Home values, rents and more in Rainsville, AL
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Rainsville compares
The typical home in Rainsville, AL is worth about $232,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Rainsville are 8% above the typical value in the Fort Payne metro area ($215,000) and 37% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Rainsville rose 4.8%, compared with +5.2% in the Fort Payne metro area and +1.2% nationally.
The median household income is $74,046, against $51,204 in the Fort Payne metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 5,702 people live in Rainsville (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Rainsville has the 3rd-highest typical home value of the 13 cities in the Fort Payne metro area and the 110th-highest of 381 in Alabama with Zillow figures.
Part of: DeKalb County, AL · Fort Payne 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.