Home appreciation in Birmingham, AL

Over the five years ending 2025, home prices in Birmingham, AL grew an average of 7.9% a year.

Price growth at a glance

1-year

+3.2%

2025 over 2024. Alabama: +3.8%.

5-year, per year

+7.9%

Average annual growth, 2020 to 2025. Alabama: +8.8%.

10-year, per year

+6.3%

+83.7% in total since 2015. Alabama: +6.4%.

How does your home compare?

Birmingham, AL home prices rose 83.7% over the ten years to 2025, while its ZIP codes ranged from +19.5% to +117.6%. Look up your home to see where it ranks among the homes around it.

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How Birmingham, AL compares with Alabama

Alabama averaged +8.8% a year, putting Birmingham, AL behind the state overall. For five-year price growth, Birmingham, AL ranks 296th out of 409 metros nationwide and 10th out of 12 in Alabama.

Index, 2005 = 100

Birmingham, AL and Alabama, quarterly house price index rebased to 100 in 2005.
YearBirmingham, ALAlabama
2005 Q1100100
2005 Q2102102
2005 Q3104105
2005 Q4106107
2006 Q1107109
2006 Q2108111
2006 Q3110112
2006 Q4111115
2007 Q1112115
2007 Q2113117
2007 Q3112117
2007 Q4113118
2008 Q1114119
2008 Q2113118
2008 Q3111117
2008 Q4112118
2009 Q1114119
2009 Q2112118
2009 Q3108115
2009 Q4108114
2010 Q1106113
2010 Q2104111
2010 Q3106113
2010 Q4105112
2011 Q1102109
2011 Q2100107
2011 Q3101108
2011 Q4102109
2012 Q1100108
2012 Q2100107
2012 Q3101108
2012 Q4101108
2013 Q1100107
2013 Q2101107
2013 Q3101107
2013 Q4101107
2014 Q1102107
2014 Q2102107
2014 Q3104109
2014 Q4105109
2015 Q1106110
2015 Q2107111
2015 Q3108111
2015 Q4109112
2016 Q1110112
2016 Q2111114
2016 Q3113116
2016 Q4113115
2017 Q1114116
2017 Q2116117
2017 Q3117118
2017 Q4118119
2018 Q1119120
2018 Q2121122
2018 Q3123123
2018 Q4123124
2019 Q1126126
2019 Q2128128
2019 Q3129129
2019 Q4130131
2020 Q1132133
2020 Q2134134
2020 Q3136137
2020 Q4139140
2021 Q1141143
2021 Q2148149
2021 Q3155158
2021 Q4160164
2022 Q1164169
2022 Q2174178
2022 Q3178184
2022 Q4176183
2023 Q1179186
2023 Q2181188
2023 Q3183192
2023 Q4185192
2024 Q1188195
2024 Q2191199
2024 Q3192201
2024 Q4195203
2025 Q1193203
2025 Q2199207
2025 Q3198207
2025 Q4201211
2026 Q1203212
2026 Q2206215

Chart through 2026 Q2. Annual growth figures through 2025.

Growth was stronger over the last five years than over the full decade: +6.3% a year over ten years, +83.7% in total.

Over this history, home prices peaked in 2008, fell 10.7% to its 2012 low, and regained the 2008 level in 2017.

The strongest year was 2022 at +14.5%, and the weakest was 2010 at -4.6%.

In 2025 alone the index moved +3.2%, against +3.8% for the state.

ZIP codes in Birmingham, AL

Over the ten years to 2025, the 65 ZIP codes FHFA measures in this metro ranged from +19.5% in 35228 to +117.6% in 35503, while the metro as a whole rose 83.7%.

Fastest-rising ZIP codes

10-year change

  1. 35503+117.6%
  2. 35143+105.8%
  3. 35114+105.7%
  4. 35020+105.1%
  5. 35501+100.7%

