housing costs · Alabama
Housing costs in Shelby 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 | $1,401 | ± $38 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,348 | ± $34 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,272 | ± $40 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,142 | ± $20 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $326,100 | ± $5,771 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $298,700 | ± $4,786 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $276,500 | ± $5,295 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $235,500 | ± $4,483 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 28.6 % | ± 1.6 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 29.5 % | ± 2.0 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 29.1 % | ± 1.6 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 27.5 % | ± 1.6 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Shelby County is $1,401, 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.