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Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 95% of U.S. towns. Overall it grades B+, 33rd of 187 graded towns in Alabama. The median household earns $117K and its schools outperform 88% of the state's. 55% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Pike Road, above both Alabama’s towns (23%) and U.S. towns (29%). On cost of living, just 9 of Alabama’s 308 towns do worse.
Where Pike Road beats most towns.
5,406 counted in 2010 and 9,439 in 2020; an estimated 11,899 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 26.1% since 2020, after 74.6% 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 Pike Road is from typical.
Its grades run from A for jobs and income (better than 93% of comparable towns) to D− for walkability (better than 5%), so the B+ overall blends very different results.
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Its founding year, 1815, comes before those of 94% of the Alabama towns we grade with a known year.
Census counts: 310 in 2000, 9,439 in 2020. The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 3 maps from 1958 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Pike Road. Close and well known come first.
Big draw23 mi National Historic SiteTuskegee Institute National Historic Site9K visitors a year
40 mi Stadium & arenaJordan–Hare Stadium
15 mi MuseumThe National Memorial to Peace and Justice
15 mi LandmarkCivil Rights Memorial
34 mi LakeLake Martin
15 mi MuseumThe Legacy MuseumTuskegee Institute National Historic Site: 2C2K Photography, CC BY 2.0 · Jordan–Hare Stadium: AuburnPilot, Public domain · The National Memorial to Peace and Justice: Soniakapadia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Civil Rights Memorial: Colin Mutchler from Brooklyn, United States, CC BY 2.0 · Lake Martin: Rebecca Hagen, Public domain · The Legacy Museum: Soniakapadia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Pike Road, 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 Pike Road.
Pike Road has less tooth loss than most of Alabama, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Alabama and has little public open land.
At 6.3 years of the Montgomery metro’s $64K median household income, the typical home (about $405K) costs more against local pay than in 95% of Alabama towns; that ratio is one input to its C for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $1,784, against $788 across Alabama, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The typical Pike Road home is worth about $405,000, up 1.9% in a year, 70% above the Alabama typical home. The median rent in Pike Road is $1,653 a month.
| Pike Road | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,653 a month | $940 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 85% | 69% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its public schools are run by the Pike Road City school district. Three of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Pike Road High School, with 833 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pike Road Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–3 | Grades PK–3 | 888 | A |
| Pike Road High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 833 | B |
| Pike Road Intermediate SchoolTop results in townGrades 4–6 | Grades 4–6 | 652 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within AL on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Alabama is tooth loss: 6.9% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 15.4% statewide. Against the 6,143 U.S. towns with household incomes like Pike Road’s, it is healthier than 63%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
Pike Road beats the Alabama average on 20 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 10% of Pike Road adults report frequent physical distress. Only 9 of the 187 Alabama towns we compare have a lower share of adults who report frequent mental distress than Pike Road.
| Pike Road | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 18% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.5% | 16% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 30% | 25% |
| What stands out | Pike Road | AL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.9% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 4.5% | 8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Pike Road for work: only 4% work in town. 5.1% of residents live below the poverty line in Pike Road. Since 2013, Pike Road has added 1,094 jobs, to 1,333 in 2023.
| Pike Road | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $117,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 5.1% | 16% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 13% | 6.7% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.7% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Pike Road’s July high is 92°F. Pike Road has mild winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 60% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Pike Road since 2021.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Just 174 of its 21,918 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Pike Road itself; its outdoors grade is D.
1.6 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Pike Road | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.8% | 1.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pike Road Agriculture, Recreation, and Performing Arts Park | — | 23 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
5 within 15 miles of the center of Pike Road
About 7 of every 100 Pike Road residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Alabama.
Where Pike Road’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Town in Alabama, United States
Pike Road is a town in Montgomery County, Alabama, United States. The population was 9,439 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 11,500 in 2024. It is part of the Montgomery metropolitan area.
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One town shares a border with Pike Road.
| Town | AL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pike Road | #33 | B+ | C | — | A | A− |
| Montgomery | #152 | D | B | C− | C− | C− |
Pike Road reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Pike Road with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Pike Road grades B+ overall, better than 74% of U.S. towns and #33 of 187 in Alabama. It grades A− for health and A for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D−.
That is 6.3 years of the area's median household income ($64,010 across the Montgomery, 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.
