Mountain Brook ranks No. 13 in national quality of life rankings

Birmingham Business Journal

Date: Friday, December 9, 2011, 1:45pm CST - Last Modified: Friday, December 9, 2011, 2:15pm CST

Mountain Brook ranks high for quality of life, according to a new report.

Earlier this week, we told you that Mountain Brook ranked No. 4 in the South for quality of life in a new study by our sister publication, On Numbers.

To cap off its week-long look at quality of life, On Numbers unveiled its national quality of life rankings on Friday.

Mountain Brook also fared well on that list, checking in at No. 13 out of the 3,764 places in the study, which highlighted cities with healthy economies, light traffic, moderate costs of living, impressive housing stocks and strong educational systems.

Vestavia Hills (No. 180) and Madison (No. 205) were the other highest ranked Alabama cities.

The city of Birmingham (No. 3,387) had the fourth lowest ranking in Alabama. The Magic City topped only Bessemer (No. 3,508), Selma (No. 3,616) and Prichard (No. 3,674).