The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 35446 sells for about $294,000, or $173 per square foot.
Prices are up +7% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 35 days to sell. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $818 a month.
ZIP 35446 — Buhl
The housing market in the Tuscaloosa area is currently experiencing a period of moderate growth with a 7% year-over-year increase in median home prices. Inventory remains tight at 3.3 months of supply, which continues to support seller leverage despite a slight increase in days on market. Figures provided are based on county-level data where ZIP-specific metrics were not available.
Median prices moved up 7.0% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 35 days on market with 3.3 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 97.14% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 7.4% · poverty 24.1% — a mixed stability profile.
versus the prior ACS vintage
in-migration and out-migration balanced
ZCTA 35446, Tuscaloosa County AL
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this ZIP — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Composed from the ARED governance burden registry — tier-native tax structure (state + county + city + special districts), never averaged. State (Alabama) — Current Use Valuation: Allows property to be taxed based on its current use value rather than fair market value, potentially reducing the tax burden. Conversion to a non-qualified use triggers revaluation and potential back-tax liability. State (Alabama) — Class III Residential Property Tax Assessment: Property is assessed at 10% of its fair market value. The tax liability is calculated by multiplying the assessed value by the local millage rate. A standard homestead exemption applies to the 6.5 mill statewide property tax on the first $4,000 of assessed valuation. State (Alabama) — Class 3 Residential Property Tax Assessment: Residential property is classified as Class 3 and assessed at 10 percent of its fair market value. A standard homestead exemption applies to the 6.5 mill statewide property tax on the first $4,000 of assessed valuation. State (Alabama) — Standard State Ad Valorem Homestead Exemption: Exempts up to $4,000 in assessed valuation from the 6.5 mill state ad valorem tax levy (providing a maximum direct state tax reduction of $26.00). Formula: Adjusted State Tax = Max(0, (Assessed Value - $4,000)) × 0.0065. State (Alabama) — Statewide Ad Valorem Property Tax and Class III Residential Assessment Ratio: Establishes a baseline 6.5 statewide millage rate ($0.0065 per dollar of assessed value) under Ala.
Data reflects Tuscaloosa County-level aggregates where ZIP-specific data is unavailable.
Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.