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The median home value in Opelika, AL is $310,676 as of 2026-07-31, up 3.45% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$310,676
Year-over-Year
+3.45%
Population
34,448
Opelika ranks #17 of 91 Alabama cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 36.7% above the state's city median of $227,192. It sits in Lee County, where the county-wide median is $352,521.
Median household income in Opelika is $65,004, so the typical home value is about 4.8× 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).
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).
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 Opelika, that value is $310,676. That's up 3.45% from a year earlier. It is about 36.7% above the typical Alabama city tracked here.
Homes in Opelika are cheaper than Lee County as a whole, where the median is $352,521 — a difference of about 11.9%.
Median household income here is $65,004, so the typical home value is about 4.8× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
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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