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The median home value in Birmingham, AL is $139,502 as of 2026-06-30, down 2.18% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$139,502
Year-over-Year
-2.18%
Population
195,418
Birmingham ranks #81 of 91 Alabama cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 39.2% below the state's city median of $229,349. It sits in Jefferson County, where the county-wide median is $219,533.
Birmingham police recorded a violent crime rate of 1,247 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 4,031 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 Birmingham is $139,502. That's down 2.18% from a year earlier. That is about 39.2% below the typical county in Alabama.
Homes in Birmingham are cheaper than Jefferson County as a whole, where the median is $219,533 — a difference of about 36.5%.
Birmingham police reported 1,247 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 195,418. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.