Home values, rents and more in the Tuscaloosa metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Tuscaloosa metro compares
The typical home in the Tuscaloosa metro area is worth about $239,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Tuscaloosa metro are about the same as the typical value in Alabama ($239,000) and 35% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Tuscaloosa metro rose 0.6%, compared with +1.9% in Alabama and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,668 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 19% above Alabama ($1,397) and 14% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 4.0% over the past year.
The median household income is $61,517, against $63,999 in Alabama and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 281,850 people live in the Tuscaloosa metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Tuscaloosa metro has the 400th-lowest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 8th-highest of 24 in Alabama with Zillow figures.
Part of: 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.