Living in Pike Road, AL
Pike Road is a big small town of 10,574 people in Montgomery County, Alabama. It's about 10 miles from Montgomery, AL and 95 miles from Birmingham, AL, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 94°F and winter highs 60°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $382k and rent runs about $2k a month.
10,574people
$382kTypical home
$1,653/moRent
94° / 60°Summer / winter
0"Snow
250Sunny days
107Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 10,574
- Part of a metro area
- About 311 people per sq mi
- 95 mi to Birmingham, AL
- 10 mi to Montgomery, AL
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $382k (≈$2,406/mo)
- Median rent $1,653/mo
- Median household income $117k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 1.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 94°F
- Winter highs around 60°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 70°F)
- 250 sunny days a year (111 totally clear)
- 115 cloudy days a year
- 37 of 90 winter days are gray
- 107 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 5 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Above-average violent crime (584 per 100k), county-wide
- Above-average property crime (2,588 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 36
- 49% of households have kids
- 13% are 65 or older
- 54% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 7% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 28 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 16 mi to MGM airport
- 96 mi to BHM (major hub)
- 94 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 88% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 2006
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 279 ft
- 122 mi to the ocean
- 42 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 260 mi to the nearest ski area
- 13 mi to the nearest campground
- 15 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 182 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 14 bars within 25 mi
- 34 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 19 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 44 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 33% of Alabama districts (reading)
- 6 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 6 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 7 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 5 mi to the nearest vet
- 7 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 7 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Montgomery County: D+31 in 2024
- Alabama: R+31 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Moderate hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Moderate drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk