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The median home value in Tuscaloosa County, AL is $232,592 as of 2026-07-31, up 0.23% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$232,592
Year-over-Year
+0.23%
National Rank
#1560 of 3071
Tuscaloosa County ranks 16th out of 67 counties in AL by median home price, and is -0.8% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within AL, the typical county has a median home value of $182,928, making Tuscaloosa County +27.1% above the AL state median.
Households here earn a median of $66,231 a year against a typical home value of $232,592 — a price-to-income ratio of 3.5×, above the 3× level usually considered comfortable, but below 5×. That is less affordable than roughly 44% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Tuscaloosa County recorded a violent crime rate of 543 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 2,641 per 100,000.
Based on 4 reporting cities covering 119,747 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Tuscaloosa County is $232,592. That's up 0.23% from a year earlier. That is about 0.8% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Tuscaloosa County the 16th most expensive of 67 counties in Alabama.
Median household income here is $66,231, so a typical home costs about 3.5× annual household earnings — moderately expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Tuscaloosa County recorded 543 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 119,747 residents across 4 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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