RaglandAL
A town of 1,710, settled in 1887.
Is Ragland a good place to live?
Ragland’s best subject grade is an A+ for cost of living; its weakest is a D− for incomes. 41% of residents live below the poverty line in Ragland, above both Alabama’s towns (16%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 98% of U.S. towns. On health, just 18 of Alabama’s 308 towns do worse. Ragland's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 95% of U.S. towns. Ragland has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Ragland stand out
Where Ragland beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Typical home value
| Widest gap | Ragland | AL |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 12.4% | 8% |
97% of working residents leave Ragland for work
Where Ragland’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Ragland grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Alabama), ordered by how far Ragland is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Ragland: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Ragland, 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 Ragland.
Compared with most of Alabama and the rest of the country, more of Ragland’s adults smoke cigarettes
22% of adults smoke cigarettes in Ragland, above both the Alabama town median (16%) and the median of U.S. towns (14%). 37% of Ragland adults get no exercise outside work. Of the 188 Alabama towns we compare, none has a higher share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Ragland.
| Ragland | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 24% | 19% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 48% | 43% | 35% |
| What stands out | Ragland | AL |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 12.4% | 8% |
| More smokers | 22.3% | 15.1% |
| More adults in fair or poor health | 30.3% | 22.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Ragland’s public schools outperform 54% of Alabama districts
Its public schools are run by the St Clair County school district. Its one school is below. The largest public high school is Ragland High School, with 411 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ragland High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 411 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within AL on state tests and graduation
Ragland reports more crime per resident than 78% of U.S. towns
Ragland’s violent crime rate is 2.9 per 1,000 residents.
| Ragland | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.9 per 1,000 residents | 2.9 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 12.8 per 1,000 residents | 16.9 | 9.9 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Most of Ragland’s workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Ragland for work: only 3% work in town. The median household income in Ragland is $38,000. Since 2013, Ragland has lost 32 jobs, to 142 in 2023.
| Ragland | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $38,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.8% | 10% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
High risk in Ragland, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 76% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A typical Ragland home is worth about $188K
The typical Ragland home is worth about $188,000, up 6.3% in a year, 21% below the Alabama typical home.
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
In Ragland, expect mild winters and hot summers
Ragland has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 91°, January nights drop to 33° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Cheaha Mountain and 6 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Ragland. Close and well known come first.
26 mi MountainCheaha Mountain
12 mi MuseumInternational Motorsports Hall of Fame
21 mi WaterfallNoccalula Falls Park37 mi MuseumSouthern Museum of Flight
15 mi National MonumentFreedom Riders National Monument
7 mi GardenJanney Furnace ParkPhoto credits
Cheaha Mountain: Amann09 (talk · contribs), Public domain · International Motorsports Hall of Fame: BWard 1997, CC BY 4.0 · Noccalula Falls Park: Thejammer (talk), Public domain · Freedom Riders National Monument: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Janney Furnace Park: dofftoubab, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Ragland
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Ragland; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Ragland residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Alabama.
About Ragland
Town in Alabama, United States
Ragland is a town in St. Clair County, Alabama, United States southeast of Ashville. It incorporated in 1899. At the 2020 census, the population was 1,693, up slightly from 1,639 in 2010. It is part of the Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman Combined Statistical Area.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 17 sq mi
- Elevation
- 568 ft
- ZIP code
- 35131
- Area code
- 205
Questions about Ragland
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Ragland, AL expensive?
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+.
What is Ragland, AL known for?
2 notable people were born here, including Rudy York and Malcolm Laney.