Cost of Living in Alabama

2025 affordability guide — compare housing costs, rental prices, and living expenses across 593 cities in Alabama.

92.0
Avg COL Index
593
Cities Ranked
$159,358
Avg Home Value

Housing Market

$159,358

Average median home value across Alabama cities.

Rental Market

Rental data covers median monthly rent for tracked cities in Alabama.

Affordability

Below Average

COL index 92.0 vs. national average of 100. Your dollar goes further here.

Most & Least Expensive Cities in Alabama

Quick look at the cost extremes across Alabama.

All 20 Major Cities Ranked by Cost of Living

Sorted from most expensive to most affordable. Click any city for a detailed breakdown with housing, rental, and income data.

# City COL Index Affordability Median Home Median Rent
1 Mountain Brook 147.0 Very Expensive $891,300 N/A
2 Point Clear CDP 146.8 Very Expensive $888,700 N/A
3 Shoal Creek CDP 139.2 Very Expensive $787,500 N/A
4 Highland Lakes CDP 122.3 Very Expensive $562,600 N/A
5 Indian Springs Village 121.0 Very Expensive $546,000 N/A
6 Homewood 117.8 Expensive $502,300 N/A
7 Vestavia Hills 117.2 Expensive $494,500 N/A
8 Orange Beach 115.8 Expensive $476,000 N/A
9 Eagle Point CDP 114.8 Expensive $463,300 N/A
10 Woodland 111.6 Expensive $420,000 N/A
11 Mooresville 111.3 Expensive $416,700 N/A
12 Fairhope 110.6 Expensive $406,500 N/A
13 Brook Highland CDP 110.2 Expensive $401,100 N/A
14 Magnolia Springs 110.0 Expensive $399,100 N/A
15 Hoover 109.4 Moderate $391,300 N/A
16 Meadowbrook CDP 109.3 Moderate $390,100 N/A
17 Dauphin Island 109.1 Moderate $387,400 N/A
18 Pike Road 108.2 Moderate $375,000 N/A
19 Madison 107.7 Moderate $367,900 N/A
20 Gulf Shores 107.6 Moderate $367,000 N/A

All 530 Cities in Alabama

Complete directory of every tracked city and town. Filter or scroll to find yours.

