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Housing in Babbie

A typical Babbie home is worth roughly $181,000

Home prices around Babbie have risen about 41% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$181K
▲ 2% in a year · AL $242K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$800
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$289
AL $788

What kind of housing town is Babbie?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.9 years of income

Less than across Alabama (3.8 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$276,000
Typical Babbie home $181K

That covers a typical Babbie home, with $95K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$980
Loan $900Tax $30Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $800 a month here, $180 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Babbie’s typical property tax (0.20% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

95% of Babbie households own their home

Half of Babbie’s homes were built before 1994.

Owners and renters
Own 95%Rent 6%

Alabama: 70% own.

1994
typical home built · AL 1986
$289
median property tax bill · AL $788
0.20%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · AL 0.38%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Price trend

Home prices up 41% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Babbie rose 41% over the past 5 years, slower than across Alabama (47%). Last year prices rose 2%.

Babbie areaAlabama
−50%0%+50%+100%+150%200220052010201520202025
+2%
past year
+41%
past 5 years
+56%
past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Babbie, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $800

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$600
1 bedroom$610
2 bedrooms$800
3 bedrooms$1,040
4 bedrooms$1,340
6%
of households rent · AL 30%
2
renter households

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Conecuh County, AL): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Next door

Babbie vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Babbie. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Babbie$181K*+2%†$800—$63,611
Opp$117K−4.8%$8100$41,347

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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