Alabama · 510 scored ZIPs · September 2026

Alabama: neither side has the edge.

Fair conditions for both sides. That is the population-weighted reading across 510 scored ZIPs in Alabama. Typical home value $247K, +1.9% over 12 months on average; listings take 70 days to sell against 60 in the median U.S. ZIP.

Sources beside every figure · Zillow, August 2026 · Realtor.com, September 2026 · Redfin, May 2026

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Alabama510 scored ZIPs

Balanced−8

Typical value$247K+1.9% over 12 months, average · Zillow, Aug 2026

Days on market70 daysU.S. median ZIP 60 days · Realtor.com

Listings with a price cut22%U.S. median ZIP 20% · Realtor.com

Typical rent$1,469/mo+3.5% over 12 months, average · Zillow, Aug 2026

Active listings22,548Across 500 ZIPs · Realtor.com

Sale-to-list97.3%18% sold above list, average · Redfin, May 2026

HavenScore60of 100

Average of 510 scored ZIPs, weighted by population · the median U.S. ZIP scores 50

Affordability64

Growth53

Risk59

Momentum62

Livability53

Five parts, weighted. How the score works →

On the map

510 scored ZIPs in Alabama, colored by market balance.

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BuyersEvenSellers

One dot is one ZIP code; click a dot to open its page. Blue leans toward buyers, orange toward sellers.

Market report

What the latest figures say about Alabama.

Market report · home values through August 2026, listings through September 2026 · By the HavenScore Editorial Team

Illustration of brick ranch houses and white frame cottages among tall pines and live oaks

In Alabama, typical home values rose by an average of 1.9% over the year to August 2026, weighted by population across its 510 scored ZIPs (based on Zillow ZIP-level data).

Figures for a city or a state are averages across its scored ZIP codes, weighted by population, so each ZIP counts in proportion to its residents. Where only some ZIPs report a figure, the sentence names how many.

The average typical home value in Alabama was $247K in August 2026, weighted by population across its 510 scored ZIPs (based on Zillow ZIP-level data).

In September 2026, the average HavenScore balance in Alabama was −8, in our Balanced band, weighted by population across its 510 scored ZIPs.

The HavenScore balance reads signals such as inventory, time on market and the share of listings with a price cut on one scale, from buyers at one end to sellers at the other. A reading below zero favors buyers, and one above zero favors sellers.

How fast homes are selling

In Alabama, the ZIP-level median time on market averaged 70 days in September 2026, weighted by population across the 498 of its 510 scored ZIPs that report it, against 60 days for the median U.S. ZIP (based on Realtor.com ZIP-level data).

Days on market here is each ZIP code's median number of days a Realtor.com listing spends on the market, from the day it is listed until it closes or is withdrawn, averaged across the place's ZIP codes.

In September 2026, an average of 22% of listings in Alabama had a price cut, weighted by population across the 496 of its 510 scored ZIPs that report it, against 20% for the median U.S. ZIP (based on Realtor.com ZIP-level data).

In September 2026, Realtor.com counted 22,548 active listings across the 500 ZIPs in Alabama that report listings.

How to read these figures

Each figure names its own month: Zillow's home values and Realtor.com's listings data publish on their own schedules, so the two can sit a month apart. A figure describes that month, not the day this page was updated.

Market cycle

Where each city sits: price momentum against buyer-seller pressure.

12 of 16 Alabama cities read Cooling — prices still up over the year, but the market now leans toward buyers.

Buyer's market
Leaning buyer
Balanced
Leaning seller
Seller's market
Named city (ink ring)

Cooling12 cities
Prices still up over the year, but the market now leans toward buyers.
Mobile, Huntsville, Montgomery and 9 more
Accelerating3 cities
Prices rising with the market leaning toward sellers.
Jasper, Phenix City, Pike Road
Softening1 city
Prices down over the year with the market leaning toward buyers.
Birmingham
Firming0 cities
Prices still down over the year, but the market now leans toward sellers.
No city reads Firming now.

Each dot is a city with three or more scored ZIPs, placed by its population-weighted balance (right leans toward sellers) and its trailing-year price change (up is rising, Zillow ZHVI). Axes fit this state’s own spread and always include zero. Pressure tends to turn before prices do, which is what Cooling and Firming name.

Every city in the chart

City	Read	Prices, trailing year	Balance	ZIPs
Athens	Cooling	+0.5%	−13	3
Bessemer	Cooling	+1.0%	−16	3
Birmingham	Softening	−0.3%	−11	17
Cullman	Cooling	+3.8%	−5	3
Dothan	Cooling	+1.9%	−25	3
Huntsville	Cooling	+0.7%	−16	10
Jasper	Accelerating	+3.7%	+1	3
Madison	Cooling	+0.8%	−32	3
Mobile	Cooling	0.0%	−27	13
Montgomery	Cooling	+2.4%	−24	10
Northport	Cooling	+1.4%	−18	3
Pell City	Cooling	+3.5%	−2	3
Phenix City	Accelerating	+5.3%	+4	3
Pike Road	Accelerating	+2.1%	+1	3
Prichard	Cooling	+0.3%	−15	3
Tuscaloosa	Cooling	+0.3%	−30	4

Top ZIPs

The ten highest HavenScores among ZIPs with 5,000+ residents.

