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Housing in Thomaston

A typical Thomaston home is worth roughly $93,000

Typical home value
$93K
AL $242K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$850
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$353
AL $788

What kind of housing town is Thomaston?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Thomaston

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You could afford about
$269,000
Typical Thomaston home $93K

That covers a typical Thomaston home, with $176K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$520
Loan $460Tax $30Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $850 a month here, $330 more 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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $850

Renters already here pay a median of $1,094.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$640
1 bedroom$690
2 bedrooms$850
3 bedrooms$1,030
4 bedrooms$1,270
15%
of households rent · AL 30%
10
renter households
$1,094
median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

2 of Thomaston’s houses are on the National Register

Half of Thomaston’s homes were built before 1966.

History →
Owners and renters
Own 86%Rent 15%

Alabama: 70% own.

1966
typical home built · AL 1986
$353
median property tax bill · AL $788
16%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes
Historic houses in Thomaston

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.

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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. 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.

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