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Cost of living in Brookwood, Alabama

Brookwood, Alabama has about 2,706 people. Typical rent is $1,097 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $81,394 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

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Typical rent is $1,097 a month.

Brookwood is a town in Alabama. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $81,394 a year.

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People
2,706
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,097
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$81,394
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$188,300
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,165
Tuscaloosa, AL HUD Metro FMR Area

Brookwood, Alabama has about 2,706 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $188,300.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Tuscaloosa County is $1,165 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Brookwood. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Tuscaloosa, AL metro area, prices sit at 87.7 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

Alabama taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 9.5% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Brookwood's exact store tax.

Some places in Alabama add a local wage tax. In 2023 the state average was about 0.07% of income. That is not a Brookwood bill.

In July 2026, a typical Alabama home paid 16.40¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Brookwood's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Alabama in the table we use.

Among 290 places we list in Alabama with a rent figure, 71 have higher typical rent than Brookwood.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.