Home values, rents and more in Cottondale, AL
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Cottondale compares
The typical home in Cottondale, AL is worth about $200,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Cottondale are 16% below the typical value in the Tuscaloosa metro area ($239,000) and 45% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Cottondale fell 1.2%, compared with +0.6% in the Tuscaloosa metro area and +1.2% nationally.
The median household income is $44,877, against $61,517 in the Tuscaloosa metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 2,632 people live in Cottondale (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Cottondale has the 7th-highest typical home value of the 14 cities in the Tuscaloosa metro area and the 184th-highest of 381 in Alabama with Zillow figures.
Part of: Tuscaloosa County, AL · Tuscaloosa metro area · Alabama
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.