RemlapAL
A town of 2,761, settled in 1882.
Is Remlap a good place to live?
Remlap gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $209K for a typical one, or 2.9 years of the Birmingham metro’s $71K median household income. It grades B− overall, ranked 60th of 187 in Alabama. The low prices come with trade-offs. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 83% of the country. Remlap’s typical journey to work is 44 minutes, where Alabama’s towns sit at 25 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 92% of U.S. towns. Among 187 Alabama towns, just 7 have a higher age of the median resident than Remlap.
98% of working residents leave Remlap for work
Where Remlap’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Remlap grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Alabama), ordered by how far Remlap is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for cost of living (better than 97% of comparable towns) to D for walkability (better than 8%), so the B− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Remlap: who provides what
Remlap is unincorporated, so Blount 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Remlap.
Remlap trades lower home prices for longer drives to work, sends most of its workers to Birmingham and beyond and has hotter summers than most of the country, though not than most of Alabama.
Remlap earns a C− for health
Nearly a fifth of Remlap adults smoke cigarettes. Among 187 Alabama towns, just 7 have a higher share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Remlap.
| Remlap | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 23% | 19% |
| What stands out | Remlap | AL |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 19.1% | 15.1% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.1% | 8% |
| More adults in frequent physical distress | 16.4% | 14.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Remlap’s public schools outperform 68% of Alabama districts
Its one school is below. The largest public high school is Southeastern School, with 822 students. Public schools: the Blount County school district.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southeastern SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 822 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within AL on state tests and graduation
About one in three of Remlap’s working residents commute to Birmingham
Remlap has 260 jobs for its 1,115 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 43.8 minutes, against 25.5 across Alabama.
1.6% of working residents work locally in Remlap. Employers in Remlap added 51 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 260. The top destinations are Birmingham (30%), Trussville (4%) and Homewood (3%).
| Remlap | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 6.1% | 16% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.6% | 10% | 8% |
| Median household income | $65,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The climate in Remlap brings mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons average 89.5°: hotter than most of the country, but cooler than 83% of Alabama places with climate records; January nights average 32.5°.
The peak summer temperature for Remlap comes to 90°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Remlap | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 90°F | 91°F | 85°F |
| January low | 33°F | 33°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
High risk in Remlap, with inland flooding at the top
Federal disaster aid has reached households in Remlap after 4 declared disasters, most recently in 2014. Compared with 62% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage locally is higher. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 43% come from inland flooding and 34% from tornadoes.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median home in Remlap sells for about $535K
Homes are within reach (A+ for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 23 miles.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Remlap
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Remlap
About 2 of every 100 Remlap residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Alabama.
About Remlap
Census-designated place in Alabama, United States
Remlap is a census-designated place in Blount County, Alabama, United States, located along Alabama State Route 75, 11.7 miles (18.8 km) southwest of Oneonta. Remlap has a post office with ZIP code 35133. Remlap is named for the area's Palmer family; the community's name is "Palmer" spelled backwards. It was first named as a CDP in the 2020 Census which listed a population of 2,624.
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- Elevation
- 741 ft
- ZIP code
- 35133
Questions about Remlap
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Remlap, AL a good place to live?
Remlap grades B− overall, better than 47% of U.S. towns and #60 of 187 in Alabama. It grades C− for health and B+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Remlap, AL expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $209,000, 12% below the Alabama typical home.