The median home value in Opelika, AL is $312,456 as of 2026-06-30, up 3.45% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$312,456
Year-over-Year
+3.45%
Population
34,448
Opelika ranks #17 of 91 Alabama cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 36.2% above the state's city median of $229,349. It sits in Lee County, where the county-wide median is $354,342.
Opelika police recorded a violent crime rate of 560 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 2,624 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 Opelika is $312,456. That's up 3.45% from a year earlier. That is about 36.2% above the typical county in Alabama.
Homes in Opelika are cheaper than Lee County as a whole, where the median is $354,342 — a difference of about 11.8%.
Opelika police reported 560 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 34,448. 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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