Cost of living in Cleveland, Alabama
Cleveland, Alabama has about 1,182 people. Typical rent is $986 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $71,328 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.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $986 a month.
Cleveland is a town in Alabama. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $71,328 a year.
- People
- 1,182
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $986
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $71,328
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $165,600
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,375
- Birmingham-Hoover, AL HUD Metro FMR Area
Cleveland, Alabama has about 1,182 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $165,600.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Blount County is $1,375 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Cleveland. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the Birmingham, AL metro area, prices sit at 91.6 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 Cleveland'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 Cleveland bill.
In July 2026, a typical Alabama home paid 16.40¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Cleveland'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, 102 have higher typical rent than Cleveland.
Nearby places
- Blountsville
Typical rent $924
Compare with Cleveland - Oneonta
Typical rent $638
Compare with Cleveland - Susan Moore
Typical rent $917
Compare with Cleveland - Locust Fork
Typical rent $1,121
Compare with Cleveland - Hanceville
Typical rent $812
Compare with Cleveland - Snead
Typical rent $631
Compare with Cleveland - Hayden
Typical rent $799
- Remlap
EBT nearby
USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
Food stamps (SNAP) tools in Alabama
Bigger places in Alabama
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.