A typical Hammondville home is worth about $237,000
Up 5.6% in a year, close to the Alabama typical home.
Only 2 sales in May 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.
Up 17.8% in five years
About the same pace as Alabama (17.7%).
Show as a table
| January | Hammondville | Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $204,000 | $215,000 |
| 2023 | $212,000 | $228,000 |
| 2024 | $215,000 | $233,000 |
| 2025 | $228,000 | $238,000 |
| 2026 | $223,000 | $239,000 |
| August 2026 | $237,000 | $242,000 |
A typical Hammondville home worth $187K in February 2021 is worth about $237K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
What it takes to buy in Hammondville
Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Hammondville home, with $32K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $780 a month here, $540 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Alabama typical property tax (0.38% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $780
Renters already here pay a median of $569, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (DeKalb County, AL): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
No new homes permitted in 2025
No permits for new homes were issued in Hammondville in 2025. The last year with any was 2023 (2 new homes).
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Hammondville's population fell by 63 even though 5 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. Across Alabama: 1.8 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $300,000 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $80,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $80,000 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $385,000 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $400,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $50,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $136,000 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $170,000 |
| 2004 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $555,000 |
| 2003 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $275,000 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $125,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
1 of Hammondville’s houses are on the National Register
Half of Hammondville’s homes were built before 1975.
Alabama: 70% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.
Hammondville vs. its neighbors
Hammondville is the priciest of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hammondville | $237K | +5.6% | $780 | 0 | $37,083 |
| Fort Payne | $211K | +2.8% | $800 | 23 | $47,479 |
| Valley Head | $194K | +5.3% | $780 | 0 | $45,889 |
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.
On the market in Hammondville
Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.
Neighbors talk housing
What Hammondville buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.