Rank	Market balance	ZIP	HavenScore	Typical value
1	−36, leaning buyer	35749Harvest, AL	72	$314K
2	−14, leaning buyer	35803Huntsville, AL	71	$321K
3	−6, balanced	35043Chelsea, AL	70	$381K
4	+4, balanced	35080Helena, AL	70	$342K
5	+4, balanced	35204Birmingham, AL	70	$72K
6	−15, leaning buyer	35228Midfield, AL	70	$79K
7	−28, leaning buyer	35756Madison, AL	70	$385K
8	+3, balanced	36207Anniston, AL	70	$203K
9	−10, balanced	35040Calera, AL	69	$257K
10	+2, balanced	36093Wetumpka, AL	69	$339K

The score only ranks ZIPs with 5,000+ residents — thinner markets are too noisy month-to-month. National leaderboards → Every scored ZIP in Alabama, by county →

Cities

16 cities with three or more scored ZIPs, from the strongest lean toward buyers to the strongest toward sellers.

Rank	City		HavenScore
1	Madison	−32	69
2	Tuscaloosa	−30	53
3	Mobile	−27	59
4	Dothan	−25	57
5	Montgomery	−24	61
6	Northport	−18	58
7	Huntsville	−16	65
8	Bessemer	−16	68
9	Prichard	−15	59
10	Athens	−13	60
11	Birmingham	−11	62
12	Cullman	−5	62

The other 4 cities, A to Z

City		HavenScore
Jasper	+1	63
Pell City	−2	56
Phenix City	+4	60
Pike Road	+1	62

Balance and HavenScore, 0–100, are population-weighted averages of each city’s scored ZIPs. All cities, every state →

Counties

61 counties with three or more scored ZIPs, from the strongest lean toward buyers to the strongest toward sellers.

Rank	County		HavenScore
1	Coffee County	−31	61
2	Tuscaloosa County	−24	55
3	Madison County	−22	66
4	Dale County	−21	60
5	Tallapoosa County	−21	51
6	Talladega County	−20	60
7	Montgomery County	−20	61
8	Houston County	−20	57
9	Morgan County	−19	62
10	Colbert County	−17	62
11	Jackson County	−16	52
12	Mobile County	−16	60

The other 49 counties, A to Z

County		HavenScore
Autauga County	+21	61
Baldwin County	−13	59
Barbour County	−2	54
Bibb County	+12	45
Blount County	−6	55
Bullock County	+25	42
Butler County	+14	57
Calhoun County	+11	62
Chambers County	−8	59
Cherokee County	−7	53
Chilton County	+11	60
Clarke County	0	55
Clay County	+20	61
Cleburne County	+31	58
Conecuh County	+1	57
Coosa County	+12	53
Covington County	−11	62
Crenshaw County	+34	60
Cullman County	−4	59
Dallas County	+12	58
De Kalb County	−6	51
Elmore County	+20	63
Escambia County	+15	58
Etowah County	−1	62
Fayette County	−6	55
Franklin County	−9	52
Geneva County	−4	56
Greene County	+2	41
Hale County	−4	56
Henry County	−8	54
Jefferson County	−6	63
Lamar County	+3	49
Lauderdale County	−14	61
Lawrence County	−7	57
Lee County	−2	53
Limestone County	−15	63
Lowndes County	+19	44
Macon County	+18	53
Marengo County	+8	50
Marion County	−1	56
Marshall County	−7	59
Pickens County	−14	45
Pike County	−9	51
Randolph County	+23	57
Russell County	+6	57
Saint Clair County	+2	59
Shelby County	+1	62
Walker County	+3	61
Winston County	+12	55

Each county opens its page of the cheapest scored ZIPs.

Questions about Alabama

Answers from the latest figures, each with its month.

Is Alabama a buyer's market?
As of September 2026, Alabama sits in our Balanced band, with an average HavenScore balance of −8 on a scale from −100 (buyers) to +100 (sellers), weighted by population across its 510 scored ZIPs.
Are home values falling in Alabama?
As of August 2026, typical home values in Alabama had risen by an average of 1.9% over the previous 12 months, weighted by population across its 510 scored ZIPs (based on Zillow ZIP-level data).
How long do homes take to sell in Alabama?
As of September 2026, the ZIP-level median time on market in Alabama averaged 70 days, weighted by population across the 498 of its 510 scored ZIPs that report it, against 60 days for the median U.S. ZIP (based on Realtor.com ZIP-level data).
What does a typical home cost in Alabama?
As of August 2026, the average typical home value in Alabama was $247K, weighted by population across its 510 scored ZIPs (based on Zillow ZIP-level data).