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West Point – Cullman County

West Point is a Cullman County town, but the names on a mailing address, a school office and a municipal record do not always match. For a household planning a move, the useful starting point is to separate those jobs: identify the town office, reach the correct school office and use the established addressing process if the home is new.

West Point: town boundary from the 2024 U.S. Census Bureau, with the same boundary highlighted in a Northern Alabama locator inset. North is up. Editorial area: Central Corridor. Not a property or service-boundary map.
Map sources and notes
Town boundary depiction: U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 TIGER/Line. Editorial area: Central Corridor. Not a property, school or utility boundary; confirm current jurisdiction and annexations with the responsible authority. View the full-size boundary map.

Where do town questions begin in West Point?

The county municipal directory lists West Point Town Hall at 3990 County Road 1141, Vinemont, AL 35179, telephone 256-734-0006. The Vinemont postal label is not a reason to substitute South Vinemont’s municipal office. Start with the named West Point office when you need to establish who handles a town matter.

Keep the actual parcel or assigned street address with your question. The Census map gives the town’s geographic context; it does not establish current annexations, a school attendance area or a utility’s service territory. For the surrounding geography and links to other communities, use the Cullman County guide.

Which West Point school office should I contact?

Four separately named county schools publish their own contact routes. “West Point school” is not a sufficiently precise destination when you are arranging enrollment follow-up or calling about a child’s day. Use the school’s own office rather than assuming the elementary, intermediate, middle and high schools share a single reception desk.

School and official information Published office telephone
West Point Elementary School 256-775-6178
West Point Intermediate School 256-734-8019
West Point Middle School 256-734-5904
West Point High School 256-734-5375

These are contact references, not a statement that every home described as West Point is assigned to all four schools. Establish the correct placement with Cullman County Schools using the actual home address and student information before building a move or transportation plan around a school name. The Intermediate School’s official page links enrollment information, school-fee payment and meal applications; the Elementary, Middle and High pages provide district-calendar and parent-communication links. Use the appropriate official route for the task instead of treating a property listing as an enrollment decision.

Does a new home need a new address application?

For a new structure in West Point, Cullman County E-911’s addressing instructions identify its business office, 256-734-0911. The office asks for the request during site preparation, not after the moving date is set. For an existing rental or purchase, its instructions instead begin with the landlord or seller’s established address. This is an administrative business-office call, not an emergency call.

My West Point guide to a new address, mailbox and recognizable driveway explains the full sequence and why those are three separate tasks. It includes the information to prepare and the distinction between an address assignment and postal delivery arrangements, so you can use this community page as a starting point without repeating that entire process here.

What should stay separate from the address decision?

An assigned number helps identify a location; it does not answer whether a homesite has the water connection, wastewater arrangements or legal access your plans require. When comparing acreage or an existing home outside a familiar subdivision setting, use the Cullman County guide to water, septic and access to organize those separate investigations. Keep the provider’s answer and the property documents alongside the address rather than treating one as proof of the other.

Put the right names beside the right decisions

A useful West Point move file can be simple: the named town office, the correct school contact and the property’s established or newly assigned address. Resolve those identities first, then follow the deeper addressing or rural-property guide where it fits your situation. That turns a broad place name into a practical set of next steps without assuming that postal, municipal and service boundaries are identical.

What do the numbers say?

West Point Facts

People

Population
658
Median age
52.1 years

Homes

Households
231
Housing units
292
Vacant housing units
61
Owner-occupied homes
175
Renter-occupied homes
56

Housing costs

Median owner-occupied home value
$221600
Median gross rent
$639 /mo
Owner costs with mortgage
$1143 /mo
Owner costs without mortgage
$467 /mo

Calculated measures

Renters spending 30%+ on housing
11.363636%

Travel

Mean commute
27.9 min

Income

Median household income
$68365
Sources & notes

Population

U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, vintage 2025; resident population as of July 1, 2025. ACS sampling margins of error do not apply.

