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Home appreciation in Decatur, AL

Over the five years ending 2025, home prices in Decatur, AL grew an average of 9.8% a year.

Price growth at a glance

1-year

+2.0%

2025 over 2024. Alabama: +3.8%.

5-year, per year

+9.8%

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

10-year, per year

+6.7%

+91.8% in total since 2015. Alabama: +6.4%.

How does your home compare?

Decatur, AL home prices rose 91.8% over the ten years to 2025, while its ZIP codes ranged from +67.3% to +128.4%. Look up your home to see where it ranks among the homes around it.

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How Decatur, AL compares with Alabama

Alabama averaged +8.8% a year, so Decatur, AL grew faster than the state overall. For five-year price growth, Decatur, AL ranks 127th out of 409 metros nationwide and 3rd out of 12 in Alabama.

Index, 2005 = 100

Decatur, AL and Alabama, quarterly house price index rebased to 100 in 2005.
YearDecatur, ALAlabama
2005 Q1100100
2005 Q2103102
2005 Q3105105
2005 Q4103107
2006 Q1104109
2006 Q2106111
2006 Q3108112
2006 Q4109115
2007 Q1111115
2007 Q2112117
2007 Q3113117
2007 Q4114118
2008 Q1116119
2008 Q2117118
2008 Q3116117
2008 Q4117118
2009 Q1116119
2009 Q2117118
2009 Q3114115
2009 Q4115114
2010 Q1113113
2010 Q2114111
2010 Q3117113
2010 Q4116112
2011 Q1114109
2011 Q2111107
2011 Q3112108
2011 Q4113109
2012 Q1112108
2012 Q2112107
2012 Q3112108
2012 Q4113108
2013 Q1111107
2013 Q2111107
2013 Q3112107
2013 Q4107107
2014 Q1113107
2014 Q2111107
2014 Q3109109
2014 Q4111109
2015 Q1113110
2015 Q2113111
2015 Q3113111
2015 Q4115112
2016 Q1112112
2016 Q2115114
2016 Q3114116
2016 Q4113115
2017 Q1117116
2017 Q2120117
2017 Q3119118
2017 Q4121119
2018 Q1119120
2018 Q2121122
2018 Q3123123
2018 Q4126124
2019 Q1125126
2019 Q2127128
2019 Q3130129
2019 Q4131131
2020 Q1132133
2020 Q2134134
2020 Q3138137
2020 Q4142140
2021 Q1148143
2021 Q2154149
2021 Q3165158
2021 Q4174164
2022 Q1179169
2022 Q2188178
2022 Q3201184
2022 Q4200183
2023 Q1196186
2023 Q2206188
2023 Q3205192
2023 Q4205192
2024 Q1212195
2024 Q2214199
2024 Q3211201
2024 Q4219203
2025 Q1213203
2025 Q2224207
2025 Q3218207
2025 Q4218211
2026 Q1218212
2026 Q2228215

Chart through 2026 Q2. Annual growth figures through 2025.

Growth was stronger over the last five years than over the full decade: +6.7% a year over ten years, +91.8% in total.

Over this history, home prices peaked in 2008, fell 5.2% to its 2013 low, and regained the 2008 level in 2017.

The strongest year was 2022 at +19.9%, and the weakest was 2011 at -2.1%.

In 2025 alone the index moved +2.0%, against +3.8% for the state.

ZIP codes in Decatur, AL

Over the ten years to 2025, the 10 ZIP codes FHFA measures in this metro ranged from +67.3% in 35673 to +128.4% in 35754, while the metro as a whole rose 91.8%.

Fastest-rising ZIP codes

10-year change

  1. 35754+128.4%
  2. 35619+103.1%
  3. 35601+90.7%
  4. 35672+90.5%
  5. 35640+86.7%

Slowest-rising ZIP codes

10-year change

  1. 35673+67.3%
  2. 35603+76.2%
  3. 35650+78.9%
  4. 35622+81.4%
  5. 35670+82.3%
ZIP codes in Decatur, 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.
35754+24.9%+12.7%+8.6%+128.4%
35619+7.4%+11.2%+7.3%+103.1%
35601-3.5%+8.8%+6.7%+90.7%
35672+2.1%+12.8%+6.7%+90.5%
35640-0.5%+9.0%+6.4%+86.7%
35670+3.0%+9.2%+6.2%+82.3%
35622-8.6%+7.4%+6.1%+81.4%
35650+0.2%+8.9%+6.0%+78.9%
35603+0.6%+8.4%+5.8%+76.2%
35673-5.8%+7.5%+5.3%+67.3%

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 Decatur, 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
2006103.9+3.9%107.9
2007109.2+5.0%113.0
2008113.1+3.6%114.3
2009112.4-0.6%112.6
2010111.8-0.6%108.4
2011109.4-2.1%104.7
2012108.9-0.5%104.2
2013107.2-1.5%103.4
2014107.8+0.6%104.5
2015110.6+2.6%107.4
2016110.4-0.2%110.5
2017116.0+5.1%113.8
2018118.7+2.4%118.3
2019124.6+4.9%124.3
2020132.7+6.5%131.5
2021155.7+17.4%148.6
2022186.6+19.9%172.7
2023197.5+5.8%183.2
2024207.8+5.2%192.9
2025212.1+2.0%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