The median home value in Athens, AL is $313,023 as of 2026-06-30, up 1.13% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$313,023
Year-over-Year
+1.13%
Population
32,862
Athens ranks #16 of 91 Alabama cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 36.5% above the state's city median of $229,349. It sits in Limestone County, where the county-wide median is $324,263.
Athens police recorded a violent crime rate of 243 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 2,069 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 Athens is $313,023. That's up 1.13% from a year earlier. That is about 36.5% above the typical county in Alabama.
Homes in Athens are cheaper than Limestone County as a whole, where the median is $324,263 — a difference of about 3.5%.
Athens police reported 243 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 32,862. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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