Typical Cost of a House in Shelby County, Alabama
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The median home value in Shelby County is $326,100, measured over 2020–2024. That is 55.4% above the Alabama median of $209,900. Half of owner-occupied homes are valued above that figure and half below.
Median home value
$326,100
2020–2024, give or take $5,771
Against Alabama
+55.4%
AboveAlabama $209,900
Against the U.S.
−2.0%
BelowU.S. $332,700
Monthly housing costs in Shelby County
What households actually pay each month, for those who own with a mortgage and those who rent, compared with Alabama as a whole.
Owning with a mortgage
$1,734a month
+21.0%Alabama $1,433
Median of mortgage payments, property taxes, insurance, utilities and fees together.
Renting
$1,401a month
+39.1%Alabama $1,007
Median gross rent: the rent itself plus utilities the renter pays.
Where Shelby County sits among Alabama's counties
Each tick is one county's median home value. The highlighted band holds the middle half of them, and the dark line is the median. Shelby County is the 1st highest of 67.
What this figure is
It is not a sale price. The Census Bureau asks homeowners what they think their home would sell for, and this is the middle answer for owner-occupied homes in Shelby County. It covers every kind of home people own and live in, so the price of a particular house on the market can be far from it.
The figure describes the whole of 2020–2024, not a single year, and it is not adjusted for price changes since then. The smaller a county, the fewer households the survey reaches and the less exact its estimate: here the true value is very likely within $5,771 of the one shown.
Common questions
How much does a house cost in Shelby County, Alabama?
- The median home value in Shelby County, Alabama is $326,100, from Census Bureau survey data for 2020–2024. Half of owner-occupied homes are valued above that and half below.
What is the average home price in Shelby County, Alabama?
- The Census Bureau publishes a median rather than an average: $326,100 for 2020–2024. It is what owners estimate their homes would sell for, not a record of recent sale prices.
How much is a monthly mortgage payment in Shelby County, Alabama?
- Homeowners with a mortgage in Shelby County, Alabama pay a median of $1,734 a month. That covers the mortgage payment together with property taxes, insurance and utilities.
What is the average rent in Shelby County, Alabama?
- Median gross rent in Shelby County, Alabama is $1,401 a month for 2020–2024. Gross rent is the rent itself plus the utilities the renter pays.
Are homes in Shelby County, Alabama expensive compared with other places?
- Shelby County has the 1st highest median home value of the 67 counties in Alabama with a published figure, 55.4% above the Alabama median of $209,900.
Source
U.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020–2024, tables B25077, B25064 and B25088. Retrieved on October 6, 2026.
About the American Community SurveySource: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020–2024.
Other counties in Alabama
The percentage compares each county with the Alabama median.
- Autauga County−1.3%$207,200
- Baldwin County+51.0%$316,900
- Barbour County−46.2%$112,900
- Bibb County−30.6%$145,700
- Blount County−16.5%$175,200
- Bullock County−61.1%$81,700
- Butler County−52.5%$99,800
- Calhoun County−25.4%$156,600
- Chambers County−35.3%$135,800
- Cherokee County−14.4%$179,700
- Chilton County−23.2%$161,300
- Choctaw County−41.2%$123,400
- Clarke County−42.0%$121,700
- Clay County−25.3%$156,700
- Cleburne County−21.1%$165,600
- Coffee County−10.1%$188,600
- Colbert County−18.5%$171,000
- Conecuh County−49.8%$105,300
- Coosa County−45.0%$115,500
- Covington County−27.5%$152,100
- Crenshaw County−45.7%$114,000
- Cullman County−5.1%$199,100
- Dale County−31.6%$143,500
- Dallas County−54.9%$94,600
- DeKalb County−27.3%$152,700
- Elmore County+6.7%$223,900
- Escambia County−35.0%$136,500
- Etowah County−20.4%$167,100
- Fayette County−40.0%$125,900
- Franklin County−35.2%$136,000
- Geneva County−37.7%$130,700
- Greene County−61.3%$81,200
- Hale County−39.2%$127,600
- Henry County−23.3%$161,000
- Houston County−12.7%$183,300
- Jackson County−24.0%$159,500
- Jefferson County+14.3%$240,000
- Lamar County−45.7%$114,000
- Lauderdale County−4.6%$200,300
- Lawrence County−17.9%$172,300
- Lee County+24.9%$262,200
- Limestone County+33.9%$281,000
- Lowndes County−58.9%$86,300
- Macon County−51.4%$102,000
- Madison County+42.5%$299,200
- Marengo County−48.8%$107,400
- Marion County−49.2%$106,600
- Marshall County−4.0%$201,500
- Mobile County−9.1%$190,700
- Monroe County−42.5%$120,600
- Montgomery County−18.1%$171,900
- Morgan County+1.0%$212,000
- Perry County−58.8%$86,400
- Pickens County−41.0%$123,900
- Pike County−24.9%$157,600
- Randolph County−13.5%$181,600
- Russell County−21.1%$165,700
- St. Clair County+7.8%$226,300
- Sumter County−60.6%$82,600
- Talladega County−28.9%$149,200
- Tallapoosa County−24.5%$158,500
- Tuscaloosa County+18.5%$248,700
- Walker County−35.3%$135,900
- Washington County−23.9%$159,700
- Wilcox County−52.9%$98,800
- Winston County−43.4%$118,900