Chelsea
- Suburb of Birmingham, AL
Suburb
Chelsea
- grade AOverall Grade
- Suburb of Birmingham, AL
- Rating 3.51 out of 5 35 reviews
Report Card
- Public Schoolsgrade A minus
- Crime & Safetygrade unavailable
- Housinggrade A
- Nightlifegrade B minus
- Good for Familiesgrade A
- Diversitygrade B minus
- Jobsgrade A minus
- Weathergrade B
- Cost of Livinggrade B
- Health & Fitnessgrade B+
- Outdoor Activitiesgrade B+
- Commutegrade C
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Real Estate
Median Home Value
$232,700
National
$217,500Median Rent
$1,448
National
$1,062Area Feel
Rural
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Chelsea Rankings
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Crime & Safety
Crime & Safety
grade unavailable
Based on violent and property crime rates.
Violent Crimes
- Calculated annually per 100,000 residents
- AssaultNo data availablenational 282.7
- MurderNo data availablenational 6.1
- RapeNo data availablenational 40.7
- RobberyNo data availablenational 135.5
Property Crimes
- Calculated annually per 100,000 residents
- BurglaryNo data availablenational 500.1
- TheftNo data availablenational 2,042.8
- Motor Vehicle TheftNo data availablenational 284
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Working in Chelsea
Jobs
grade A minus
Based on employment rates, job and business growth, and cost of living.
Median Household Income
$97,727
National
$62,843Top Public Schools Serving Chelsea
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Chelsea Reviews
Rating 3.51 out of 5 35 reviews
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Cheslea is a wonderful place for families. The school system is highly ranked, and there are many parks geared toward students and children. The restaurant scene has greatly improved in the last decade. There is not much to do at night, you would have to drive to Birmingham for events. Apart from retail, teaching, and food service jobs, most career opportunities are in Birmingham.
Chelsea is a quiet community southeast of Birmingham. Like others have indicated you have to travel “over the mountain” on Hwy 280 for good shopping, dining, etc. It’s a highly congested and a poorly designed roadway. Chelsea has great elementary schools and we had a great experience at the middle school. We have not been impressed with the high school. It seems that they do mostly worksheets and I have found the high school to not really encourage parent involvement. If you want to live in a small town area which centers around church, sports and eating barbecue this is the place for you. The area is comprised of transplants from all over the country referred to as “Snowflakes”by the native Alabamians, good old country folks that have lived here for many generations and new money Southerners in mansions on acreage with Budlight in Yeti coolers on their covered patios. The area tends to be conservative in political leanings.
Everyone is close, upper middle class, highly educated companies and communities. Excellent schools and neighborhoods. Crime is also very low.