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The median home value in Sumter County, AL is $97,042 as of 2026-07-31, down 10.85% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$97,042
Year-over-Year
-10.85%
National Rank
#2991 of 3071
Sumter County ranks 66th out of 67 counties in AL by median home price, and is -58.6% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within AL, the typical county has a median home value of $182,928, making Sumter County -47.0% below the AL state median.
Households here earn a median of $33,310 a year against a typical home value of $97,042 — a price-to-income ratio of 2.9×, comfortably below the 3× income level generally considered manageable. That is less affordable than roughly 24% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Sumter County recorded a violent crime rate of 410 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the national range. Property crime runs at 949 per 100,000.
Based on 2 reporting cities covering 5,373 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Sumter County is $97,042. That's down 10.85% from a year earlier. That is about 58.6% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Sumter County the 66th most expensive of 67 counties in Alabama.
Median household income here is $33,310, so a typical home costs about 2.9× annual household earnings — relatively affordable compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Sumter County recorded 410 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 5,373 residents across 2 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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