Is Wilsonville a good place to live?
Wilsonville’s best subject grades are an A for cost of living and an A− for schools; its weakest is a D for hazard risk. Wilsonville’s average commute is 36 minutes, against 25 minutes in Alabama’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 89% of U.S. towns. Among 188 Alabama towns, just 8 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Wilsonville. Wilsonville's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 92% of U.S. towns. Wilsonville has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Wilsonville stand out
Where Wilsonville beats most towns.
Typical home value
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Wilsonville Elementary School | PK–5 | 229 |
99% of working residents leave Wilsonville for work
Where Wilsonville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Wilsonville grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Alabama), ordered by how far Wilsonville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Wilsonville: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Wilsonville, 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 Wilsonville.
Wilsonville’s schools rank ahead of 83% of Alabama districts
Its one school is below. The Shelby County school district runs its public schools. 229 students attend Wilsonville’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilsonville Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 229 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within AL on state tests and graduation
Homes in Wilsonville are worth about $341K, by Zillow’s estimate
Wilsonville: just over four in five households own their home. The typical rent for Wilsonville comes to $854 a month, near the Alabama town median ($940 a month) and below the median of U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). Values rose 2.7% in the 12 months to September 2026.
| Wilsonville | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 82% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $854 a month | $940 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Wilsonville faces a very high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 83% of U.S. communities. 62% of Wilsonville’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 23%. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Wilsonville after 5 declared disasters, most recently in 2021.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Wilsonville’s workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them
Employers in Wilsonville shed 171 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 112. For most workers, Wilsonville is a place to come home to: only 1% work in town. The share of residents in Wilsonville who live below the poverty line: 16%. Half commute less than 21 miles.
| Wilsonville | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 16% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $72,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Wilsonville has mild winters and hot summers
A winter brings about 1 inches of snow, with January nights at 33° and July afternoons at 91°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fewer adults under 35 in Wilsonville than across Alabama
Wilsonville’s midpoint age is 49 years. Adults 18 to 34 are 15% of residents (22% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 44% of residents (38% statewide). The Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate puts Wilsonville at 2,015 residents, up 8.4% since 2020. 20% of residents are 65 or older here.
| Wilsonville | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49 years | 39.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 20% | 23% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 20% | 23% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 20% | 18% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6.1 points. Across Alabama, 51.4% of residents are women.
| Wilsonville | AL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.3% | 11.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.1% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.9% | 9.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.2% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 7.9% | 12.4% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 19.3% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.9% | 13% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.2% | 10.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.2% | 7.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 11.9% | 11.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 36.7% | 30.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 26.2% | 20.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 5.6% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 10.5% | 17.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.1% | 11.1% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,000, single groups can be off by several points
Health in Wilsonville trails 52% of U.S. towns
In Wilsonville, 15% of adults binge drink. CDC measures, 32 in all: Wilsonville beats Alabama on 6 and trails on 1. Two figures for adults here: 31% feel lonely, 35% sleep under 7 hours.
| Wilsonville | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 43% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 36% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 40% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 39% | 35% |
| What stands out | Wilsonville | AL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.7% | 13.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 13.8% | 19.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.3% | 8.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0.7% of Wilsonville is conserved land
Trails total 0.4 miles in 1 park or preserve. One park or preserve covers 3 acres in Wilsonville.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Oak Meadow Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Wilsonville
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Wilsonville; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Wilsonville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Alabama.
About Wilsonville
Town in Alabama, United States
Wilsonville is a town in southeastern Shelby County, Alabama, United States, located northeast of Columbiana. At the 2020 census, the population was 1,857.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 11 sq mi
- Elevation
- 436 ft
- ZIP code
- 35186
- Area code
- 205
Questions about Wilsonville
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Wilsonville, 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 Wilsonville, AL known for?
2 notable people were born here, including Howard Hill and Laurie Calvin Battle.