Huntsville housing market: home prices, trends and forecast
Huntsville home prices: in September 2026, the typical home in Huntsville, Alabama was valued at $286,952 by the Zillow Home Value Index. That was +1.4% higher than a year earlier and −1.1% below the $290,193 peak reached in May 2024.
- Value of a typical home
- $286,952September 2026, Zillow ZHVI
- Change over 12 months
- +1.4%. Compared with September 2025.
Huntsville home prices since 2000
Huntsville appears on the steel line, while the United States appears on the grey line. From August 2000, a typical home in Huntsville increased from $69,102 to $286,952, a multiple of 4.15. For the US, the multiple was 2.89 during those same months. During the boom, prices peaked at $102,633 in December 2008 before falling to $99,449 in November 2009, a decline of 3.1%.
Huntsville home prices: the median by year
The yearly figure averages the twelve monthly values, and 2026 shows the latest month.
| Year | Huntsville | Change on the year | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | $71,580 | $134,899 | |
| 2002 | $72,929 | +1.9% | $144,276 |
| 2003 | $74,805 | +2.6% | $155,308 |
| 2004 | $76,435 | +2.2% | $169,891 |
| 2006 | $67,361 | $206,531 | |
| 2007 | $82,948 | +23.1% | $208,449 |
| 2008 | $99,137 | +19.5% | $195,574 |
| 2009 | $101,481 | +2.4% | $177,542 |
| 2010 | $103,264 | +1.8% | $171,462 |
| 2011 | $108,683 | +5.2% | $162,508 |
| 2012 | $122,340 | +12.6% | $161,137 |
| 2013 | $150,832 | +23.3% | $171,420 |
| 2014 | $152,591 | +1.2% | $182,996 |
| 2015 | $153,130 | +0.4% | $192,738 |
| 2016 | $157,732 | +3.0% | $204,509 |
| 2017 | $162,131 | +2.8% | $216,767 |
| 2018 | $169,806 | +4.7% | $230,541 |
| 2019 | $181,925 | +7.1% | $242,088 |
| 2020 | $202,150 | +11.1% | $257,151 |
| 2021 | $241,826 | +19.6% | $295,959 |
| 2022 | $282,138 | +16.7% | $340,014 |
| 2023 | $287,328 | +1.8% | $348,160 |
| 2024 | $287,735 | +0.1% | $359,751 |
| 2025 | $283,933 | −1.3% | $362,959 |
| September 2026 | $286,952 | +1.4% | $366,157 |
Current value of a Huntsville home bought in any year
It estimates a typical home through an index rather than an appraisal.
Each year's figure averages its twelve monthly index values. The current value is from September 2026. Other choices: home appreciation calculator.
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Huntsville housing market forecast
For the Huntsville, AL metro, Zillow's forecast points to +2.1% over the 12 months starting September 2026, and to +0.9% over the three months that come next. With Huntsville's typical value at $286,952, the forecast points to about $293,000 one year from now.
This is Zillow's central forecast for the metro, repeated here. The site does not publish a forecast of its own. Over 12 months, a forecast of this kind typically lands several percentage points away from the realised change, in both directions. This is not investment advice.
See forecasts for every metro in one table: housing market forecast.
Huntsville housing market crash risk score
High, 60 of 100
Five conditions that were high before past price falls are what the score uses to rank Huntsville against 292 cities. Each input is scored from 0 to 100 compared with the other cities. The five scores are then given equal weight and averaged. The score shows current conditions, not a prediction of a crash.
| Input | Value | Sub-score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active listings vs 2019 | +115.5% | 99 | 20% |
| Days on the market vs 2019 | +51.9% | 97 | 20% |
| Price-to-rent ratio | 17.9 | 49 | 20% |
| Price-to-income ratio | 3.4 | 13 | 20% |
| 12-month price change | +1.4% | 41 | 20% |
This is not investment advice. Learn how the inputs are scored: methodology. See all 292 ranked cities: crash risk by city.
Huntsville inventory and days on market
For September 2026 the Huntsville, AL metro showed 3,178 homes listed for sale, up +12.8% on a year earlier and up +115.5% on the same month of 2019. Homes typically sold in a median of 79 days (+51.9% against 2019), while 20.6% of listings received a price cut.
| Huntsville, AL metro, September 2026 | Value | On a year |
|---|---|---|
| Active listings | 3,178 | +12.8% |
| New listings | 958 | |
| Median days on market | 79 | +7.5% |
| Median list price | $364,900 | −3.0% |
| Share with a price cut | 20.6% |
Metro inventory from Realtor.com® Economic Research. Realtor.com data. Each metro: days on market by city.
Huntsville rent and living costs
The Zillow Observed Rent Index places the typical asking rent in Huntsville at $1,335 a month, +2.7% from a year earlier. The typical home is priced at 17.9 years of that rent. With median household income of $83,235 (Census ACS 2024), the price of a typical home equals 3.4 times annual income. BEA places metro prices at 93.1, compared with a US average of 100. Its housing costs figure is 77.9.
Other Alabama housing markets
- Mobile housing $196,696.
- Birmingham housing $134,165.
- Montgomery housing $149,943.
- Tuscaloosa housing $243,681.
Statewide figures: Alabama housing market.
How to read this chart
Each plotted point comes from the Zillow Home Value Index for Huntsville and shows, in the dollars of the month, what a typical home in the market's middle third was worth after smoothing and seasonal adjustment. The hollow dot identifies the month selected on the slider, while the terracotta dot identifies the latest month. These numbers are not adjusted for inflation, and the index tracks the typical home rather than one particular house. To find what a single home is worth from its own sale price, use the card just above it or the home appreciation calculator.