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The median home value in Homewood, AL is $577,183 as of 2026-07-31, up 6.12% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$577,183
Year-over-Year
+6.12%
Population
27,884
Homewood ranks #3 of 91 Alabama cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 154.1% above the state's city median of $227,192. It sits in Jefferson County, where the county-wide median is $217,176.
Median household income in Homewood is $94,485, so the typical home value is about 6.1× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Homewood police recorded a violent crime rate of 151 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,954 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Homewood, that value is $577,183. That's up 6.12% from a year earlier. It is about 154.1% above the typical Alabama city tracked here.
Homes in Homewood are more expensive than Jefferson County as a whole, where the median is $217,176 — a difference of about 165.8%.
Median household income here is $94,485, so the typical home value is about 6.1× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Homewood police reported 151 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 27,884. 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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