A typical Mulga home is worth about $61,000
Up 2.9% in a year, 75% below 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.
What kind of housing town is Mulga?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 1.5 years of income
Less than across Alabama (3.8 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Mulga home, with $110K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,120 a month here, $780 more than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Mulga’s typical property tax (0.41% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
62% of Mulga households own their home
Half of Mulga’s homes were built before 1946.
Alabama: 70% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
Down 5.3% in five years
Slower than Alabama (17.7%).
Show as a table
| January | Mulga | Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $31,000 | $147,000 |
| 2018 | $32,000 | $152,000 |
| 2019 | $35,000 | $158,000 |
| 2020 | $41,000 | $170,000 |
| 2021 | $52,000 | $188,000 |
| 2022 | $66,000 | $215,000 |
| 2023 | $60,000 | $228,000 |
| 2024 | $63,000 | $233,000 |
| 2025 | $65,000 | $238,000 |
| 2026 | $61,000 | $239,000 |
| August 2026 | $61,000 | $242,000 |
A typical Mulga home worth $30K in September 2016 is worth about $61K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,120
Renters already here pay a median of $900, 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 (Birmingham-Hoover, AL HUD Metro FMR Area): 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 2012
No permits for new homes were issued in Mulga in 2012 or in any year since 2000.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Mulga's permit office reported 1 of 12 months in 2012; the Census estimated the rest.
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
On the market in Mulga
Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.
Neighbors talk housing
What Mulga 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. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.