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Median age

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024 five-year estimate. Published 90% margin of error: ±13 years.

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Households

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024 five-year estimate. Published 90% margin of error: ±60 housing units. Households correspond to occupied housing units.

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Housing units

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024 five-year estimate. Published 90% margin of error: ±82 housing units.

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Owner-occupied homes

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024 five-year estimate. Published 90% margin of error: ±51 housing units.

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Renter-occupied homes

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024 five-year estimate. Published 90% margin of error: ±35 housing units.

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Median household income

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024 five-year estimate. Published 90% margin of error: ±10725 USD/year. Income is in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars.

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Vacant housing units

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimate. Universe: Housing units. Unit: housing units. Vacant is a Census housing-status category, not a count of homes advertised for sale or rent. Published 90% margin of error: +/-56 housing units.

Source definition

Median owner-occupied home value

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimate. Universe: Owner-occupied housing units. Unit: USD. Survey-reported value of owner-occupied homes, not current listings, appraisals or sale prices. Published 90% margin of error: +/-53368 USD.

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Median gross rent

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimate. Universe: Renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent. Unit: USD/month. Gross rent includes contract rent and applicable tenant-paid utilities and fuels; not current advertised rents. Published 90% margin of error: +/-31 USD/month.

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Owner costs with mortgage

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimate. Universe: Owner-occupied housing units with a mortgage. Unit: USD/month. Median selected monthly owner costs include mortgage payments and applicable taxes, insurance, utilities, fuels and fees; not mortgage payment alone. Published 90% margin of error: +/-88 USD/month.

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Owner costs without mortgage

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimate. Universe: Owner-occupied housing units without a mortgage. Unit: USD/month. Median selected monthly owner costs include applicable taxes, insurance, utilities, fuels and fees. Published 90% margin of error: +/-190 USD/month.

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Renters spending 30%+ on housing

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimate. Universe: Cash-rent renter households with gross rent as a percentage of income computed. Unit: percent. Calculated share with gross rent at least 30% of household income. Excludes households whose percentage cannot be computed. Derived margin of error is unavailable; no unrelated margin is substituted. Formula: 100*(B25070_007E+B25070_008E+B25070_009E+B25070_010E)/(B25070_001E-B25070_011E). Numerator: 5; denominator: 44.

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Mean commute

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 five-year Data Profile DP03_0025E. Mean one-way travel time to work, in minutes; workers age 16 and over who did not work from home. Retained accepted source run profile-31190; source SHA256 097b9dc1979c94ef809352561e32e389771b032607396d637bc4de7c701f8dea, line 582. This reuses accepted source evidence, not a new API fetch. Published 90% margin of error: +/-8.6 minutes. Survey travel time is not a current traffic estimate or a route to a named employer.

Source data

Population and ACS measures may cover different periods; the source notes identify each one. Community averages do not describe an individual household or establish the condition or suitability of a particular property. Estimates and margins are retained without replacing missing or annotated values with zero.

Continue your area search

Explore homes in the existing West Point area search. This retained map-based view is not an exact Census or service boundary, a complete inventory claim or confirmation of services. Compare the actual listing locations with the questions above.

Explore nearby

Explore source-qualified locations within 20 miles of this locality reference point, including places across county lines.

Red +: locality reference point. Bands: 1, 3, 5, 10 and 20 straight-line miles, not travel times or boundaries. Pins show recorded or representative locations; check place pages for access details.

36 source-qualified records within 20 miles.


Browse related locality records

These records share an existing locality tag. They are listed alphabetically, not ranked by distance or suitability.

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Want help connecting the details?

Tell me about your West Point buying, selling or relocation plans. I can help organize the home search around the routines and property questions that matter to you, while the responsible offices and providers confirm the address-specific details.

Sources and review notes

Official resources reviewed October 30, 2026. Undated pages are treated as guidance checked on that date; hours, fees and operating arrangements can change. The retained 2024 Census map shows geographic context, not current parcel, school or utility boundaries.

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