Slowest-rising ZIP codes

10-year change

  1. 35228+19.5%
  2. 35046+51.7%
  3. 35118+54.1%
  4. 35064+58.9%
  5. 35068+62.8%
ZIP codes in Birmingham, AL ranked by 10-year home-price change through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
35503+17.2%+12.9%+8.1%+117.6%
35143+16.4%+11.7%+7.5%+105.8%
35114+21.3%+11.7%+7.5%+105.7%
35020+17.8%+3.2%+7.4%+105.1%
35501+8.8%+9.7%+7.2%+100.7%
35206-11.9%+5.6%+7.1%+98.1%
35210+4.5%+8.5%+7.1%+98.0%
35007+6.8%+8.5%+6.7%+92.1%
35054-10.2%+8.5%+6.6%+90.2%
35051+7.7%+8.5%+6.6%+89.7%
35040+5.7%+8.9%+6.5%+88.0%
35209+5.8%+7.2%+6.5%+87.2%
35005+6.2%+8.2%+6.4%+86.0%
35213+2.6%+7.5%+6.4%+85.3%
35080+3.3%+8.0%+6.4%+85.1%
35085+6.4%+7.9%+6.3%+84.4%
35115-1.0%+9.0%+6.3%+84.4%
35222-1.3%+5.5%+6.2%+82.7%
35235+1.9%+6.9%+6.2%+82.5%
35091+8.2%+7.4%+6.2%+82.0%
35212-2.0%+5.1%+6.1%+81.2%
35215-2.4%+7.0%+6.1%+80.4%
35125+5.8%+7.8%+6.1%+80.0%
35242+6.3%+8.2%+6.0%+79.7%
35214-4.1%+6.7%+6.0%+79.5%
35124+0.9%+7.4%+6.0%+79.1%
35045-2.1%+7.4%+6.0%+78.6%
35127-0.3%+7.6%+5.9%+78.2%
35146+2.8%+8.9%+5.9%+78.2%
35226+3.1%+7.2%+5.9%+77.8%
35953+19.1%+8.7%+5.9%+76.8%
35126+0.1%+7.8%+5.9%+76.7%
35079+6.3%+8.5%+5.9%+76.6%
35180+4.1%+8.1%+5.8%+76.5%
35023-0.2%+7.9%+5.8%+76.3%
35243+4.7%+7.1%+5.8%+75.7%
35216+4.9%+7.3%+5.7%+74.9%
35117+4.1%+8.6%+5.7%+74.5%
35217+2.1%+7.7%+5.7%+73.7%
35094-4.4%+6.7%+5.7%+73.6%
35116+10.0%+9.1%+5.7%+73.6%
35208+6.5%+6.0%+5.6%+73.0%
35128-2.8%+8.1%+5.6%+72.8%
35043-6.3%+8.0%+5.5%+71.1%
35022+2.3%+6.6%+5.5%+70.9%
35071+3.6%+7.4%+5.5%+70.4%
35173+2.4%+6.9%+5.4%+68.9%
35244+2.3%+7.1%+5.4%+68.9%
35186+1.1%+8.3%+5.4%+68.5%
35121-0.5%+6.9%+5.3%+68.4%
35223+2.6%+7.3%+5.3%+68.3%
35205+1.2%+4.6%+5.3%+67.7%
35120+2.7%+7.6%+5.3%+67.4%
35184+12.0%+8.0%+5.3%+67.1%
35004-6.5%+6.2%+5.2%+66.1%
35504+9.8%+7.2%+5.2%+65.6%
35211+3.7%+7.5%+5.1%+64.9%
35171+7.9%+9.1%+5.1%+64.6%
35031-5.7%+7.1%+5.1%+64.3%
35062+9.7%+7.3%+5.1%+63.9%
35068-15.9%+6.6%+5.0%+62.8%
35064-0.9%+4.9%+4.7%+58.9%
35118+5.2%+3.4%+4.4%+54.1%
35046-14.7%+5.9%+4.3%+51.7%
35228-15.0%+1.1%+1.8%+19.5%

What a home report shows

Enter an address and you get a score out of 10 for how the home ranks on appreciation potential against comparable homes in its market, with the nearby sales behind it. Here is one saved report.

Example report · saved October 14, 2026

165 N Canal St, Apt 1205, Chicago, IL 60606

Appreciation score

4.1 / 10

Around the median

Where it ranks

Ranks above about 41% of comparable homes in Chicago, IL for appreciation potential.

Price against nearby sales

Priced below most nearby sales, at $300 per square foot across 6 comparable sales.

Read the full example report

Year by year

Annual house price index for Birmingham, AL and Alabama, 2005 = 100 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
2005100.0—100.0
2006106.0+6.0%107.9
2007109.0+2.8%113.0
2008109.4+0.4%114.3
2009107.2-2.0%112.6
2010102.3-4.6%108.4
201198.2-4.0%104.7
201297.7-0.5%104.2
201397.9+0.1%103.4
2014100.2+2.4%104.5
2015104.4+4.2%107.4
2016108.4+3.8%110.5
2017112.7+4.0%113.8
2018118.2+4.9%118.3
2019124.4+5.2%124.3
2020131.4+5.6%131.5
2021146.6+11.6%148.6
2022167.9+14.5%172.7
2023176.7+5.3%183.2
2024185.9+5.2%192.9
2025191.8+3.2%200.3

The 12 measured metros in Alabama

Measured metros in Alabama ranked by 5-year home-price appreciation through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
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1Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL+4.2%+10.3%+6.7%
2Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL+4.1%+9.9%+7.8%
3Decatur, AL+2.0%+9.8%+6.7%
4Gadsden, AL+4.9%+9.6%+6.1%
5Huntsville, AL+2.1%+9.6%+7.2%
6Auburn-Opelika, AL+6.0%+9.0%+6.9%
7Anniston-Oxford, AL+4.0%+8.9%+6.2%
8Mobile, AL+3.8%+8.7%+6.5%
9Dothan, AL+3.5%+8.1%+5.3%
10Birmingham, AL+3.2%+7.9%+6.3%
11Tuscaloosa, AL+6.2%+7.7%+5.8%
12Montgomery, AL+4.6%+7.6%+4.8%

Source & method: Metro figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index for metropolitan statistical areas and metropolitan divisions, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. State figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. The chart uses quarterly readings, with each series set to 100 in the first quarter of 2005. ZIP figures: FHFA annual five-digit ZIP index (developmental), ZIPs with sufficient transaction history. Missing years are reported as missing by FHFA and are not estimated. Each ZIP is placed in the metro that holds the county with most of its housing units. “5-yr /yr” and “10-yr /yr” are compound annual growth over the window ending 2025; all figures are nominal. Data published by the FHFA House Price Index; this edition compiled 2026-10-17. Educational data, not investment advice.

See the Alabama row in the state rankings, the county rankings, and, for why one metro number hides so much, why two homes in the same ZIP code appreciate differently.

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Measured FHFA data · chart through 2026 Q2