Web Design in Aliceville, Alabama

Designing for Aliceville: the facts that matter

Aliceville counted 2,024 residents in 2025, down from 2,169 in 2020 (−6.7%). When a city is not growing, businesses grow by winning customers from competitors, and reputation decides most of those choices. Show that you are open, current and good at what you do: an up-to-date hours page and recent work.

Local competition in Aliceville

ZIP code 35442, which covers Aliceville and the area around it, had 70 business establishments with employees in 2023. A sample of that count, and what each kind of business needs online:

• Physician practices: 3. Their website should show the doctors, the specialties, the insurance you accept and a contact form for new patients.

County-wide, Pickens County counts 243 businesses with employees and 1,199 self-employed or nonemployer businesses (2023). By number of employer establishments, retail trade leads in Pickens County (20.6%), followed by other services (repair, personal care, organizations) (11.9%) and health care and social assistance (11.1%). Aliceville’s working residents are concentrated in arts, entertainment, recreation, lodging and food service (10.2%) and finance, insurance and real estate (5.5%).

Your service area around Aliceville

Around Aliceville, the nearest cities and towns are McMullen (1.9 miles northwest), Memphis (8.5 miles west), Carrollton (10 miles north) and Pickensville (11 miles northwest). There are 12 incorporated cities and towns within 25 miles of Aliceville. For flights, George Downer Airport (AIV) lies 2.5 miles away. Tuscaloosa, a city of 114,316, is 37 miles east. Naming Pickensville, Memphis and the other places you cover on a service area page tells customers outside Aliceville that you work there too.

Pickens County: 18,221 residents (2025) in 8 incorporated places. Across Pickens County, the median household income is $46,274 and the median age is 42.2. Broadband reaches 80.1% of homes, and 27.3% of households are online only through a phone plan. Homeowners are 75.8% of households.

Hot months, wet months: Aliceville through the year

Climate normals for 1991-2020 from Gainesville, 20 miles away, put the July average high at 91°F and the January average low at 35°F. Precipitation totals about 60 inches a year, with August the wettest month. The high reaches 90°F or more on about 68 days a year, and the low falls to freezing or below on about 45 days. With this much rain, roofing, gutters and drainage work are in steady demand, often after a storm. If you offer emergency or same-week service in bad weather, say so in plain words and make the contact form fast to fill in.

Aliceville: the numbers behind the market

Who is searching in Aliceville

87.3% of the people in Aliceville were born in Alabama, against 67.5% statewide. Reputation travels by word of mouth here, and the website is where a recommendation gets checked.

12.9% of commuters travel an hour or more each way. Long commutes leave little time for calls during business hours.

What happens after you sign up

Based in Curitiba, Brazil, Aria has been building business websites since 2008. We don’t have an office in Aliceville: the whole process happens online, and the plan is the same $89 a month in any city.

1. You sign up in about 5 minutes and email us your logo, photos and anything you want on the site.
2. Within 5 business days you get a temporary link with the whole website, built with your logo, colors and photos.
3. Approve it, pay the first month, and the website goes live on your domain together with your business email.

Later on, you send changes by email (a new price, a new photo, a new service) and the team makes them, with no extra charge.

What Alabama asks of a business with a website

A few rules apply to any Aliceville business that sells or advertises online:

• Alabama’s state sales and use tax rate on general merchandise is 4%, with a reduced 2% rate on food and groceries since September 1, 2025; cities and counties add their own rates. Alabama Department of Revenue
• Alabama has no mandatory statewide DBA filing. A trade name may be registered with the Secretary of State’s Trademarks Division, and rights also arise from adoption and use under Alabama common law. Official source
• Check with both Pickens County and the City of Aliceville about local business tax receipts before opening. Official source

This is general information, not legal advice; check with the Alabama agencies, Pickens County, the city of Aliceville or an attorney.