Home values, rents and more in Decatur, AL
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Decatur compares
The typical home in Decatur, AL is worth about $220,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Decatur are about the same as the typical value in the Decatur metro area ($227,000) and 40% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Decatur fell 0.9%, compared with +0.6% in the Decatur metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,042 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 4% below the Decatur metro area ($1,082) and 46% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 2.0% over the past year.
The median household income is $61,563, against $68,116 in the Decatur metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 57,361 people live in Decatur (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Decatur has the 5th-highest typical home value of the 11 cities in the Decatur metro area and the 136th-highest of 381 in Alabama with Zillow figures.
Part of: Morgan County, AL · Decatur 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.