housing costs · Alabama
Housing costs in Etowah 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 | $847 | ± $44 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $807 | ± $39 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $779 | ± $23 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $717 | ± $20 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $167,100 | ± $4,938 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $160,600 | ± $4,895 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $148,400 | ± $4,893 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $129,600 | ± $4,913 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 29.0 % | ± 2.5 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 30.0 % | ± 2.1 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 28.6 % | ± 2.0 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 28.9 % | ± 1.9 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Etowah County is $847, above 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.
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