Smoke RiseAL
Population 1,471: a town in Alabama.
Is Smoke Rise a good place to live?
The best of Smoke Rise’s subject grades is an A for cost of living; the weakest is a D for walkability. Smoke Rise’s average trip to work is 38 minutes, against 25 minutes in Alabama’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Among 188 Alabama towns, just 3 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Smoke Rise. Smoke Rise's schools outperform 68% of the state's. Only 18 of Alabama’s 308 towns score lower on history. Smoke Rise has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
How Smoke Rise grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Alabama), ordered by how far Smoke Rise is from typical.
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Most of Smoke Rise’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.1 jobs for each of them
5.5% of residents live below the poverty line in Smoke Rise. The median commute is under 26 miles. The town’s median household income comes in at $86,000. The top destinations are Birmingham (25%), Hoover (4%) and Hayden (3%).
| Smoke Rise | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 5.5% | 16% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $86,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Smoke Rise has mild winters and hot summers
For Smoke Rise, the midsummer high is 90°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Health in Smoke Rise trails 62% of U.S. towns
Smoke Rise: 15% of adults report frequent physical distress. CDC measures, 32 in all: Smoke Rise beats Alabama on 4 and trails on 3. Among adults here, 35% sleep under 7 hours and 14% binge drink.
| Smoke Rise | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 43% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 40% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 14% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| What stands out | Smoke Rise | AL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.7% | 9.6% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.8% | 13.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.5% | 8.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Smoke Rise has a moderate natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Of the losses FEMA expects in Smoke Rise, 43% come from inland flooding and 35% from tornadoes. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 51% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A home in Smoke Rise sells for about $270K at the median
The share of households in Smoke Rise who live in a home they own: 93%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Smoke Rise
Moving to Smoke Rise: who provides what
Smoke Rise 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.
100% of working residents leave Smoke Rise for work
Where Smoke Rise’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Smoke Rise
About 5 of every 100 Smoke Rise residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Alabama.
About Smoke Rise
CDP in Alabama, United States
Smoke Rise is a census-designated place (CDP) in Blount County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 1,661.
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- Area
- 5.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,030 ft
Questions about Smoke Rise
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Smoke Rise, AL expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $202,000, 15% below 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 A.
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