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Towns where rent is easiest to afford in Alabama

Ranked by the share of renter households spending 30% or more of their income on rent, the federal "cost-burdened" line. 53 towns with 2,500+ residents.

U.S. Census ACS 2020–2024 5-year

1 Muscle Shoals 26.1% Median rent $1,029 Jasper 2 Jasper 31.4% Median rent $721 3 Orange Beach 32.1% Median rent $1,576
#TownRenters paying 30%+Median rentRenter households
1 Muscle Shoals16,951 people 26.1% $1,029 2,144
2 Jasper Jasper14,442 people 31.4% $721 1,615
3 Orange Beach8,407 people 32.1% $1,576 1,237
4 Leeds12,028 people 33.6% $1,058 1,144
5 Daphne29,453 people 34.9% $1,388 3,197
6 Eufaula12,584 people 35.1% $698 1,719
7 Prattville39,482 people 37.1% $1,313 4,513
8 Map of Sylacauga Sylacauga12,309 people 37.5% $773 2,130
9 Map of Madison Madison60,106 people 37.6% $1,453 5,546
10 Oxford Oxford22,063 people 37.9% $925 1,807
11 Moody13,488 people 39.4% $1,553 1,152
12 Map of Athens Athens29,002 people 39.7% $899 3,810
13 Florence Florence41,701 people 40.2% $820 7,386
14 Cullman19,319 people 40.3% $925 2,613
15 Clanton8,958 people 40.6% $869 1,211
16 Enterprise29,505 people 41% $1,098 3,650
17 Alexander City14,606 people 41.1% $721 2,001
18 Millbrook17,189 people 43.5% $1,111 1,546
19 Northport Northport31,218 people 44% $982 4,431
20 Jacksonville14,437 people 44.3% $820 2,305
21 Guntersville8,916 people 44.8% $842 1,030
22 Fort Payne14,927 people 44.9% $679 1,301
23 Huntsville Huntsville222,791 people 45.3% $1,171 37,652
24 Irondale13,464 people 45.8% $1,320 2,155
25 Map of Decatur Decatur57,361 people 46.1% $896 7,919
26 Hoover92,642 people 47% $1,457 9,986
27 Map of Dothan Dothan71,514 people 47.1% $960 11,626
28 Talladega14,760 people 48.8% $776 2,119
29 Scottsboro15,712 people 50.1% $830 1,974
30 Tuskegee8,938 people 50.1% $757 1,566
31 Gadsden33,374 people 51.2% $808 5,012
32 Tillmans Corner17,677 people 51.7% $908 2,186
33 Map of Hartselle Hartselle15,847 people 53.1% $804 1,149
34 Map of Montgomery Montgomery197,494 people 53.6% $1,089 34,236
35 Sheffield9,340 people 54.4% $829 1,375
36 Map of Homewood Homewood27,829 people 54.6% $1,463 3,615
37 Map of Ozark Ozark14,327 people 54.6% $694 1,732
38 Map of Fairhope Fairhope24,190 people 54.7% $1,689 1,769
39 Bessemer25,400 people 55% $961 4,096
40 Troy17,716 people 55.1% $922 2,858
41 Birmingham198,173 people 55.6% $1,107 44,901
42 Map of Vestavia Hills Vestavia Hills38,616 people 55.7% $1,515 2,767
43 Map of Albertville Albertville22,813 people 55.9% $872 2,132
44 Map of Phenix City Phenix City38,499 people 56.1% $967 6,970
45 Opelika32,820 people 56.2% $950 3,657
46 Map of Tuscaloosa Tuscaloosa111,038 people 56.3% $1,055 22,139
47 Mobile203,416 people 56.7% $1,068 35,016
48 Chickasaw6,332 people 58.7% $960 1,078
49 Center Point15,914 people 59.1% $1,218 2,096
50 Anniston21,271 people 59.7% $799 3,371
51 Auburn80,594 people 61.1% $1,098 12,508
52 Bay Minette8,295 people 63.4% $782 1,054
53 Map of Selma Selma17,057 people 65.1% $713 3,821

How this ranking works

We rank every town by the share of renter households spending 30% or more of their income on rent, the federal "cost-burdened" line. Lower is better. Only towns with 1,000+ renter households are ranked, because smaller samples are too uncertain. The town with the lowest figure ranks #1. For comparison, the figure for Alabama as a whole is 48.8%.

Only towns with at least 2,500 residents are ranked; Census estimates for smaller places are too uncertain. Population and income: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Town photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each town’s page.

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