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Meadowbrook, Alabama.

A community in Shelby County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Shelby County’s.

Living in Meadowbrook, Shelby County, Alabama

Meadowbrook, in Shelby County, had 9,688 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $141,862 a year and half less, against $97,961 across Shelby County; 6% of its people live below the poverty line. 89% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 11% are rented. Unemployment in Shelby County was 2.8% in August 2026, and the county had 0.5% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then finance and property.

People 9,688 in the 2020 census; median age 40.5
Household income $141,862 the median, give or take $13,862 · Shelby County: $97,961
Unemployment 2.8% Shelby County, August 2026; 2.3% a year before
Homes 89% lived in by their owners; 11% rented
  • 3,453households
  • 74%of adults have a degree
  • 6%below the poverty line
  • 26 mintypical commute
  • 24%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care25%
  • Banks, insurance and property14%
  • Professional and business services13%
  • Manufacturing9%
  • Shops (retail)8%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Shelby County had 84,778 jobs in 2025, 0.5% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 55° and 35°; warmest in July, 92° and 71° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 55° 35° F M A M J J 92° 71° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 55° and 35°; warmest in July, 92° and 71° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 55° 35° F M A M J J 92° 71° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 55° and lows near 35°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° and lows near 71°. About 56 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Helena weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Shelby County

  1. Shelby County SchoolsSchool district2,563FTE
  2. Vulcan Industrial ContractorsBoiler and pipe insulation installation940
  3. Alabama Power CompanyElectric power distribution816
  4. Alabaster City SchoolsSchool district799FTE
  5. University of MontevalloUniversity or college608
  6. Process EquipmentCommercial and industrial machinery repair and maintenance services566
  7. J&M Tank LinesGeneral freight trucking553
  8. Shelby Baptist Medical CenterGeneral hospital530FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 166 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 19,071 people in all across the county; Meadowbrook has one of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. TornadoesVery high
  2. LightningRelatively high
  3. Cold wavesRelatively high
  4. Inland floodingRelatively high
  5. Strong windRelatively moderate
  6. Heat wavesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Meadowbrook’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Shelby County.