Standing RockAL
A town of 56, settled in 1899.
Is Standing Rock a good place to live?
29% of residents live below the poverty line in Standing Rock, where Alabama’s towns sit at 16% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Of the 188 Alabama towns we compare, none has a higher midpoint age than Standing Rock. Standing Rock has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
56 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Standing Rock.
Standing Rock: mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons reach 90°, January nights drop to 33° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Standing Rock is
Only 10 of the 188 Alabama towns we compare have a lower share of adults who feel lonely than Standing Rock. This Alabama town beats the Alabama average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 12. For adults in the town, the share who have high blood pressure is 53%.
| Standing Rock | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 15% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 53% | 43% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 15% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 16% |
| What stands out | Standing Rock | AL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.8% | 13.9% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| More adults with heart disease | 11.7% | 7.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Top of a moderate hazard risk in Standing Rock: inland flooding
FEMA puts three fifths of Standing Rock’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 14% to tornadoes. On expected storm and flood damage, Standing Rock sits above 58% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Standing Rock
Moving to Standing Rock: who provides what
Standing Rock is unincorporated, so Chambers 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.
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Standing Rock
About 0 of every 100 Standing Rock residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Alabama.
Questions about Standing Rock
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Is Standing Rock, AL a good place to live?
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