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Least affordable housing, Alabama counties · 1990

Alabama counties ranked by the CensusEasy Afford Score, median home value divided by median household income (2023 ACS). A higher score means a home costs more years of local income. This list covers the 67 counties in Alabama that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAFFORD SCOREVS 2000

01Lee County, ALAL189,8813.0+8%

02Greene County, ALAL7,0672.9+33%

03Wilcox County, ALAL9,6662.7+14%

04Macon County, ALAL18,1322.7−7%

05Sumter County, ALAL11,5882.7+25%

06Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,3682.7−4%

07Dallas County, ALAL35,1402.6+7%

08Hale County, ALAL15,1942.5+29%

09Pike County, ALAL33,6882.5+10%

10Baldwin County, ALAL267,7612.5−4%

11Shelby County, ALAL238,5522.4−2%

12Madison County, ALAL433,5162.3+6%

13Montgomery County, ALAL225,8912.3−2%

14Mobile County, ALAL411,6582.3+1%

15Marengo County, ALAL18,3112.3+13%

16Marshall County, ALAL103,5372.2−5%

17Jefferson County, ALAL665,7422.2−6%

18Escambia County, ALAL36,6652.2+11%

19St. Clair County, ALAL98,2062.2+2%

20Coffee County, ALAL56,9532.2+6%

21Lauderdale County, ALAL97,1352.2−9%

22Russell County, ALAL58,8982.2−8%

23Choctaw County, ALAL11,9042.2+16%

24Lowndes County, ALAL9,3592.2+8%

25Elmore County, ALAL91,5772.2+2%

26Cullman County, ALAL94,0092.2−11%

27Perry County, ALAL7,4252.2+12%

28Calhoun County, ALAL115,8342.2+4%

29Winston County, ALAL23,8292.1+15%

30Butler County, ALAL18,1002.1+9%

31Pickens County, ALAL18,2212.1−3%

32Bullock County, ALAL9,7802.1−19%

33Morgan County, ALAL126,4832.1−3%

34Franklin County, ALAL32,4492.1−5%

35Marion County, ALAL29,0972.1+3%

36Houston County, ALAL110,3182.1−3%

37Limestone County, ALAL122,9282.1−3%

38Lawrence County, ALAL33,8432.1+2%

39Barbour County, ALAL24,6072.1−9%

40Autauga County, ALAL61,9202.1+5%

41Cherokee County, ALAL26,4132.1+0%

42Talladega County, ALAL81,6032.1+5%

43Clarke County, ALAL22,0142.1+7%

44Cleburne County, ALAL15,9702.1+2%

45Blount County, ALAL60,1562.0−6%

46Walker County, ALAL65,1402.0+7%

47Monroe County, ALAL18,9652.0+14%

48Colbert County, ALAL59,4742.0−5%

49Dale County, ALAL49,9122.0+3%

50Conecuh County, ALAL10,8992.0−10%

51Jackson County, ALAL54,2812.0+1%

52DeKalb County, ALAL74,0852.0−4%

53Chilton County, ALAL47,7082.0−9%

54Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,9531.9−8%

55Bibb County, ALAL22,2621.9+6%

56Covington County, ALAL37,9471.9−5%

57Etowah County, ALAL103,8861.9−11%

58Fayette County, ALAL15,8721.9−4%

59Crenshaw County, ALAL13,1751.9+1%

60Randolph County, ALAL23,1631.9−11%

61Lamar County, ALAL13,5871.9+5%

62Henry County, ALAL18,3941.8−4%

63Clay County, ALAL14,2071.8−12%

64Geneva County, ALAL27,5541.8−10%

65Chambers County, ALAL34,2531.8−8%

66Coosa County, ALAL10,1611.7−3%

67Washington County, ALAL14,8221.7−0%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES