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Odenville Park | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
More middle-aged adults than Alabama overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 42% of residents (38% statewide). Since 2020, Odenville has grown 22%, to 6,023 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. Among residents in the town, 14% are 65 or older. Four-year graduates: just over a fifth of adults 25 and older here, 28% across Alabama.
| Odenville | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 14% | 18% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 22% | 23% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 24% | 23% | 22% |
| Median age | 38.1 years | 39.2 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.6 points. Across Alabama, 51.4% of residents are women.
| Odenville | AL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.4% | 11.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.6% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 13.6% | 9.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 19.9% | 12.4% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.8% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11% | 13% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 6.8% | 10.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7% | 7.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 13.7% | 11.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 29.2% | 30.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.6% | 20.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.6% | 17.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 4.9% | 11.1% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
For cost of living, Odenville earns a B−
Only 9 of the 177 Alabama towns we compare have a higher typical rent than Odenville. A typical home here is worth about $260,000, up 3.2% in a year, 9% above the Alabama typical home. A home in Odenville typically sold within 73 days of listing.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Odenville has a moderate natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Since 2003, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Odenville. Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 54% of U.S. communities. 45% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 32%. Households in the town have drawn federal disaster aid in 3 declared disasters, most recently in 2011.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On CDC estimates, Odenville is less healthy than 53% of U.S. towns
Within Alabama it is healthier than 69% of the 187 graded towns: much of Alabama scores lower on these measures.
In Odenville, a fifth of adults say their health is fair or poor. Among adults here, 26% have been diagnosed with depression and 38% have high blood pressure.
| Odenville | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 36% | 33% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 43% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 12% |
| What stands out | Odenville | AL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with diabetes | 11.4% | 14.8% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7.4% | 9.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Odenville is safer than 51% of U.S. towns, by crime per resident
At 17.9 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 81% of Alabama’s graded towns.
The level of violent crime is 2.7 per 1,000 residents.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Everything we know about Odenville
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Odenville; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Odenville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Alabama.
97% of working residents leave Odenville for work
Where Odenville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Odenville
Town in Alabama, United States
Odenville is a town in St. Clair County, Alabama, United States. It incorporated in 1914. At the 2010 census the population was 3,585, up from 1,131 in 2000. It annexed the former town of Branchville in 2007. Odenville annexed a portion of Springville in 2015 due to Springville not running water to some of its residences.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 14 sq mi
- Elevation
- 738 ft
- ZIP code
- 35120
- Area code
- 205
Odenville’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Odenville.
All 3 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its C; Moody (B−) is closest.
| Town | AL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odenville | #80 | C | B− | B− | B− | B− |
| Moody | #58 | B− | B | B | B− | B− |
| Margaret | #43 | B+ | B+ | — | B− | B− |
| Springville | #51 | B | B+ | B− | B− | B |
Margaret reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Odenville with a neighbor →
Questions about Odenville
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Odenville, AL a good place to live?
Odenville grades C overall, better than 35% of U.S. towns and #80 of 187 in Alabama. It grades B− for health, B− for safety and B− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Odenville, 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 B−.