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Housing in Twin

A typical Twin home is worth roughly $96,000

Typical home value
$96K
AL $242K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$870
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$241
AL $788

What kind of housing town is Twin?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Twin

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You could afford about
$269,000
Typical Twin home $96K

That covers a typical Twin home, with $173K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$530
Loan $470Tax $30Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $870 a month here, $340 more 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, 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.

The homes

93% of Twin households own their home

Half of Twin’s homes were built before 1975.

Owners and renters
Own 93%Rent 7%

Alabama: 70% own.

1975
typical home built · AL 1986
$241
median property tax bill · AL $788
2%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $870

Renters already here pay a median of $900.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$600
1 bedroom$660
2 bedrooms$870
3 bedrooms$1,160
4 bedrooms$1,460
7%
of households rent · AL 30%
10
renter households
$900
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Fayette 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

Twin vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Twin$96K*—$870—$52,639
Guin$156K+0.6%$8700$51,117

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. 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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