Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Point Clear’s best subject grades are a B+ for health and schools; its weakest is a D− for hazard risk. Point Clear’s concentration of trails is 1.4 miles per square mile, where Alabama’s towns sit at 0.1 and U.S. towns at 0.4. Its National Register listings include Battles Wharf Historic District and Twin Beach AME Church. Point Clear has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Point Clear beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where Point Clear’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Alabama), ordered by how far Point Clear is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 49 in 1880, 2,076 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1914 and 5 maps from 1921 on.
5 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Point Clear. Close and well known come first.
Big draw15 mi MuseumUSS Alabama
15 mi MuseumUSS Drum
15 mi MuseumBattleship Memorial Park
19 mi MuseumFort Morgan
39 mi LandmarkFort Pickens
38 mi Ancient siteUSS MassachusettsUSS 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 Morgan: Altairisfar, Public domain · Fort Pickens: Notneb82, CC BY-SA 3.0 · USS Massachusetts: Unknown authorUnknown author or not provided, Public domain
Point Clear 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Point Clear.
Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 94% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, Point Clear has seen 118 flood insurance claims paid out. FEMA puts 71% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to hurricanes, and 18% to inland flooding. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Point Clear after 6 declared disasters, most recently in 2020.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Just 1% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. Point Clear’s typical journey to work is 23 minutes. Jobs based in Point Clear grew to 435 in 2023, 248 more than in 2013. Among residents here, 16% live below the poverty line, close to Alabama’s towns (16%) and above U.S. towns (9.6%).
| Point Clear | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.1% | 10% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 16% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The share of adults in Point Clear who binge drink: 11%. Among 188 Alabama towns, just 6 have a lower share of adults who feel lonely than Point Clear. This Alabama town beats the Alabama average on 19 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5.
| Point Clear | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 18% | 17% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 50% | 43% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 85% | 80% | 79% |
| What stands out | Point Clear | AL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.3% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.7% | 19.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.9% | 8.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
73% of households live in a home they own in Point Clear.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1 within 15 miles of the center of Point Clear
About 1 of every 100 Point Clear residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Alabama.
5 places in Point Clear on the National Register of Historic Places.
Census-designated place & Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States
Point Clear is an unincorporated census-designated place (CDP) in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, Point Clear had a population of 2,076. It is part of the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley metropolitan area.
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One town shares a border with Point Clear.
| Town | AL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Point Clear | — | — | C | — | B+ | B+ |
| Fairhope | #59 | B− | C | B− | B+ | A− |
Point Clear has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Point Clear reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Point Clear with a neighbor →
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The typical home is worth about $868,000, 264% above the Alabama typical home. 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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