55 census tracts
Huntsville.Alabama housing market
This Huntsville housing market report covers about 96,300 homes across 55 census tracts. At $422,526, the average of 1,016 active listings costs 5.2 times the median household income, lower than in 124 of the 139 markets PriceDNA tracks.
- Average listing price
- $422,526 1,016 active listings · Realtor.com Economic Research, Monthly Housing Inventory · August 2026
- Approximate homes
- 96,300 across 55 assigned tracts
- Renter-occupied
- 41% of occupied homes
Huntsville housing market context
- Population grew 1.6% a year from 2020 to 2025, faster than in 122 of the 137 markets with Census population estimates.
- Tracts across Huntsville are unusually alike on location: the middle half spans 70 to 75 on the Location Score, narrower than in 113 of the 139 markets.
- The property tax rate PriceDNA uses for rental analysis is 1.02%, lower than in 111 of the 139 markets.
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Location score distribution
How location scores vary across 55 census tracts in Huntsville.
Half of Huntsville's tracts score between 70 and 75. The full range spans 61 to 86, with a median of 72.2.
What the location score shows
PriceDNA Location Score™ is a 0 to 100 signal designed to summarize local strength and risk context for rental-property analysis. Higher scores generally point to stronger location fundamentals.
The middle half of Huntsville's tracts is 4.8 points wide on the score, narrower than in 113 of the 139 markets PriceDNA tracks.
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Housing composition
Key housing statistics for approximately 96,300 homes in Huntsville, including occupancy, tenure, and structure type.
Of about 96,300 homes, 9.0% are vacant. Among occupied homes, 41% are renter-occupied, providing context on the size of the local rental base.
By structure type, about 67% of Huntsville’s housing units are in single-family structures, 8% in small multifamily buildings (2 to 4 units), and 23% in larger multifamily buildings (5+ units). Percentages are rounded; small residual structure categories are not shown.
How Huntsville compares
Huntsville's median is above the Alabama median on 5 of these 8 measures and above the U.S. median on 5. The city range shows the lower quarter, median and upper quarter of its census tracts.
| Metric | Huntsville lower · median · upper Huntsville | Alabama AL | United States US |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Census ACS B19013 · 2020 to 2024
|
$49,864 $81,720 $102,486 | $59,496 | $77,171 |
|
Census ACS B15003 · 2020 to 2024
|
36% 46% 65% | 32% | 41% |
|
Census ACS B01001 · 2020 to 2024
|
30% 33% 40% | 30% | 32% |
|
FHFA HPI · 2025
|
4.9% every tract | 4.9% | 5.2% |
|
HUD SAFMR · 2018 to 2027 + Census ACS B25064 · 2014 to 2024
|
3.6% 4.0% 4.9% | 3.1% | 3.8% |
|
Census ACS B25103 · 2020 to 2024 + Lincoln Institute
|
1.02% every tract | 1.02% | 1.65% |
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Census ACS B25141 · 2020 to 2024 + U.S. Treasury FIO
|
0.59% 0.68% 1.22% | 1.02% | 0.56% |
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Census ACS B25064 + B19013 · 2020 to 2024
|
25.2% 29.3% 31.9% | 29.6% | 30.8% |
About this data
PriceDNA uses the most local reliable data available for each metric. Some signals are available at the census-tract level. Others are published or more reliable at broader geographies such as county, metro, state, or national level.
Housing-unit totals are approximate. PriceDNA sums Census ACS counts for the tracts assigned to the city by centroid, so the market total can differ from a municipal boundary count when a tract crosses the city line.
The property-tax assumption combines local residential tax data with a state-level apartment benchmark to provide more conservative context for rental-property underwriting. Insurance assumptions use available residential property insurance data and should be verified for the specific property and coverage.
These pages are designed for market screening and investor education. They do not replace property-level underwriting, inspections, appraisals, insurance quotes, lender review, or professional advice.
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