Abbeville (87.4) Adamsville (90.9) Addison (88.3) Akron (86.0) Alabaster (98.2) Albertville (91.9) Alexander City (90.2) Alexandria CDP (93.1) Aliceville (87.8) Allgood (87.7) Altoona (90.3) Andalusia (91.7) Anderson (95.0) Anniston (90.6) Arab (94.8) Ardmore (93.8) Argo (98.8) Ariton (88.8) Arley (86.5) Ashford (92.6) Ashland (93.1) Ashville (93.9) Athens (99.1) Atmore (89.7) Attalla (89.1) Auburn (105.7) Autaugaville (89.9) Avon (91.8) Axis CDP (93.8) Babbie (87.3) Baileyton (88.2) Bakerhill (87.3) Ballplay CDP (91.5) Bay Minette (91.0) Bayou La Batre (86.6) Bear Creek (87.2) Beatrice (86.2) Beaverton (87.8) Belk (86.7) Belle Fontaine CDP (93.5) Benton (86.0) Berlin (90.8) Berry (87.8) Bessemer (89.8) Billingsley (89.3) Birmingham (90.4) Black (84.4) Blountsville (89.0) Blue Ridge CDP (102.1) Blue Springs (85.4) Boaz (91.9) Bon Air (85.9) Bon Secour CDP (100.0) Brantley (89.6) Brantleyville CDP (83.2) Brent (90.8) Brewton (90.9) Bridgeport (86.5) Brighton (85.5) Brilliant (84.1) Brook Highland CDP (110.2) Brookside (88.2) Brookwood (93.7) Brundidge (86.5) Butler (90.7) Calera (96.1) Camden (88.3) Camp Hill (87.1) Carbon Hill (85.9) Carlisle-Rockledge CDP (91.4) Carolina (87.5) Carrollton (90.7) Castleberry (83.3) Cedar Bluff (95.3) Center Point (89.8) Centre (92.5) Centreville (90.9) Chatom (93.0) Chelsea (105.5) Cherokee (88.1) Chickasaw (88.3) Childersburg (89.9) Choccolocco CDP (98.7) Chunchula CDP (90.8) Citronelle (92.4) Clanton (91.9) Clay (94.9) Clayhatchee (87.4) Clayton (86.2) Cleveland (92.4) Clio (84.5) Coaling (96.2) Coats Bend CDP (91.1) Coffee Springs (85.5) Coffeeville (86.0) Coker (95.3) Colony (84.6) Columbia (91.4) Columbiana (97.9) Concord CDP (92.7) Coosada (93.2) Cordova (84.7) Cottondale CDP (88.9) Cottonwood (88.3) County Line (86.7) Cowarts (93.2) Creola (94.1) Crossville (89.3) Cuba (93.7) Cullman (96.2) Dadeville (92.3) Daleville (88.6) Daphne (103.3) Dauphin Island (109.1) Daviston (90.3) Dayton (86.9) Deatsville (97.7) Decatur (94.3) Demopolis (95.0) Detroit (85.8) Dodge City (89.2) Dora (91.3) Dothan (94.0) Double Springs (89.4) Douglas (92.7) Dozier (86.3) Dunnavant CDP (94.7) Dutton (88.0) Eagle Point CDP (114.8) East Brewton (86.6) East Point CDP (95.2) Eclectic (91.8) Edwardsville (89.7) Egypt CDP (93.9) Elba (87.9) Elberta (96.2) Eldridge (90.7) Elkmont (96.5) Elmore (87.3) Emelle (81.4) Emerald Mountain CDP (102.1) Enterprise (94.9) Epes (84.1) Equality CDP (98.5) Ethelsville (92.8) Eufaula (90.3) Eunola CDP (80.8) Eutaw (87.4) Eva (93.3) Evergreen (88.0) Excel (90.9) Fairfield (89.0) Fairford CDP (96.4) Fairhope (110.6) Fairview (96.2) Falkville (88.9) Faunsdale (88.1) Fayette (89.2) Fayetteville CDP (97.2) Five Points (90.8) Flomaton (87.5) Florala (86.1) Florence (93.1) Foley (99.6) Forestdale CDP (91.3) Forkland (84.2) Fort Deposit (85.0) Fort Payne (91.9) Franklin (85.7) Fredonia CDP (96.9) Frisco City (86.8) Fruithurst (87.1) Fulton (88.5) Fultondale (93.7) Fyffe (88.3) Gadsden (87.7) Gallant CDP (87.4) Gantt (91.0) Garden City (88.7) Gardendale (97.7) Gaylesville (91.8) Geiger (84.1) Geneva (88.0) Georgiana (84.4) Geraldine (95.0) Gilbertown (93.4) Glen Allen (87.6) Glencoe (95.3) Glenwood (83.0) Good Hope (92.9) Goodwater (86.2) Gordo (89.4) Gordon (85.6) Gordonville (84.6) Goshen (88.6) Grand Bay CDP (90.8) Grant (96.7) Grayson Valley CDP (89.7) Graysville (88.9) Greensboro (89.5) Greenville (88.9) Grimes (86.1) Grove Hill (91.4) Gu-Win (92.2) Guin (88.4) Gulf Shores (107.6) Guntersville (102.1) Gurley (93.1) Hackleburg (87.3) Hackneyville CDP (89.8) Haleburg (95.2) Haleyville (87.2) Hamilton (87.8) Hammondville (87.5) Hanceville (92.4) Harpersville (94.0) Hartford (91.4) Hartselle (94.4) Harvest CDP (98.3) Hayden (97.6) Hayneville (86.4) Hazel Green CDP (93.5) Headland (94.3) Heflin (91.7) Helena (102.0) Henagar (88.9) Highland Lake (100.2) Highland Lakes CDP (122.3) Hillsboro (93.3) Hobson CDP (94.7) Hobson City (87.5) Hodges (87.1) Hokes Bluff (94.7) Hollins CDP (88.5) Hollis Crossroads CDP (89.9) Holly Pond (92.7) Hollywood (87.7) Holt CDP (88.2) Holtville CDP (98.6) Homewood (117.8) Hoover (109.4) Horn Hill (91.2) Hueytown (90.7) Huguley CDP (89.6) Huntsville (99.8) Hurtsboro (88.5) Hytop (90.8) Ider (91.3) Indian Springs Village (121.0) Irondale (98.8) Ivalee CDP (89.1) Jackson (89.1) Jacksons' Gap (88.2) Jacksonville (93.5) Jasper (95.6) Jemison (91.0) Joppa CDP (92.6) Kansas (84.3) Kellyton (87.8) Kennedy (87.8) Killen (92.2) Kimberly (101.6) Kinsey (88.6) Kinston (85.4) La Fayette (87.6) Ladonia CDP (87.7) Lake View (101.5) Lakeview (85.8) Lanett (87.4) Langston (102.6) Leeds (96.6) Leesburg (92.7) Leighton (86.4) Leroy CDP (95.2) Lester (92.7) Level Plains (89.4) Lexington (93.6) Libertyville (87.4) Lillian CDP (98.3) Lincoln (93.7) Linden (87.1) Lineville (91.0) Lipscomb (87.1) Lisman (85.5) Littleville (89.6) Livingston (92.3) Loachapoka (93.8) Lockhart (85.5) Locust Fork (92.7) Lookout Mountain CDP (87.2) Lowndesboro (94.5) Loxley (102.8) Luverne (89.4) Lynn (84.5) Macedonia CDP (87.0) Madison (107.7) Madrid (89.7) Magnolia Springs (110.0) Malvern (87.4) Maplesville (89.2) Marbury CDP (95.9) Margaret (96.9) Marion (88.1) Maytown (88.2) McCalla CDP (99.0) McDonald Chapel CDP (89.9) McIntosh (95.5) McKenzie (84.5) Meadowbrook CDP (109.3) Memphis (84.4) Mentone (96.8) Meridianville CDP (100.4) Midfield (87.0) Midland City (91.5) Mignon CDP (82.9) Millbrook (94.6) Millport (87.6) Millry (90.6) Minor CDP (86.0) Mobile (92.8) Monroeville (88.7) Montevallo (95.8) Montgomery (91.2) Moody (96.7) Moores Mill CDP (98.3) Mooresville (111.3) Morris (97.6) Morrison Crossroads CDP (96.2) Mosses (84.6) Moulton (88.7) Moundville (93.7) Mount Olive CDP (Coosa County) (86.3) Mount Olive CDP (Jefferson County) (94.3) Mount Vernon (88.6) Mountain Brook (147.0) Mulga (84.3) Munford (85.8) Muscle Shoals (94.9) Nances Creek CDP (96.6) Napier Field (86.2) Nauvoo (85.5) Nectar (91.8) New Brockton (93.6) New Hope (91.9) New Market CDP (88.5) New Site (92.5) New Union CDP (90.9) Newbern (87.1) Newton (86.8) Newville (86.8) Nixburg CDP (82.1) North Courtland (84.7) North Johns (85.4) Northport (99.5) Notasulga (89.0) Oak Grove (89.4) Oakman (85.4) Odenville (96.6) Ohatchee (94.4) Oneonta (94.7) Onycha (86.8) Opelika (96.1) Opp (88.8) Orange Beach (115.8) Orrville (87.9) Owens Cross Roads (95.5) Oxford (92.4) Ozark (90.4) Paint Rock (85.7) Parrish (83.8) Pea Ridge CDP (87.0) Pelham (101.0) Pell City (97.9) Pennington (86.1) Penton CDP (80.8) Perdido Beach (103.2) Perdido CDP (96.1) Petrey (85.8) Phenix