Home values, rents and more in Russell County, AL
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Russell County, AL compares
The typical home in Russell County, AL is worth about $197,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Russell County, AL are 6% below the typical value in the Columbus metro area ($210,000) and 46% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Russell County, AL rose 4.5%, compared with +3.8% in the Columbus metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,364 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Columbus metro area ($1,353) and 29% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 4.6% over the past year.
The median household income is $51,197, against $59,336 in the Columbus metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 58,898 people live in Russell County, AL (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
Russell County, AL has the 2nd-highest typical home value of the 7 counties in the Columbus metro area and the 26th-highest of 67 in Alabama with Zillow figures.
Part of: Columbus 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.