Birmingham

Most affordable Birmingham suburbs

Ranked on what a household actually pays: the in-house cost-of-living index at 55%, the median home value against the metro at 25% (lower is better here), and the share of households already stretched by housing costs at 20%.

Updated Sep 2026·22 suburbs considered, 10 listed
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Jasper$216k median · 26.8 min commute
Cost of living B+Housing DEmployment D+
76
Affordability
overall 55 C−
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Hueytown$155k median · 26.4 min commute
Cost of living BHousing D+Employment F
73
Affordability
overall 43 D
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Leeds$225k median · 27.0 min commute
Cost of living BHousing C−Employment C
71
Affordability
overall 54 C−
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Today’s #thirddistrictthursday features the Moody Civic Center! #AL03
Moody$238k median · 27.3 min commute
Cost of living BHousing C+Employment D+
69
Affordability
overall 52 D+
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Gardendale Civic Center. July 14, 2015.
Gardendale$253k median · 26.2 min commute
Cost of living B−Housing CEmployment C+
66
Affordability
overall 55 C−
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Center Point School, Center Point Alabama - serving as municipal offices
Center Point$152k median · 30.9 min commute
Cost of living BHousing D−Employment F
66
Affordability
overall 44 D
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Buildings on Highway 31 in Calera, Alabama, part of the Calera Downtown Historic District
Calera$235k median · 33.0 min commute
Cost of living B−Housing C+Employment B
66
Affordability
overall 60 C
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Aerial view of Highway 31 in Alabaster, AL
Alabaster$262k median · 30.6 min commute
Cost of living B−Housing C+Employment B−
66
Affordability
overall 64 C+
9
Buildings on the 1900 block of Cogwell Avenue in Pell City, Alabama, part of the Pell City Downtown Historic District.
Pell City$250k median · 26.7 min commute
Cost of living BHousing C−Employment F
66
Affordability
overall 51 D+
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McCalla$280k median · 27.1 min commute
Cost of living B−Housing BEmployment C
66
Affordability
overall 52 D+
This list's weighting
Cost of living 55%Median home value (lower is better) 25%Cost-burdened households 20%
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Photos from Wikimedia Commons: Jasper (Bamassippi (talk) · CC BY-SA 3.0); Moody (Office of Representative Mike D. Rogers, United States Congress · Public domain); Gardendale (Amcannally · CC BY-SA 4.0); Center Point (John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0); Calera (Chris Pruitt · CC BY-SA 3.0); Alabaster (AlabasterPIO · CC BY-SA 4.0); Pell City (Chris Pruitt · CC BY-SA 3.0).