housing costs · Alabama
Housing costs in Lamar 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 | $549 | ± $47 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $548 | ± $67 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $495 | ± $35 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $456 | ± $40 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $114,000 | ± $7,350 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $112,700 | ± $7,300 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $108,200 | ± $7,992 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $102,100 | ± $7,576 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 31.0 % | ± 9.7 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 31.9 % | ± 6.6 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 30.7 % | ± 8.8 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 31.5 % | ± 7.5 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Lamar County is $549, 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.