Safest Neighborhoods in the 35085 ZIP Code

In Jemison, the location is key. "Being located between Birmingham and Montgomery is a huge deal," says Realtor and former Jemison resident Sandy Pate with Realty South. "It's in a rural area with land, bringing a lot of pull to Jemison. Sometimes I'll have a husband working in Birmingham and a wife working in Montgomery, and Jemison is their home

The community of Thorsby offers classic Southern suburbia in central Alabama. Founded as a Scandinavian settlement in 1865, it features fertile soil that quickly attracted farmers to the region, and it has retained much of its quiet character ever since. "It's a small town off the highway, and very rural," says Realtor Darlene Rice with Exit Royal