housing costs · Alabama
Housing costs in Washington 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 | $655 | ± $215 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $628 | ± $145 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $698 | ± $114 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $672 | ± $159 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $159,700 | ± $11,944 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $152,800 | ± $16,982 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $138,100 | ± $23,203 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $111,600 | ± $27,946 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 20.6 % | ± 10.1 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 25.1 % | ± 6.1 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 28.6 % | ± 20.5 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 28.0 % | ± 11.1 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Washington County is $655, 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.