housing costs · Alabama
Housing costs in Houston 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 | $945 | ± $17 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $905 | ± $17 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $858 | ± $19 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $799 | ± $13 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $183,300 | ± $3,668 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $178,000 | ± $3,876 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $164,900 | ± $3,165 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $146,300 | ± $2,614 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 28.2 % | ± 0.9 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 27.9 % | ± 1.2 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 27.2 % | ± 1.1 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 27.3 % | ± 1.0 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Houston County is $945, 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.