The median home value in Alabaster, AL is $306,843 as of 2026-06-30, up 2.9% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$306,843
Year-over-Year
+2.9%
Population
34,349
Alabaster ranks #19 of 91 Alabama cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 33.8% above the state's city median of $229,349. It sits in Shelby County, where the county-wide median is $362,049.
Alabaster police recorded a violent crime rate of 99 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 1,511 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Alabaster is $306,843. That's up 2.9% from a year earlier. That is about 33.8% above the typical county in Alabama.
Homes in Alabaster are cheaper than Shelby County as a whole, where the median is $362,049 — a difference of about 15.2%.
Alabaster police reported 99 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 34,349. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
Pelham · Athens · Opelika · Guntersville · Foley · Irondale · Huntsville · Loxley