The Best Place to Live in Huntsville Alabama
Huntsville Alabama is located just south of the Tennessee border in northern Alabama. We are a couple hours North of Birmingham Alabama and offer a variety of residential neighborhoods, industrial and commercial retail, recreational and outdoor facilities as well as great schools an excellent job growth.
We’ve combined a combination of several sources for finding the best place to live in Huntsville. While this is all opinion-based and all relative depending on what you’re looking for, this article provides a great resource for those relocating to the Huntsville area on finding where they fit best in our community.
According to PRWeb the Huntsville and Madison Alabama area has been among some of the best places to live and work in the US. According to Forbes magazine, Kiplinger, fDi magazine and others, Huntsville has been listed as American cities of the future as well of the top 10 small cities of the future in North and South America. Huntsville also was rated one of the best performing cities of 2010 by CNN and Money magazine and Madison was one of the country’s best places to live in 2009. Those that live here certainly can understand why with amazing schools, great job growth and beautiful communities, Huntsville make the perfect place to call home.
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Since 2000 Huntsville has seen a growth of about 15% over the last 13 years and the average home price is about $130,000. The cost of living in Huntsville is about 3.8% lower than the US average and there are about 16 students per teacher on average in the Huntsville school district.
Huntsville unemployment rate is 6.9% which is nearly 2% lower than the US average and our job growth is positive increasing by nearly 2% each year.
Madison, which is just outside of Huntsville, makes a great town to raise a family or retiring, Madison provides great schools and good amenities but if you’re commuting to and from the Huntsville area you may have a longer commute than had you had worked in Madison.
Magnolia Springs tends to be a popular place located in Harvest Alabama, about 10 minutes North West of downtown Huntsville. The Redstone Arsenal is a military base just south of downtown Huntsville and is comprised of residential areas, a city center, professional and industrial zones and covers nearly 39,000 acres. There are several communities surrounding the Redstone Arsenal including Madison, the Valley Hill golf and country club as well is several entrances from the North to the South and on both the East and West sides of the base.
Again, the best place to live in Huntsville is all relative but we hope we’ve given you a lot of options and suggestions but if you need more information fill free to call us anytime. Our agents work all over the Huntsville and Madison area would be happy to answer any questions you have or showcase any homes for sale or properties in and around Huntsville.
