housing costs · Alabama
Housing costs in DeKalb County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $693 | ± $25 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $683 | ± $34 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $684 | ± $26 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $646 | ± $27 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $152,700 | ± $5,889 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $135,500 | ± $14,323 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $129,000 | ± $11,274 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $115,100 | ± $7,913 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 27.8 % | ± 2.3 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 26.9 % | ± 2.3 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 28.0 % | ± 1.9 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 27.9 % | ± 1.8 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in DeKalb County is $693, below the Alabama median of $776 across 67 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.