2025 Compare Cities Rankings:
Huntsville, AL vs Albany, OR

#52 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#94 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#226 2005 Best Places to Live

#356 Best Green Cities

#1 Where to Live to Avoid a Natural Disaster (Lowest Risk)

#1 Safest Places from Natural Disasters

#3 Best Green Cities

#5 Most Secure Places to Live 2011 (Small Towns)

#9 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Small Towns)

#10 2005 Best Places to Live

#55 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)

#106 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)

Low cost of living, and all the amenities you need within a short distance. However, the city really hasn't gone through gentrification. There isn't a "nice" part of  More

Everyone is always like “Huntsville is so up and coming”, which it is, but it’s forcing people out of their homes. They’ve created more jobs and places to live but not  More

Everyone is always like “Huntsville is so up and coming”, which it is, but it’s forcing people out of their homes. They’ve created more jobs and places to live but not  More

I only lived in Albany 1 year. But I found the weather to be quite Mild. The Housing more affordable than Corvallis. I was shocked to find that nearby Corvallis gets  More

I've been living in Albany about 4.5 years. Moved up from Southern California to escape high home prices and the cost of living and clogged freeways. Now it's not sunny  More

Ten months and ongoing in Albany, from the SF Bay Area. Much less crime here, much quieter here, more courteous and sane drivers here by far. We have been able to  More