City (92.0) Phil Campbell (87.5) Pickensville (90.6) Piedmont (88.0) Pike Road (108.2) Pinckard (91.3) Pine Apple (87.4) Pine Hill (88.7) Pine Level CDP (97.0) Pine Ridge (86.0) Pinson (94.6) Pisgah (90.8) Pleasant Grove (94.2) Pleasant Groves (91.7) Point Clear CDP (146.8) Pollard (86.8) Powell (89.1) Prattville (95.7) Priceville (97.5) Prichard (86.0) Providence (91.3) Putnam CDP (83.5) Ragland (88.3) Rainbow City (95.3) Rainsville (95.6) Ranburne (97.3) Ray CDP (90.7) Red Bay (87.9) Red Level (87.5) Redland CDP (103.0) Reece City (91.7) Reeltown CDP (87.9) Reform (86.9) Rehobeth (96.4) Remlap CDP (92.9) Repton (87.8) Ridgeville (87.0) River Falls (86.4) Riverside (96.1) Riverview (89.1) Roanoke (89.7) Robertsdale (94.9) Rock Creek CDP (91.8) Rock Mills CDP (85.5) Rockford (87.1) Rogersville (91.8) Russellville (88.8) Rutledge (84.4) Saks CDP (88.5) Samson (85.8) Sand Rock (95.1) Sanford (92.2) Saraland (95.8) Sardis City (95.6) Satsuma (95.0) Scottsboro (93.2) Section (90.2) Selma (87.7) Selmont-West Selmont CDP (83.9) Semmes (95.9) Sheffield (89.6) Shelby CDP (87.2) Shiloh (86.6) Shoal Creek CDP (139.2) Shorter (86.4) Silas (86.5) Silverhill (99.6) Skyline (88.5) Slocomb (87.2) Smiths Station (93.9) Smoke Rise CDP (96.8) Snead (92.7) Somerville (88.6) South Vinemont (91.9) Southside (95.3) Spanish Fort (103.6) Spring Garden CDP (80.8) Springville (99.6) St. Florian (101.7) St. Stephens CDP (89.6) Steele (87.6) Sterrett CDP (91.6) Stevenson (91.3) Stewartville CDP (87.3) Stockton CDP (100.9) Sulligent (90.0) Sumiton (93.3) Summerdale (98.4) Susan Moore (88.8) Sweet Water (93.4) Sylacauga (91.8) Sylvan Springs (94.8) Sylvania (89.7) Talladega (88.8) Talladega Springs (89.1) Tallassee (90.4) Tarrant (88.6) Taylor (89.7) Theodore CDP (91.4) Thomaston (86.2) Thomasville (93.3) Thorsby (94.0) Tidmore Bend CDP (93.9) Tillmans Corner CDP (91.7) Town Creek (88.4) Toxey (93.8) Trafford (86.8) Triana (97.7) Trinity (97.6) Troy (96.1) Trussville (106.4) Tuscaloosa (97.8) Tuscumbia (92.5) Tuskegee (87.4) Twin (87.1) Underwood-Petersville CDP (88.9) Union Grove (93.9) Union Springs (85.8) Uniontown (85.2) Valley (89.8) Valley Grande (89.5) Valley Head (84.5) Vance (95.7) Vernon (88.5) Vestavia Hills (117.2) Vina (84.9) Vincent (90.6) Wadley (94.4) Waldo (84.5) Walnut Grove (90.2) Warrior (91.4) Waterloo (86.9) Waverly (104.4) Weaver (90.6) Webb (88.2) Wedowee (94.2) Weogufka CDP (88.1) West Blocton (88.1) West End-Cobb Town CDP (86.4) West Jefferson (90.3) West Point (96.1) Westover (101.0) Wetumpka (93.8) White Hall (84.2) Whitesboro CDP (88.9) Wilsonville (97.9) Wilton (91.0) Winfield (92.1) Woodland (111.6) Woodstock (94.3) Woodville (92.7) York (84.3)

Frequently Asked Questions

What states have the lowest cost of living?

States like Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Kansas typically have lower costs of living compared to coastal states.

What is the difference between RPP and COL Index?

RPP (Regional Price Parity) measures the price level for all items. COL Index combines RPP, housing, and rental data for a comprehensive comparison.

Data: BEA Regional Price Parities, U.S. Census Bureau ACS, HUD Fair Market Rents. Our Methodology · Data Sources

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