Mountain Brook ranks No. 14 in U.S. for brainpower

Birmingham Business Journal

Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2011, 12:33pm CST

Mountain Brook is the smartest mid-sized city in Alabama by a wide margin, according to a new report from On Numbers.

The report, which looked at educational attainment data for communities across the U.S., said Mountain Brook ranks No. 14 nationally with a brainpower index score of 34.

That's nearly 10 points better than Vestavia Hills, which ranked second in Alabama, but only 130th nationally with a score of 23.9. Homewood ranked third in Alabama and No. 172 nationally with a score of 21.9.

Madison and Fairhope rounded out the top five in the state.

Stanford, Calif., ranked No. 1 overall among midsize cities.